A delegation from KOICA Pakistan visited NIC Islamabad to explore collaboration on AI, digital transformation, R&D, entrepreneurship and skills development, and to discuss gaps between academia and industry.

NSTP hosted Askari Bank President and CEO Zia Ijaz along with senior leadership for a tour of Pakistan's largest innovation ecosystem, exploring collaboration between banking and startups.

NIC Islamabad startup OfficeFlowAI signed an incubation partnership with Dhahran Techno Valley and a strategic contract with Maritime Industrial Services at LEAP 2026, marking new international growth for the company.

OfficeFlow AI, one of Ignite's LEAP 2026 startups, has signed a contract with Maritime Industrial Services Arabia for digital transformation.

Ministry of IT and Telecom and Meta have launched the Small Business Growth Academy, a free digital and AI training programme for over 1,000 SMEs.

DigitAll has opened enrollment for its eight week acceleration programme helping existing companies advance their digital transformation, with applications open until August 23.

AIDE AI, founded by Ansar Moughis, is using artificial intelligence to automate handwritten exam assessments, having already processed over 8 million exam papers.

Pathfinder CITADEL has named Ather Imran Nawaz, Advisor to Chairman at Lakson Group, as Mentor of the Week for Session 2 of Cohort 2, with a session focused on go to market and global expansion strategy for startups.

Ignite welcomed an Asian Development Bank mission to discuss Pakistan's digital transformation priorities and explore collaboration under the proposed Digital Balochistan Project, focusing on connectivity, the Quetta IT Park, and innovation ecosystem development in the province.

A stakeholder consultation session under NAIIH brought government and industry together in Islamabad to discuss Pakistan’s sovereign AI infrastructure and long term digital transformation goals.

Ignite — National Technology Fund held an Industry Stakeholder Consultation Session on the Sovereign AI Infrastructure Initiative under the National AI Innovation Hub at NIC Lahore on May 4, 2026.

Startup Muslim Global spotlights the growing role of AI agents in finance operations, as startups adopt automation to streamline workflows and improve efficiency.