AKRSP's START Apna Karobar programme trained 55 young entrepreneurs from Shigar, with 30 business ideas advancing to Enterprise Advisory Training and seed financing.

16 agri-businesses from Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral have completed Accelerate Prosperity's Smart Agri-Ventures programme on productivity and market access.

CARE Pakistan, in collaboration with GIZ and funded by the European Union, is holding free awareness sessions on green skills and climate-smart technologies for SME owners and entrepreneurs across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Balochistan through July to September 2026.

ORA Studios, or Rural Architecture Studio, is bringing traditional building materials like rammed earth and stabilized mud blocks back into practice in Gilgit-Baltistan, offering a climate-suited and affordable alternative to concrete construction.

Women-led and co-led startups from Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral complete two intensive 4-day entrepreneurship chapters, gaining skills in design thinking, business modeling, market sizing, marketing, sales, and pitching, with the program now moving into advisory, mentorship, and investment consideration.