NIC Peshawar's team met the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at Governor House to discuss strengthening the province's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Business Incubation Center at University of Peshawar will begin Cohort 3 interviews for shortlisted startups starting Tuesday, August 25, 2026.

SBP BSC and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Small Industries Development Board held a meeting on SME value chain financing to explore expanding formal credit access.

Accelerate Prosperity concluded its Business Intelligence Programme in Peshawar, bringing together 14 businesses from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for AI focused training and mentoring.

Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has launched the National Artificial Intelligence Advancement Initiative, issuing a Request for Proposals to build seven AI innovation hubs and incubate 560 startups across Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Muzaffarabad, and Gilgit over two years.

Hakeem has signed an MoU with the Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry Peshawar to expand access to KhudMukhtar Khatoon, its Shariah-compliant, asset-based financing programme for women-led businesses.

Respond.io, the AI-powered customer conversation platform co-founded by a Pakistani entrepreneur from Peshawar, has raised USD 62.5 million in a Series B round led by Camber Partners, reaching USD 35 million in annual recurring revenue with 169 percent year-on-year growth.

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.