NIC Sialkot's Cohort 1 began with a Founder Institute session on vision and mission led by CyberVision International CEO Murtaza Zaidi, exploring how clarity shapes founder decision making.

NIC Karachi will host a Primary Track session on sales funneling and customer acquisition featuring Sugar Hill Consulting Founder Naveed Husain, drawing on his enterprise sales experience at RingCentral.

NIC Faisalabad will host a LinkedIn Live session with Jawad Amin, CEO of Innovative Advisory, on managing teams, partners and expectations as founders transition into leaders on August 11, 2026.

UBL, in partnership with NIC Karachi, has kicked off the National Innovation Hackathon 2026, a 3-day innovation sprint bringing the top 25 teams from over 1200 applications to build live fintech solutions for Pakistan's financial services future.

NIC Faisalabad is hosting a Gather and Grow session on July 7, 2026, featuring Sharjeel Shahab, Founder of Lemon Leads, covering software sales, outbound strategy, pipeline building, and creating predictable sales systems for startup founders.

NIC Peshawar will host a Vision Validation session with Sabahat Bokhari on May 12, focusing on helping startups refine ideas and align with market needs.

NIC Karachi will host a design thinking curriculum session on 28 April 2026, focusing on empathy mapping, user needs, and scalable product development for startup founders.

NIC Islamabad hosted a storytelling workshop led by Samar Hasan, helping early-stage founders learn how to build compelling startup narratives for customers, investors, and broader audiences.

Paklaunch will host Ali Moiz for an exclusive online launch of his new book 3 Startups, 40 Pivots on March 24, featuring a fireside conversation on startup lessons, pivots, and fundraising.

PilotGPT co-founder Ali Moiz releases “3 Startups, 40 Pivots,” a book sharing lessons from multiple startup attempts, pivots, and the journey to product-market fit.

NIC Islamabad hosted “AI in the Wild: Founders, Tools & Real Results,” featuring founders and industry leaders sharing real AI adoption journeys, workflows, challenges, and live deployment lessons in Pakistan’s startup ecosystem.

A curated founder networking event in collaboration with Abhi (YC S21) and COLABS will bring entrepreneurs and funding teams together to discuss working capital, collaboration, and growth on 16 February in Karachi.