Startups
Shark Tank Pakistan Funding Faces Reality Check as Only 4 of 36 Deals Materialize
A recent account by Ali Khan Swati, a participant on Shark Tank Pakistan, has shed light on the stark gap between on-air applause and real-world results. Highlighting the struggles within the Shark Tank Pakistan startup funding ecosystem, Swati shared that…
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Epiphany Lab opens applications for impact-driven startups
Epiphany Lab, a global social accelerator in partnership with Uncharted (formerly Unreasonable Institute), has opened applications for early-stage impact driven startups. The program will select…
The world’s richest woman dies at the age of 94
Liliane Bettencourt, the world’s richest woman and the heiress to the L’Oreal cosmetics brand, has died at the age of 94. Bettencourt was born in…
Micropower Labs grabs top prize at Telenor’s Digital Winners competition
Micropower Labs is on a roll! At Telenor Group’s annual Digital Winners competition, Pakistani startup Micropower Labs grabbed the top spot and walked away with…
Federal Board of Revenue has exempted all Sales Tax for IT Services
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has removed all sales tax on all export of IT services under the Islamabad Capital Territory Tax on Services Ordinance…
Only 29% NTN holders filed for income tax in 2016
Activities at the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) are in full swing as the deadline of income tax filing is coming near. Read also: How…
Uber under investigation for bribing police officials
After spending the first half of 2017 plagued with a brutal workplace scandal, Uber is under fire, yet again, for an all-new scandal. Earlier today,…
No, Alibaba is not in talks with Telenor Bank
A while ago, a Pakistani media outlet released a news that Alibaba’s subsidiary Ant Financial has “locked a deal” with Telenor Bank and is “looking…
Toys “R” Us is filing for bankruptcy because it couldn’t keep up with online stores
If you don’t play smartly, your competitors will take you out and it won’t matter if you were the big fish in the pond. Toys…
You may have to wait until 2018 to get the iPhone X
The iPhone X will face supply issues at the start. So you may have to wait until 2018 to get your hands on it. According…
Four Pakistani Americans win $1 million Hult Prize Challenge 2017
Four young Pakistani-American students Gia Farooqi, Hanaa Lakhani, Hasan Usmani, and Moneeb Mian have grabbed the top honors at this year’s Hult Prize Challenge and…
Google to take revenge on Uber by investing $1 billion in its competitor Lyft
Silicon Valley may sound like the land where your tech dreams come true but make a few enemies and you’ll regret ever coming there. And…
250M PKR worth of property destroyed due to fire at Software Technology Park Islamabad
An estimated 1,000 people working in the offices at Awami Markaz Software Technology Park were affected; the property destroyed has been valued at over PKR…
