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COLABS announces raising $2mn in pre-Series A funding

Pakistan’s workplace platform COLABS announced on Thursday that it has raised $2 million in a pre-Series A round led...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 09:00am

Pakistan

Pakistani venture Sarmayacar says Green Climate Fund pledges $15 million

KARACHI: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has committed $15 million to Pakistani venture capital firm Sarmayacar, the...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:00pm

Technology

Pakistan’s Abhi secures $15mn in credit financing to expand financial inclusion in UAE

DUBAI: Pakistan’s fintech Abhi has secured $15 million in credit financing led by Shorooq Partners and Amplify...

Updated 16 Oct, 2024 06:56pm

Technology

Gitex Global 2024 begins as Dubai highlights push to diversify economy

DUBAI: The 44th edition of GITEX GLOBAL 2024 — one of the world’s largest technology and startup events — commenced...

Updated 15 Oct, 2024 01:46pm

Technology

PostEx announces $7.3mn pre-series A funding for expansion in Pakistan, GCC

PostEx, a prominent player in Pakistan’s financial technology sector, announced on Tuesday the completion of a $7.3...

Updated 20 Aug, 2024 10:51pm

Technology

NetSol Technologies, IGNITE to establish startup incubation center in Lahore

NetSol Technologies has signed a contract with IGNITE - National Technology Fund, a company under the Ministry of IT...

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 10:24pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s healthcare sector struggling with R&D deficiencies, medicine shortages

KARACHI: Pakistan’s healthcare sector is facing severe challenges due to a lack of research and development...

Updated 31 Jul, 2024 09:53am

Business & Finance

Electric motorcycles: Zyp Technologies announces $1.5mn Series Pre-A funding

Zyp Technologies, which operates in the energy and electric motorcycle assembly space, announced on Tuesday that it...

Updated 23 Jul, 2024 02:18pm

Pakistani, Chinese cos reach preliminary agreement to introduce solar e-bikes

ISLAMABAD: Chinese and Pakistani companies have reached a preliminary cooperation agreement to introduce...

Updated 15 Jul, 2024 09:22am

Business & Finance

Dubai’s AI blueprint can be ‘roadmap for wider region’

Dubai has recently unveiled a strategy for Artificial Intelligence (AI), an annual initiative aimed at leveraging...

Updated 16 May, 2024 07:05am

Pakistan

‘Startup and Entrepreneurial Boot Camp’ organised

PESHAWAR: KUBIC, the business incubation center of KMU, collaborated with 3Majors Pvt Ltd organised a dynamic...

Published 26 Feb, 2024 05:07am

Pakistan Startup Fund launched

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday launched the first-ever “Pakistan Startup Fund” (PSF) aimed at catalyzing venture...

Updated 10 Jan, 2024 08:59am

Technology

CodeNinja secures $1.6mn investment led by sAi Venture Capital

LAHORE: CodeNinja, a technology solutions provider, has secured an investment of $1.6 million led by sAi Venture...

Updated 05 Dec, 2023 10:10pm

Business & Finance

Too big to ignore: this partner at Dubai-based VC firm has a ‘long-term view’ on markets like Pakistan

Sacha Haider, who sees 5-10 pitchdecks a week from different markets, believes UAE and Dubai’s B2G model is perfectly viable for Pakistan as well

Updated 30 Nov, 2023 10:28am

Technology

Startup founders: why this Pakistani couple moved to Dubai after setting up Metric

Meenah Tariq and Omar Parvez Khan set up Metric in 2022 - an app that simplifies accounting and finance for...

Updated 24 Nov, 2023 10:23am

Pakistan

Pakistan Startup Fund: DCO will help expand investor network: Minister

ISLAMABAD: The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) will help expand the investor network for the upcoming ...

Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am

Markets

Pakistani ecommerce logistics startup Rider looking to acquire BlueEx

KARACHI: Pakistani ecommerce logistics startup Rider, backed by YCombinator, is looking into acquiring BlueEx, the...

Updated 05 Oct, 2023 04:17pm

Technology

Sehrish Raza wins ‘She Loves Tech Pakistan 2023’ competition

KARACHI: The leading non-profit tech startup CIRCLE, in collaboration with HBL, proudly announces the victor of the...

Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am

Technology

Startups crucial to keeping economy on investors’ radar: Paismo co-founder Rebecka Zavaleta

KARACHI: Startups across the world may be struggling, but in Pakistan’s case, there is an added trouble – its...

Published 21 Sep, 2023 06:50am

Technology

With aim to enable electric motorcycles in Pakistan, Zyp Technologies announces $1.2mn seed round

Startup’s assembly plant is based in Lahore where it has capacity to produce 8,000 electric motorcycles a year

Updated 12 Sep, 2023 05:01pm

Business & Finance

'She Loves Tech' competition empowers women entrepreneurs

LAHORE: ‘She Loves Tech’, a global startup and tech competition dedicated to empowering women entrepreneurs, was...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:58am

Technology

Looking to tackle outdated HR functions, Pakistan’s Paismo announces raising $1.3mn in seed round

KARACHI: Pakistan’s HR tech startup Paismo on Tuesday announced it has raised $1.3 million in a seed round, which...

Updated 22 Aug, 2023 09:42am

Technology

‘Asset-light’: startup Jugnu, after raising $22.5mn in 2022, scales back operations

Jugnu, which pitched itself as a B2B ecommerce startup and announced a fund-raise of $22.5 million in March 2022,...

Updated 19 Jul, 2023 07:37pm

Technology

After raising $11.5mn last year, MedznMore says it has shut operations

Co-founder says company in talks 'with a few large players who have shown interest in buying its technology and brand, Tabiyat.pk'

Updated 15 Jul, 2023 05:19pm

Business & Finance

‘Pakistan needs to adopt global approach towards building startups’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan needs to adopt a global approach towards building startups and training founders in the global...

Published 11 Jul, 2023 06:08am

Technology

Pakistan’s startup funding suffers massive fall in April-June

Funding attained by Pakistani startups on a quarterly basis fell to the lowest level in three years during...

Published 04 Jul, 2023 12:06pm

Business & Finance

‘Third party communication’: Bykea apologises for ‘inappropriate messaging’

At around mid-day on Tuesday, Bykea users received two unfortunate notifications

Updated 13 Jun, 2023 03:49pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s automotive care startup Okayker Secures $700,000 in seed funding

Company says multiple angel investors have taken interest in its fund-raising

Published 01 Jun, 2023 05:38pm

Business & Finance

Correction needed in Pakistan startups’ business model: Rider CEO Salman Allana

Company founder says offering discounts means you are not confident that your product is solving a real problem

Updated 05 May, 2023 07:07pm

Business & Finance

First time in three years: no startup deal for Pakistan in April 2023

Fall seen due to global downturn in funding and it is not exclusive just to Pakistan

Published 01 May, 2023 10:45pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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