Mutaher Khan

Budget Special: Bland incentives for tech

A smattering of measures for IT may hamper more than help. Updated 13 Jun, 2022 09:26am

Start-up crash of burnt cash

The veil of pretence has been taken off. All that conference speak of disrupting traditional business models and... Updated 06 Jun, 2022 03:37pm

The lure of the quick buck

There is a strong appetite among average people to take exposure to various asset classes, even the riskier ones if given a simple Updated 23 May, 2022 04:43pm

Crashing after soaring heights

With burn rates much higher than what they can continue at in the current market and incapable of actually running lean, some Published 16 May, 2022 05:26am

Health-tech startup Medznmore raises $11.5m in pre-Series A funding

Company aims to improve availability and ease-of-access of authentic medicines. Published 12 May, 2022 08:38pm

Regulation messing up a groovy train

Much of the conversation around the progress in Pakistan’s startup ecosystem is naturally dominated by the... Published 02 May, 2022 06:49am

The polarising times

Imran Khan added more than 901K followers in 30 days, whereas Shahbaz's count increased by 245K and Bilawal's by 168K. Updated 25 Apr, 2022 09:43am

Karachi-based B2B raw materials marketplace Zaraye raises $2.1m in pre-seed funding

The platform helps buyers of raw materials connect with multitude of suppliers who furnish their quotes in real-time. Updated 31 May, 2022 04:35pm

Making sense of the venture market

When push comes to shove, many of the tech founders will throw their team under the bus at the first sign of distress. Updated 14 Apr, 2022 12:58pm

The mirage of tech growth

The Pakistani economy has been heading absolutely nowhere except for the brief recovery mirage we were shown in early 2021. Updated 14 Apr, 2022 12:55pm

Lahore-based coworking startup COLABS raises $3m in seed round

"With the capital [...] we’re looking to turn our offerings into software-based solutions, productise services," says co-founder. Updated 25 Mar, 2022 09:47pm

Looking towards the small guy

There are more than 3,000 Pakistani sellers on Alibaba.com with close to 90pc of them coming from Sialkot Published 21 Mar, 2022 07:01am

Digital accounting app Metric raises $900,000 in pre-seed funding

Fintech says its plans to use the funding to grow across Pakistan and quickly expand to other markets in the MENA region. Published 17 Mar, 2022 04:16pm

Pakistani startup Bazaar raises another $70m in Series B financing as total funding reaches $107.8m

“We are humbled and excited to continue on the path to creating a generation-defining story for Pakistan," say company founders. Published 15 Mar, 2022 06:55pm

Tech’s gender discrimination

Out of 100 directors across 13 tech entities listed on the PSX only 11 are women. Updated 07 Mar, 2022 10:36am

Why blocking Pakistan out of blockchain may cost us billions of dollars

Amid growing interest from investors in blockchain, Pakistan's startups are missing this gravy train. Updated 08 Mar, 2022 01:53pm

M&A for the win

The trend of consolidation among local startups looks set to continue in 2022. Updated 28 Feb, 2022 10:13am

Raast: can we bank on it?

It is just a switch system that connects all the financial services intermediaries and brings in interoperability. Published 21 Feb, 2022 07:01am

THE RIDERS OF THE E-COMMERCE STORM

The ‘gig economy’ has taken off in Pakistan in a big way. But while tech start-ups continue to make news for securing millions... Published 13 Feb, 2022 09:34am

Pakistani startup Truck It In raises another $13m in funding

The latest round brings the total raised capital by the startup to $17.5 million. Published 04 Feb, 2022 04:46pm