KARACHI — Industry leaders, regulators, and international financial experts gathered at the Pakistan Banking Summit 2026 (PBS’26) to address key challenges and opportunities in transforming Pakistan’s priority sectors, including agriculture, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and low-cost housing.
ISLAMABAD — The Special Technology Zones Authority (STZA) presented a detailed brief on Pakistan’s tech ecosystem and investment regulatory frameworks to a visiting delegation from the Commercial Culture Association of China (CCAC) during the Global South Innovation and Investment Summit 2026.
ISLAMABAD — In a strategic move to reinforce Pakistan’s growing technology ecosystem, leadership from the Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) met with top officials from Ignite – National Technology Fund on August 7 to advance the development of the P@SHA Startup Hub and identify new avenues for institutional collaboration.
ISLAMABAD — The National Logistics Corporation (NLC) is facilitating new international trade opportunities for Pakistani exporters by expanding road freight operations under the UN-backed Transports Internationaux Routiers (TIR) transit system.
LAHORE — The Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Pakistan-Netherlands Dairy Development Centre (PNDDC), acting through FrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan Limited (FCEPL), to drive green and climate-smart agricultural training across Punjab’s livestock and dairy sectors.
ISLAMABAD — Demonstrating a commitment to empowering youth from all educational backgrounds, Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme (PMYP), Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan, personally presented a laptop to a talented madrassa student from Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
ISLAMABAD — In a bid to bolster youth development and maximize Pakistan’s tourism potential, Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme, Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan, met with Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, Prime Minister’s National Coordinator on Tourism, to formulate a collaborative strategy focusing on youth empowerment and sustainable tourism.
ISLAMABAD — As Pakistan marks its 79th Independence Day, the federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing national growth through education and human capital development, aligning with the vision of the nation’s founder, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Reflecting Quaid-e-Azam’s core conviction that education is essential to the survival and economic strength of the state, the government, led by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and steered by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Prof. Ahsan Iqbal, is implementing targeted educational investments under the national economic transformation framework, #URAANPakistan.