List of online marketplaces and ecommerce stores in Pakistan

Press Release – MetLife Foundation and Visa, with partners Accion and IFC, launch inaugural list to help fintech companies attract capital and resources to benefit the 3 billion financially underserved people globally  Pakistani fintech startup Tez Financial services has been selected as one of the 2019 #InclusiveFintech50 out of 400 applicants! The winners of Inclusive Fintech 50 were announced on June 17th by MetLife Foundation and Visa …

(Credits: Ashfaq Tola) The Federal Government had promulgated Assets Declaration Ordinance, 2019 (“Ordinance”) on 15th May 2019, to provide for voluntary declaration of undisclosed assets, sales and expenditure. The Ordinance has been promulgated to allow the non-documented economy’s inclusion in the taxation system and to serve the purpose of economic revival and growth by encouraging a tax compliant economy. We …

Momentum19 is one of the biggest tech conferences to be held in Asia. Attended by who’s who of the country, the conference is host to seven biggest companies of the world including Facebook, Amazon, Google, IBM. This year, the conference will host 100s of Startups ready to pitch perfect in front of serial investors about their expansion plans, raise investments …

It has been almost a year since we covered the upcoming chat startup- ZapBuddy. We liked it for a number of reasons mainly because there hasn’t been something new and good in the highly competitive world of chat apps. The world of chat apps has been a very limited one with many new entrants failing to make an impact and …

Oladoc (oladoc.com) is recognized as Pakistan’s pioneer digital healtchcare Platform. Based out of Lahore Pakistan, it aims to solve all health related issues of patients. Users can search, select, and book appointment for the best available verified doctors online; in addition, it’s also adding features like booking a lab test and ordering medicines online. Oladoc was founded in 2016 as Mydoctor.pk, the company rebranded itself as oladoc in January 2018 …

SIMSIM, known as a payment app, has recently introduced a marketplace in its app. Now app users can buy variety of items from within app. This is a great step towards higher customer engagement. SIMSIM users now have more reasons to use this app. This is an additional use case that SIMSIM competitors don’t have in their app. Marketplace offers …

We are about to witness a revolution in digital payments. It’s truly an exciting time to be part of the game. State Bank of Pakistan has recently come up with a new regulation framework draft to facilitate national and international players working on digital payments instruments to acquire a license and start commercially operating in Pakistan. The draft is called …

An agreement was signed amongst Haball, 1LINK (Pvt) Limited (1LINK) and Meezan Bank Limited (Meezan Bank) to introduce a fast, secure and simple payment solution to accelerate digital payments in the Pakistani B2B space. The signing ceremony was held at 1LINK head office, Karachi. This arrangement will ease B2B payment by enabling businesses of all sizes to make inter-entity digital …

Trusted by more than 100,000 users searching for more than 1 million products. Shopsy is one of those startups from Pakistan which is becoming the go to place for shopping any product with its massive product catalog and cool & user friendly search interface. What is Shopsy? Shopsy.pk is a search engine that helps online shoppers discover products and compare prices …

Whichever business registration requirements you have, here you can find all the important questions that you need answers for. Happy reading. (Note: This is compiled by our legal expert partner, drop us an email for any change or update if seems incorrect) Other relevant resources How to register a company in Pakistan online? How to register a company in Pakistan manually/offline? How to …

Sole trader / Proprietor or Business Individual The business individual is taxed for the profits only unless turnover exceed 10 million rupees. In case exceed 10 million rupees, 1.25% of total turnover is payable. Form of Taxation: Slab rates are applied. Tax Return Filing: For this type, filing of annual income tax returns is a requirement. Partnership Firm The partnership …

  Press Release (Aug 6, 2018): To support budding Pakistani startups on a larger scale, Telenor has widened the scope of its flagship ‘Velocity’ accelerator by partnering with incubation centers and other accelerators. Telenor Velocity is Pakistan’s first telco-led accelerator that helps promising startups overcome the barriers holding their business back and work closely to identify steps they need to take …

JazzCash Mobile Account is a real bank account service provided by JazzCash, which is a branchless mobile banking service, under a telecommunication and mobile operating cooperation named Mobilink and partnered with Mobilink Microfinance Bank (previously known as Waseela Microfinance Bank). About JazzCash Powered by 75,000 nationwide retail networks, JazzCash -previously named as MobiCash- is the fastest growing banking service in …

Clarity had the opportunity to talk to Daftarkhwan, a famous coworking space in the heart of Lahore, and bring out the details of what this space is all about. The co-founders, Saad Idrees and Ahmad Habib, have nurtured this place with all the passion and energy to raise the bar high for other players in the market. They describe it as a melting pot of creativity …

Uber, a US based ride hailing company, is in “preliminary talks” with Middle East based competitor Careem to strike a deal. Its too early to speculate but the reports by Bloomberg, tells the beginning of strategic talks between the two parties. In its discussions with Careem, Uber has said that it would need to own more than half of the combined company, if not buy Careem outright, …

Allied Bank, one of the largest commercial banks in Pakistan, has partnered with AutoSoft Dynamics and Finja to implement a complete branchless banking solution. The solution will provide easy access to banking services, including instant opening of accounts anywhere, anytime with no requirement to visit a bank branch. Furthermore, this solution unleashes innovative digital financial services especially for the unbanked …

Islamabad, June 18, 2018: The country’s leading proponent of financial inclusion, Karandaaz Pakistan has launched this year’s call of its annual Women Entrepreneurship Challenge (WEC) aimed at women-led businesses across Pakistan. Karandaaz will provide customized business development support as well as invest up to PKR 20 million (per business) in women-led businesses that qualify for the program and successfully demonstrate …

If you are a crypto enthusiast chances are you have heard about PakCoin. Standing strong since launch despite recent ban, we were curious to know about the brain behind this currency and what are their plans. Luckily we got hold of the main developer, Abu Shaheer, who is the mind behind Pakcoin architecture. We shot the questions and got some interesting replies. Have …

In this technology driven age, the conventional banking players are evolving to compete with more agile and smaller fintechs. The change is not easy but they are doing whatever it takes to be relevant in the future. MCB, one of the biggest banks in Pakistan, has not just a reliable and secure payment gateway (eGate – MCB Payment Gateway for Ecommerce Businesses) but …