PTCL supports NIC on graduation.

KARACHI -- Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) in its endeavour to provide support to startups incubated at National Incubation Center (NIC) Peshawar, participated in a graduation ceremony for their first and second cohort of startups. Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecom, was the guest of honour at the graduation ceremony. The event was also attended by Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui, Federal Secretary, IT and Telecom, Syed Shahzad Shah, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Communication, PTCL, Yusuf Hussain, CEO, Ignite, Atif Rais Khan, CEO, LMKT, senior members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government, as well as prominent leaders from Pakistan's startups ecosystem. Operated by LMKT in collaboration with PTCL, NIC Peshawar is an initiative funded by Ignite and Ministry of IT and Telecom.

NIC Peshawar is a platform to support technology driven disruptive startups and entrepreneurs in the field of health, AR/VR, gaming, education, transportation, etc. in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The 14 graduating startups have created more than 470 direct and 1900 indirect jobs, raised over PKR 192 Million in investment and increased their revenue exponentially to more than PKR 120 Million. On the occasion, Murtaza Zaidi, Director, NIC Peshawar, said...