In this photograph taken on March 14, 2015, Muneeb Maayr, co-founder of the site Daraz.pk, gestures during an interview with AFP in Karachi. AFP
In this photograph taken on March 14, 2015, Shayaan Tahir, CEO of Homeshopping.pk, posing at his call centre in Karachi. AFP
In this photograph taken on March 14, 2015, Shayaan Tahir (R), CEO of Homeshopping.pk, speaks to a customer at his call centre in Karachi. AFP
ISLAMABAD: For Shayaan Tahir, it all began when an order he placed on Amazon for a new iPod was rejected because the online giant would not deliver electronics to Pakistan.
Frustrated, he decided to take matters into his own hands and founded one of Pakistan s first e-commerce ventures, a sector that today is booming.