Virtual Start-up Summit held with US-based Entrepreneurs - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington convened a Virtual Start-up Summit entitled “Science & Technology as a Catalyst for Entrepreneurship”. The Summit was held in collaboration with the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MOITT), Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the Higher Education Commission (HEC), National Science & Technology Park (NSTP) and Special Technology Zones Authority (STZA). The Virtual Start-up Summit brought together 120 start-up industry stakeholders from the Pakistani diaspora in the US and in Pakistan. In his keynote address, the Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi highlighted the role of the Foreign Office as a facilitator in bringing together diverse innovation-related stakeholders.