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Mehr Nadeem

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Journalist covering MENA+Pak. @restofworld @dailystarleb @Reuters @Bloomberg. Yale '19. Currently, MPhil @ Oxford
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How to blow $85 million in 11 months: The inside story of Airlift’s crash

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By Mehr Nadeem
| Rest of World Verified
Omer Aamir Raja, a young marketing manager from Islamabad, walked into Airlift’s office in Karachi’s buzzing Fortune Tower, not knowing what to expect. It was December 2021, and he had just moved to the country’s commercial capital with his wife, who was pregnant with their first child. He was set to start work at the country’s most valued startup, which was a prime candidate to become Pakistan’s first unicorn.
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“When your poster child gets assassinated”: Airlift’s collapse shocks Pakistan’s startup world

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By Mehr Nadeem
| Rest of World Verified
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit Pakistan in early 2020, Airlift, then a mass-transit startup that operated an Uber-like service for buses, was in a tight spot. “The big question at the time was: Do we keep operating? Do we keep burning or do we pull back?” Airlift’s co-founder Usman Gul recalled in an interview with Rest of World on June 29. Gul and his team took a bold step, pivoting Airlift to instant delivery, to meet the needs of millions stuck at home.
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Pakistan’s e-commerce darling Airlift shuts down

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By Mehr Nadeem
| Rest of World Verified
Pakistan’s highest-valued startup Airlift has gone bust. The Lahore-based instant-delivery startup will permanently shut down on July 13, according to two company employees, including one executive. Less than a year ago Airlift was flying high and had raised $85 million in a Series B funding round, the highest single round of investment raised by any startup in Pakistan.
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