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UAE-backed startup aims to revive neighborhood mom-and-pop shops in Pakistan

Ucaaz derives its name from a pre-Islamic market in Makkah and plans to digitally facilitate small ‘kiryana’ or community stores
The company, powered by artificial intelligence, plans to open 120 franchises in Karachi before branching out into five more cities

By Khurshid Ahmed · 31 March 2021