Ejad Labs’ annual Pakistani tech delegation to Oslo Innovation Week was hosted at the Storting, Norway’s Parliament, by Member of Parliament FarukhQureshi on Tuesday, 20 October. The next day, the 16th Pakistan Tech Summit drew more than 100 participants from Norway alone to Datteratil Hagen, seven years after the summit’s first edition in the same city.
The Storting meeting brought around 70 Pakistani founders and Norwegian business leaders into one room. Pakistan’s Ambassador to Norway, H.E. Asim Ali Khan, who had earlier welcomed the delegation at the Embassy of Pakistan, attended. The meeting was initiated by Kristin Anderssen, CEO of Make-A-Wish Norge and a supporter of the summit since its first edition in 2019, and organised with Fredrik Syversen of TEK Norge, Norway’s technology industry association. The host MP, whose father came to Norway from Pakistan as a worker in the 1970s, said that helping to build bridges between the two countries meant something extra to him.
At the summit on Wednesday, 21 October, RehanAllahwala, HubaRao and JamilRehman spoke about what it takes to build between Pakistan and Norway, from education and business culture to
operating across borders. The summit was supported by ErlendEidsvoll, Head of Special Projects at Yango. Participants at the 16th Pakistan Tech Summit, Datteratil Hagen, Oslo, 21 October 2026.
“Oslo is where this started for us, back in 2019. Coming back felt less like another event and more like a homecoming,” said MehrozAzam, Co-founder of Ejad Labs and Future Fest. “Standing in the room where Norway’s laws are made and debated, I honestly had to pause. Seven years into building this corridor between Pakistan and Norway, the impact speaks for itself.”
According to the organisers, local trade bodies now bring their own delegations to the summit and to Oslo Innovation Week. Pakistan’s digital economy is valued at over $36 billion, and more than 30,000 new software engineers join its workforce every year.—PR
