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May 2025 – 5th Annual Research Conference of CAREC Countries promoting trade and trade facilitation
We are pleased to share that our Founder and CEO, Asif Pervez, presented a thought-provoking research paper titled “Public–Private Partnerships: Paving the Way for Pakistan’s Digital Logistics Revolution” at the 5th CAREC Institute Annual Research Conference, held from 29–30 May 2025 in Islamabad. This prestigious conference, themed “CAREC Connectivity: Promoting Trade and Trade Facilitation,” convened over 200 distinguished participants, including national and international policymakers, researchers, business leaders, development partners, and government agencies, to shape the future of regional integration and trade.
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May 2025 – Participation in the Meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Commerce
galaxefi‘s Founder and CEO, Asif Pervez, was invited by the Government of Pakistan to attend the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Commerce in Islamabad on May 6, 2025. During the meeting, Asif Pervez discussed how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance cross-border trade in Pakistan.
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May 2025 – AI – galax and butler
galaxefi Unveils AI Faceless Operations, enabling Zero-Touch with galaxbot™ and butler™ Services to transform Pakistan’s cross-border trade. As Pakistan’s logistics industry is losing an estimated $36 billion annually due to outdated, offline processes, jeopardizing up to 3 million jobs and hindering export potential. galaxefi came up with “AI Faceless Operations” that fuses galaxbot™, a multilingual, LLM-powered AI assistant, with Butler™ Services, close-netted chain of AI agents that brings hands-free resource augmentation to fully automate booking, documentation, customer support, and exception handling. This AI Faceless Operations is projected to reduce turnaround times by up to 70%, slashes overhead costs, and enables 24/7 trade facilitation without additional headcount.
galaxbot™ is an AI-driven virtual agent with advanced multilingual NLP, SSML and TTS capable of interpreting user requests, auto-filling shipment details, generating regulatory documents, and coordinating with stakeholder, all via simple chat or voice commands. galaxbot™ acts like a personal operations manager handling booking queries, monitoring real-time transit updates, and alerting stakeholders to exceptions.
Butler™ Services, a close-nested chain of AI agents, offers “faceless” resource augmentation, supplying experienced logistics professionals who seamlessly take over routine tasks ranging from customs filings and inventory checks to after-hours customer support without service providers hiring a single resource. Now SMEs, solopreneurs, and service providers can easily deal with peak-season surges, allowing them to focus on growth while butler™ handles the paperwork, exception management, back-office operations, and client communications.
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April 2025 – AsirDX
galaxefi and Türkiye’s technology company specialising in digital transformation and data exchange solutions ASIRDX signed an agreement. AP – Asif Pervez, Founder and CEO of galaxefi, and Halil Saribas, Group CEO, ASIRDX, signed the agreement. galaxefi aims to digitize and digitalize Türkiye’s service providers (registered with UTİKAD) and integrate with the Turkish Single Window. Pakistan and Türkiye signed a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA), which came into effect on August 12, 2022, followed by a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that became effective on May 1, 2023. These agreements aimed to enhance bilateral trade and economic relations between the two countries. With galaxefi connecting soon to both the Pakistan Single Window (PSW) and the Türkiye Single Window, trade between the two nations is expected to grow stronger, In-Shaa-Allah!
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- Urdu
March 2025 – DSU
galaxefi and DHA Suffa University (DSU) have joined forces through a landmark MoU signed by AP – Asif Pervez, Founder and CEO of galaxefi, and Prof. Dr. Ahmed Saeed Minhas, Vice Chancellor of DHA Suffa University (DSU).
This enabled DHA Suffa University (DSU) to be a key member of a visionary think tank (Board of Advisors) dedicated to fostering strategic foresight and driving sustainable progress in Pakistan. This initiative ensures that our future industry leaders are not only well-prepared to drive digital transformation but are also equipped to lead Pakistan’s logistics sector into a new era of innovation and efficiency.
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March 2025 – PIFFA
galaxefi and PIFFA – Pakistan International Freight Forwarders Association join hands to empower the industry with digitalization, and digitalization and to provide the onboarded service providers comprehensive training, mentoring, and incubation. AP – Asif Pervez, Founder, and CEO, galaxefi, and Muhammad Jamil Ahmed Chairman, PIFFA in the presence of EC – Executive Committee, PIFFA signed an MoU – Memorandum of Understanding on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at PIFFA House, Karachi. PIFFA recognizes galaxefi as an authorized real-time platform in Pakistan and extends its full support to strengthen and ease cross-border in Pakistan.
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February 2025 – PLSS 2025
Pakistan`s logistics industry faces annual losses of around $36 billion due to offline trade, potentially resulting in the loss of two to three million jobs. Experts emphasized these concerns at the PLSS – Pakistan Logistics and Shipping Summit 2025, which was held on Thursday, February 20, 2025. According to a press release, industry leaders emphasized that real-time solutions, including processing, tracking, and other digital facilities, are the only way to tap into growth opportunities and compete with the developed world.
While government processes have become nearly real-time, a significant gap remains, with approximately 70% of private sector activities, including those of freight forwarders and related service providers, still relying on outdated, manual methods. Experts highlighted various issues linked to foreign trade, noting that only 40% of imported containers return as exports from Pakistan, indicating a serious imbalance in trade.
Founder and CEO of galaxefi AP – Asif Pervez said initiatives such as Digital Pakistan, Uraan Pakistan, and Pakistan Single Window (PSW) had laid a robust foundation for modernization. PSW, in particular, has digitized over 70 government agencies, streamlining customs, licensing, and regulatory processes that previously hindered trade operations.
However, technological gaps, hesitation from SMEs and stakeholders in adopting digital solutions, and slow-paced support for digitization are still preventing Pakistan from keeping pace with other developing countries.
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- LinkedIn PLSS Overview
- LinkedIn AP – Asif Pervez, CEO galaxefi Keynote Address
- LinkedIn AP – Asif Pervez, CEO galaxefi Keynote Address Presentation Deck
- LinkedIn – Panel Discussion
- The News
- Business Recorder
- Pakistan Observer
- Express Tribune
- Dawn News
- The Public Tribune
- Nukta
- Profit Pakistan
- Trade Chronicle
- Customs News
- The Financial Daily
- Urdu
- Digital Assets – YouTube Videos
February 2025 – PSW
The government aims for a paperless and fully automated cross-border trade system.
These views were expressed by the Chief Executive Officer of PSW – Pakistan Single Window, Aftab Haider, during a meeting with a delegation led by AP – Asif Pervez, Founder, and CEO, galaxefi, in Karachi on Wednesday, February 11, 2025. The meeting addressed the urgency of adopting modern trade technologies. Later, AP presented a book authored by him and a memento by galaxefi to Aftab Haider, CEO of PSW in recognition of the visionary leadership in uniting public and private sectors and driving the success of PSW.
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- Urdu
December 2024 – 1LINK
Official strategic alliance ceremony at 1Link
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November 2024 – SKILLSRATOR
Official strategic alliance ceremony at Skillsrator
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- Urdu
Discussions with Innovators – Forward Thinking Service Providers
June 2025 – MAP Group of Companies
May 2025 – PSAA – Pakistan Ship’s Agents Association
May 2025 – Dynamic World Wide Logistics Group
Industry Updates
December 2024 – ABHI
Fintech Fusion meeting held at Abhi in collaboration with Endeavor Pakistan.
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Stories
February 2025 – Profit
September 2024 – Profit
Events – Life at galaxefi
December 2024 – GALAXEFI
Friendly football match with tech partner nisum
