Abdullah Niazi is senior editor at Profit. He can be reached at [email protected]
InvestmentThe Saudi investment is part of the promised $5 billion investment package for Pakistan. It will not solve any of the countless logistical problems that exist in Reko Diq, including transportation and power.
FeaturedPakistan has a competitive advantage in premium Basmati Rice. The advantage, along with Pakistan's unique kind of premium rice, is set to die. How did we get here?
FeaturedThe market for contraceptives is massive in Pakistan. Despite this, nearly all of the options available to people are imported.
FeaturedOver the past 111 years, Gymkhana has paid a meagre Rs 2.68 lakh in total to the Punjab government as rent. The Punjab Assembly has taken offence to this.
FeaturedUsing inflation as an excuse, the chief minister wanted to introduce a parallel policing and judicial system with vaguely defined powers. How long can they be held off?
FeaturedFor the past five years, the HBL PSL has been the main contributor to the PCB’s finances. Last year, the Asia Cup and other international tours also became big earners for the board
FeaturedPrices for US soybeans, an import input in the edible oil and poultry feed industries of Pakistan, are at an all time low. The government is not letting them capitalise on the opportunity because of an unfounded fear of GMOs
FeaturedThe Punjab Government has decided it will cut the power tariff by Rs14 for consumers using up to 500 units but cutting the province’s development budget. It will do nothing for inflation except exacerbate it later, and it has other provincial governments fuming
FeaturedThe retired lieutenant general is not the first high-ranking military official to be court martialed over financial dealings, but perhaps the first one about a real estate development that has nothing to do with the military
FeaturedA little thing called the 18th Amendment has set out a three tiered democracy in which taxation is a local government subject
FeaturedIt is a very simple equation. Pakistan has a set amount of land (possibly shrinking) and a growing population. That means we need to grow more food on less land
FeaturedLast year, India had planned to pull its rice from the international market, creating an opportunity for Pakistani farmers. The party is now over