Profit

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The sluggish pace of the economy, combined with extractive tax policies levied onto the corporate sector hit profit growth

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The company exited its energy business, saw declines in its fertilizer business’ profitability, and continued losses in petrochemicals

Headlines

The digital media channel backed by property tycoon Malik Riaz set to change hands just over a year after it was first launched. What does ARY plan to do with it? 

Workplace

An economic experiment covering over 1,200 Pakistani companies shows that subsidising female hiring helps overcome biases results in better pay, real contracts, and long-term culture shifts

Automobile

A dispute over range-extended electric vehicles dictates who gets to define what counts as an electric future in Pakistan

News Analysis (Premium Content)

The PBA announcement to give a 3 point reduction on loans to exporters has come only after the government decided to loosen the strings on CRR money that the SBP holds from commercial banks at zero percent interest

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Inside the ABF-LUMS’ policy dialogue where experts’ follow-through collided with a harder question: what actually makes reform stick?

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Pakistan imports about 90% of edible oil at a cost of roughly $4 billion a year; a China-backed canola package aims to substitute imports. The possibilities go much farther