PSX ka Pied Piper Kaun? The SECP thinks it’s a Lahori Broker you’ve probably never heard of
After seven years of slumber, SECP files four criminal cases for stock manipulation, all against this one man. What exactly did he do, and how?
Does the D in DFIs stand for Debt?
The financial institutions have overhauled their strategy and now resemble a leveraged fixed-income fund
Who were the Truckanwalas and how did their criminal enterprise get three generations murdered?
They made their initial money in Punjab's transport business. But their criminal enterprise was involved in much more.
Pakistan owes a lot of money to the world. Can it be paid back in time?
The mounting external debt liability has created a sense of claustrophobia, putting a stranglehold on Pakistan's economy
Minister, industry advocate, media baron, philanthropist, or real estate tycoon — Who is Gohar Ejaz?
Gohar Ejaz wears many hats. But how did he become so important?
Time of Death: Pakistan’s Super-App Dream
The top three contenders of superapps in Pakistan have come a long way since they started on this road. How are they faring?
The Grand Economic Debate
Profit imagines what a debate between the major political parties would look like to help voters decide which vision of the economy they most closely align with
Nawaz Sharif claims he can save the economy again. Did he even do it the first time?
The PML-N is trying to present their 2013-18 government as a golden period in Pakistan’s economy. Do they have a point or did they just get lucky?
Pitch Ke Uss Paar — What does it take to run an HBL PSL franchise?
Cricket is quickly turning into a massive industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars. How do some of its most significant stakeholders plan to capitalise?
How Sehat Kahani came out the other side of the funding crunch
In the world of Pakistan’s telehealth space where models are not yet working, Sehat Kahani pushed a story that helped them keep the startup funded and running. What exactly did they do?
Cleaner, more domestic, but not (yet) cheaper: the state of Pakistani electricity
The country is successfully on the path to replacing diminishing natural gas with domestic coal in its energy supply chain, though overbuilding is likely to mean expensive electricity for years to come
Should I emigrate? The economic dimension
When does it make sense to leave Pakistan, and when does it make sense to come back home? The answers to those questions are less obvious than they appear
Cigarettes may die. Long live nicotine?
Cigarettes are fast falling out of fashion but the demand for nicotine is going nowhere. This is how Big Tobacco plans to answer the challenge
Pakistani policy is being made on faulty data: can we fix this?
Pakistan’s National Statistical System is nowhere near where it should be – with consequences for the country’s development
Is Malik Riaz’s House of Cards about to come tumbling down?
As the Rs 460 billion Bahria Town needs to pay to the Supreme Court catches up with them, will they have to go down the default route?