Ladies and gentlemen, here are your digital banks
With the central bank finally issuing NOCs for setting up digital banks, Profit looks at the contenders and their intentions
Buying influence
In the latest turn in the Chakri real estate saga, the people behind Blue World City have acquired a television channel. But why?
Why is the government chickening away from chicken?
The government doesn‘t want you eating chicken. Here’s all you need to know
The war for scraps
Already punch-drunk from censorship and changing times, a large crack has appeared within the print media industry over the most important issue there is — money
Avoiding Babylon
In the next decade, something monumental will happen. Somewhere either in a noisy Lahore suburb, a quiet village in interior Sindh, or...
Pakistan is launching its first development REIT. Should you be interested?
For the first time, Pakistanis will have a chance to have stakes in and become real estate developers. But should they go for it?
Income, culture, and inequality — who are Pakistan’s middle-classes?
With imperfect data and complex definitions of class, Profit tries to determine what it means to be middle-class, and why people want it to be their origin story
Four ticking time-bombs threatening Pakistan’s food security
Despite its great capability, Pakistan’s food security is hanging by a thread. Profit identifies key indicators of the systemic problems our agriculture faces
The world listened at COP27, but will Pakistan step up?
Loss and damages were high on the agenda this year but Pakistan must also plan on how they mean to spend the money if it comes their way
The motorcycle story
By far the most commonly driven vehicle in Pakistan, the humble motorcycle has a long, fascinating, history
The fate of Naya Pakistan Housing
Four years in, barely any work has been done on the once ambitious project
The big-boys of banking make big-bucks, but are they worth it?
Profit ranks bank CEOs based on their salaries and the returns they bring about
The rising pension problem… in the private sector
Rising costs of retiring employees is a well-know problem in the government, but even the private sector has been neglecting the management of their liabilities, and now the bill is coming due
What in the world is RUDA doing?
With the fate of the Ravi in the balance, is it time to let the project die?
Scrappy, cunning, and unrelenting – how Faisal Movers dethroned Daewoo
There has been a silent transition in the inter-city bus business. This is the story of how it happened