The Gawala is back!

Loose milk has always been the dominating force in Pakistan’s milk industry, but packaged milk has been on a mission to rout them out. With new taxes and rising inflation, the gawalas are in no mood for mercy

Has Pakistan found a plan to turn its power liabilities into strategic assets?

Pakistan plans to use its excess electricity production for establishing Pakistan as a hub of blockchain technology but is it a viable solution?

What is driving crypto payment adoption?

Many view crypto as a hedge against currency depreciation

Searle is lagging the pharmaceutical sector. Its recovery might be just around the corner

The pharmaceutical company has had lackluster numbers in recent times. All that might be about to change

Corporate profits down 1% in 2024, but some sectors soar

Energy was the biggest drag, driven by volatile prices and demand; absent that laggard, profits at Corporate Pakistan rose 8% in 2024

Cement royalty hike in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: a price shock and legal deadlock await

Peshawar attempts what Lahore has already tried: extracting more taxes out of the cement industry. The all-but-certain lawsuit and stay order are likely to make the bad policy idea ineffective anyway

OGDC and PPL’s commitments to Reko Diq take a step forward with feasibility study completion

The two companies have nothing to do with mining, but have forcibly been dragooned by the government into participating as equity stakeholders in the project with Canada’s Barrick Gold

Power companies worth less than the cash on their balance sheet

The recent cancellation of CPPA-G related contracts have spooked the markets to future prospects, leading investors to think that the worst is not yet over for these companies

The rise of Gujranwala

It used to be Pakistan's eighth largest city. It is now the core of the fourth largest metropolitan area. And it is done living in Lahore's shadow

What happened during Symmetry’s closed period?

A line was stepped over and the overstepping was acknowledged. What will the SECP do in response?

Pakistan’s circular debt strategy unfolds through unprecedented banking alliance

Government's new plan is built on the foundation of compliance from commercial banks

Metropolitan areas: the new face of urban Pakistan

The easiest way to know that something big is changing in Pakistan’s urban geography is by looking at what happened to Raiwind. In...

From Tashkent to Karachi: What does Uzbekistan’s billion dollar tech giant Uzum want in Pakistan?

Uzum has a clear playbook that brought them great success in Uzbekistan: by positioning themselves at the intersection where eCommerce and fintech meet. Could they pull it off in Pakistan too?

Blood and billions: Inside Pakistan’s drug trade

How do drugs get into Pakistan, how are they marketed, sold, and eventually consumed?

What has Ignite achieved?

How effective has Ignite's multiple initiatives been in the light of recent bureaucratic constraints?