What on earth happened to TCS & can Saira Awan fix it?
The pace of change can sometimes overtake even the best companies, including those that have achieved the coveted “verb status”. In most of urban...
Pakistan’s next economic crisis
Suppose for a minute that you are a globally focused investment manager based in London or New York. If you have been paying attention...
Will Toyota be able to kill two birds with this one stone?
Earlier this month, the market was abuzz with talks that Indus Motor Company (IMC), the makers of Toyota Corollas in Pakistan, is replacing its...
What is Malik Riaz up to now?
On the surface, it is a transaction that makes absolutely no sense: why on earth is Bahria Town, Pakistan’s largest private sector real estate...
Pakistan’s Only Powerful Women In Business
When we set out at making the first of Profit's annual list of the most powerful businesswomen in Pakistan, we had assumed that shortlisting...
The heir to Agha Hasan Abedi
How Abraaj’s downfall has echoes of the earlier scandal of BCCI’s collapse, and how it might impact the place of Pakistanis in global finance
PSL: Good cricket but bad business
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is said to be raking in somewhere around Rs1.7 billion annually in revenue through its flagship event, the Pakistan...
What happened at Habib Bank in New York?
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Is Dewan Yousuf serious or will he hoodwink everyone yet again?
The Group faces a serious credibility crisis as it turns down offers for its cement plants for the umpteenth time – even the lucrative Mega offer – raising doubts about its intent to sell and settle the default.
Pakistan’s first fashion billionaire?
The year 2017 is the first time the Pakistani clothing market hit Rs1 trillion in consumer spending (according to an analysis conducted by Profit...
Can Tapal’s new boss lady defy the odds & retain market leadership?
“You can keep wealth in the family only for three generations,” asserts an ancient Chinese proverb. Similar aphorisms exist elsewhere. “From the cowshed to...
Naya minister, meet purani ministry
The minister is already inheriting the purani ministry and if he fails to come up with a strategy for raising revenue, he will be the same as the purana minister himself
How Musadaq Zulqarnain became a billionaire by selling socks
In 1992, two brothers Musadaq Zulqarnain and Naveed Fazil along with their friend Tariq Iqbal Khan, set out to establish a company producing hosiery...
Don’t cast your vote before you’ve seen these WhatsApp leaks
Two fictional characters each representing the PTI and PML-N, engage in an enlightening WhatsApp conversation that can help prospective voters make the key decision at the ballot box.
A bank sold for just Rs1,000. Does it make any sense?
Profit demystifies the controversy over the sale of KASB Bank
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