PTA clears the path for telecom shake-up
An imminent merger could catapult PTCL into the ranks of multi-billion-dollar enterprises
How Yango is conquering Pakistan’s last mile delivery
Yango entered and dominated the ride hailing market at a time when its architects were hitting the quit button. How will they fare in the delivery business?
Can Pakistan’s snack giants make the best of our trade troubles?
The potato chips industry doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. The key players remain mainly the same, but the projected growth in the near future has implications for the future of local potato production
TRG loses case against JS Group and Zia Chishti
The company had alleged improper conduct by JS and its ousted CEO in a hostile takeover bid that began shortly Chishti lost his board seat
Could assembling Google Chromebooks come back to bite us?
The government will send tens (possibly hundreds) of millions of dollars to buy Chromebooks from Google, giving the tech giant a risk free entry into Pakistan
Najd Gateway: the latest suitor for Samba Bank Pakistan
The Saudi conglomerate is the latest in a long line of companies that have sought to use Samba Bank as their springboard into Pakistani banking
Ghazanfar Bank bids for Bank Alfalah’s Afghanistan business
Alfalah has sought to offload some of its foreign branches in a consolidation move
Liven Pharmaceuticals just made a rights issue. Will this prove to be the last throw of the dice?
The pharmaceutical company has had a torrid history. The new development could prove to be its redemption
The Lucky-Irani smuggling circus at the Balochistan border
The 909-kilometre long Pakistan-Iran border is largely desolate and sparsely populated. But along this stretch of land, smuggling is a way of life
Why is Pakistan buying Canadian Canola?
By buying Canola from Canada, Pakistan is trying to strike a delicate balance in the emerging global trade landscape
Top City 1: The suburban real estate development that brought down former ISI chief Faiz Hameed
The retired lieutenant general is not the first high-ranking military official to be court martialed over financial dealings, but perhaps the first one about a real estate development that has nothing to do with the military
Pakistan’s premier bank has gone all in on agriculture
Over the past few years, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has encouraged banks to expand agri-financing. The banks have responded, surprisingly, with enthusiasm. What does it mean for the most important sector of Pakistan’s economy?
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
Beco continues to soar and invest in even more growth
The company expects its production capacity will double once its plant expansion is completed by the end of fiscal 2027
At Searle, revenue growth is now about volumes, not just prices
The company has also managed to secure alternative input suppliers are disruption on trade with India