The Engro Succession: Smart continuity or a postcard to the past?
The leadership transition for one of Pakistan’s largest conglomerates carries within it many lessons
Why Pakistan’s banks won’t finance the solar revolution
A financial system awash with liquidity but starved of investment
Amoxil recall hits GSK Pakistan revenue in otherwise strong year
Deregulated drug pricing allowed the company to improve gross margins, but the recall still caused revenue to decline
A quarter billion Pakistanis: a bigger demographic dividend
The population alarmists are wrong and the country’s demographic problems are behind it. What is required now is a balanced approach to population that does not see family size as a concern of the state
Jaecoo launch expected to significantly boost Nishat Group earnings
The competitively priced Chinese SUV has seen strong interest at the pre-booking phase and is expected gain significant share after launch
From cricket fandom to financial hustle — what Pakistan’s 2025 searches say about money, media and ambition
Google’s search trends reveal a country still obsessed with cricket and TV dramas — but also one that is leaning into investing, credit, crypto and AI at record speed
Systems Ltd will acquire Confiz
Systems Ltd (PSX: SYS), Pakistan’s largest listed technology and IT services exporter, has approved the acquisition of Confiz Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd in a transaction...
SNGP to install 300,000 LNG connections this year
The gas utility struggles with declining domestic production and reduced demand from its power sector customers
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?
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
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
What the blueEX IPO really means
blueEX is raising Rs445.7mn through GEM Board listing but will it deliver on its promises to investors?
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
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
Love, financial fraud, smuggling and murder – the tragedy of Seth Abid’s family
Seth Abid was larger than life. But his family’s fortunes have been sullied by a string of crimes - both financial and personal.
