SECP files four criminal cases for stock price manipulation-all against this one man. What exactly did he do and how?
The last time the SECP took criminal action against anyone was back in 2017.
Is MDR creating a two-tiered banking system?
Recent results show how the banking sector differs for different participants
After decades of sticking to spices, Shan Foods is bringing a new kind of product. Should National be scared?
Shan Foods dives into convenient cooking sauces, a potential growth market but faces hurdles in brand awareness, competition, and marketing to modern cooks
Is the banking sector worse off after the recent macroeconomic developments?
The expectation of monetary easing not materialising is likely to put pressure on commercial banks' interest margins
One million more Pakistanis emigrate since 2023. Should you too?
When does it make sense to leave Pakistan, and when to come back home? The economic aspects of these decisions are less clear-cut than they might seem.
Pakistani Tatas are consolidating. But who are they and what do they do?
All four group companies are being merged into a single entity, which already had common majority shareholders and boards of directors
Who were the Truckanwalas and how did their criminal enterprise get three generations murdered?
They made their initial money in Punjab's transport business. But their criminal enterprise was involved in much more.
Standard Chartered is by far the most cost-efficient bank in Pakistan. But should this be celebrated?
While the bank has become cost-effective, it has come at the cost of stagnant growth in deposit mobilisation
SECP data scrape: Is there a silver lining?
Can something good come out of something bad?
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
Expensive energy: Everything you need to know to understand your electricity bill
Profit breaks down the tariff and various government charges that make up your monthly energy cost
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.
These green startups want to help the environment and make money in the process. But what do their potential investors have to say?
The Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) Pakistan RoadShow was trying to help climate-friendly projects in Pakistan secure funds. What do they have to offer?
Acumen Pakistan secures $28m anchor funding for a new $90m Climate Fund. How will this help agribusinesses?
In Pakistan, the question of climate financing looms large. So what’s happening?
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