Pak pharma industry suffers from government’s shackles
A thriving sector in Pakistan’s economy, pharmaceuticals is a $3.2 billion industry, growing at 15% annually, while its exports now at $US200 million are...
What entrepreneurs should do to get their startups financed
Bilal Arif, founder of a blockchain-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) company Block360, says all of his company’s clients are outside Pakistan – mostly from Europe. Block360...
Mari’s production expansion to boost fertilizer sector
A steadier supply of domestic gas will allow the sector to have more consistent production schedules than has been the case historically
Record profits were made last year. Who did what with theirs?
Listed corporations reported huge profits. What did they use the money for?
Is the auto sector going to get worse? You bet
A slump of this level has not been seen since 2009
Avanceon and its Ace cards
What’s in a name? In 1989, Bakhtiar Wain set up an engineering and IT company that focuses on automations. He decided to dub this...
The GMO oilseed saga is not quite over
After the Climate Change Ministry gave its approval to 55 importers, the food ministry is unhappy with the new quagmire coming its way
Is the First Women Bank Limited too pink to fail? We hope so
If a ‘bank’ created for ‘women’, fails to either serve women, or function as a viable commercial bank, then why should it exist? That...
Jo Dar gaya woh mar gaya
What tools does Ishaq Dar have at his disposal, and is now the right time to use them?
Project management: a job that is unlikely to be automated away
There is a lot of talk about the ‘jobs of the future.’ Nobody is quite sure what these jobs are, where you will find...
How do petrol pumps make money?
After all of the hullabaloo surrounding the increase in margins, how does the petrol pump business model even work?
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
From incubation to acceleration, are Pakistani ESOs really serving the startup ecosystem?
The mushroom growth of these programs in the country raises questions about their efficacy
Two years after commencing operations, PIBT finally manages to make a profit
The Pakistan International Bulk Terminal (PIBT) managed to turn its losses into profit, at least according to its recently released positive financial results for...
As covid seems to slow down, global oil demand begins to climb upwards
The world just wants the pandemic to be over. Every second government or even organization can be heard passing statements some few months which...
