Punjab’s oxygen crisis
In the midst of a worsening pandemic, government tenders are being given to inexperienced, blue-eyed firms
As the climate change threat grows, environmental concerns take front stage for Pakistani businesses
As the climate change crisis continues to grow, organizations like the WWF are continuing the good fight. But they need businesses and the government to cooperate
Faysal Asset Management Company – Redefining investment
Faysal Asset Management has had a good few years. Back in 2018, it was a relatively small operation with a Rs 7.3 billion fund...
How big is Pakistan’s YouTube industry?
Recent data shared by YouTube reveals what sells in Pakistan and what doesn’t.
Middle market banks continue aggressive expansion spree
Gone are the days when the middle market banks competed for the scraps from the Big Five banks’ table: they now aggressively compete for...
Malls and retailers were dying to open again. Now they’re regretting it
While retail stores and malls are open for business again, footfall has fallen drastically, and retailers are bleeding money. What will they ask of the government now?
With new regulation and licences, what are the implications for branchless banking?
JazzCash and Easypaisa dominate branchless banking, but then why are they keen on gaining licences to be ‘digital banks’?
How big is the rave business in Pakistan?
Is Pakistan sleeping on a multi million dollar economic opportunity by restricting electronic music to the periphery of its music industry?
Pakistanis can now track their household carbon emissions
But what exactly can you do with this information, and is it enough to turn the tide?
Invest Capital Investment Bank to be acquired by a Russian-run, Dubai-based cloud-seeding company
Few details are available about the acquiring company, or why it plans to enter the Pakistani market through the acquisition of an investment bank, rather than simply setting up a local subsidiary
Productive policies or PR fluff — How useful were the interim government’s IT initiatives?
The interim IT minister claims large successes in five different areas. Profit looks at how much is real and how much is posturing
The pipe dream of energy independence
How far off is Pakistan from having purely domestic sources of energy, and how would that impact the country?
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
Summit Bank’s annual results – three years later
The notifications tell us nothing new about the bank, so why all the secrecy?
The PDM’s inflation index
The situation is as bleak as it gets and the future government will be engrossed in an uphill battle in providing a lifeline to the sinking economy
