Saturday, January 17, 2026

Pakistani cars: Four-letter word that starts with S and ends with T

Why is the grass greener, more feature packed, and usually cheaper on the other side for Pakistani car buyers?

Changing the ‘cycle’ of work culture

The traditional ‘work day’ was not designed keeping women in mind; it caters to the biological and sociological needs of men

Foodpanda might have found its easiest source of money. So easy, that they might squander it

Foodpanda is hoping you’re in the mood to make additional purchases whilst you track your order

Karandaaz: the Gates-funded nonprofit seeking to bank the Pakistani unbanked

According to the World Bank, approximately two billion people do not use formal financial services and more than 50 per cent of adults in...

Can the Pakistan Environment Trust get the country to take climate change seriously?

A collection of wealthy Pakistani businessmen is trying to persuade their home country to focus on the environment – with the help of some few million dollars, and one bright 26-year old, but without much participation from local climate activists

Why packaging is not a ‘me too’ business

A complex industry with unique oddities and healthy growth

Lucky Cement’s lucky 2021

What is to credit for this growth? Government factors, and their new plant which became operational in December 2019

Eighteen: How an Egyptian company is building a new $2 billion Islamabad suburb

Orascom’s real estate arm believes there is a large enough market for Pakistanis who want to live the suburban life around the nation’s capital

Marketing Pakistan

Marketing Association of Pakistan (MAP) will hold the Sixth Marketing Conference in Lahore on 13th-14th March, under the title of MARCON ’17, (not to...

After six years of bootstrapping, Aimfit is ready to grow online with $1 million in recent funding 

In September 2014, sisters Mahlaqa Shaukat and Noor Shaukat returned to Pakistan from the UK to conceive a fitness movement, led by women, for...

Cocomo has a big chunk in Pakistan’s biscuit market despite not quite being a biscuit. What happens now that it is also becoming a...

In a classic case of consumer driven innovation, Bisconni has responded to demands and launched its new Cocomo cereal. What could this mean for Ismail Industries?

JPMorgan recommends Pakistani government bonds to its global clients

To read JPMorgan’s latest emerging markets research on Pakistan is to read a basic laundry list of ‘things foreign investors like’. Stable progress on...

The legality, morality, and workings of offshore companies

In the wake of the Pandora Papers, it is important to try and understand how offshore companies work

Turbulence in the oil and gas sector

Mari Petroleum is most likely to succeed and Pakistan Oilfields is expected to have the highest decline in what is a serious disruption in oil and gas production

Mosharraf Zaidi and the Uzbek connection – this week in Pakistan’s business and economics Twitterverse

The week was dominated by Prime Minister Imran Khan claiming that he knows Uzbekistan more than the Uzbeks, and the moment proving to be...