The Savvy Planner
The accidental event manager whom destiny guided to his vocation
When Aamir Mazhar graduated with a Master’s degree in banking, finance and marketing, he had...
At Hum TV, YouTube is starting to become big business
Revenue from the digital platform accounts for nearly a quarter of the company’s core business, and has been growing faster than traditional advertising
Why this book by Sirajuddin Aziz is a must-read
Presently the President and CEO of Habib Metropolitan Bank, with extensive experience of working in China, Hong Kong, Nigeria, the UAE and the UK,...
The battle for 10 lakh acres
A joint venture between the Punjab Government and the Pakistan Army to farm 10 lakh acres of barren land has been struck down by the LHC. What does it mean?
China-Pakistan FTA has opened up China’s market for Pakistani businesses, but will they bite?
The dream to tap into the Chinese market was diminished because the CPFTA was not working out. Will CPFTA-II bring better things?
2020 was supposed to be the beginning of the recovery. Then Covid
Pakistan’s economy is going to contract this fiscal year, with GDP (gross domestic product) growth expected to stand at -0.38%, a significant decline even...
The market is due for a fall. Are you ready?
With overstretched valuations, heightened volatility, and fears of a US recession, stocks may go into a long decline
CarFirst: Reinventing the used car trade through technology and infrastructure creation
With online traction gaining strength in almost every segment of the economy, the buying as well as selling of cars have also seen major...
Pharmaceuticals: how the locals are beating the multinationals
In a heavily regulated market, the local players have learned to live with the price rules the way they are, while the foreign players still seem to have hope that things will change
The curse of ‘on’ money
As car prices have risen and demand has risen with them, premiums are also shooting up
Mirpurkhas Sugar Mills looks towards paper for profit
In less than two months of being operational, the company’s paper plant has proven its mettle.
The India-Pakistan economic divergence
How and why it happened, and why it is likely to narrow once again
Has UBank cracked the code to making a microfinance bank profitable?
Unlike its fledgling competitors, Ubank has adopted a strategy of trying to operate like a conventional bank with a microfinance banking licence in tandem with clever risk management. WIll it stand the test of time?
Has Pakistan’s debt bomb detonated?
The country is left with limited options to tackle its increasingly unsustainable debt obligations
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...
