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 fundingÂ
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...
