How the branding game has changed in Pakistan
There seems to have been a marked shift in the way that Pakistani companies are operating. Marketing strategies now have a greater emphasis on...
The economics of skimpy clothes in Pakistan
The target audience of Landa bazaars is evolving, thanks to culturally deviant consumer demands that the formal sector fails to fulfill
TRG Pakistan negates a win for Zia Chishti
TRG has received another reprieve from the courts as it battles Zia Chishti in the legal battlefield
Can Belarusian Tractors Dent A Bruised Market?
The government’s desire to bring in CKD tractor kits from Belarus might be good for farm mechanization, but the details are far from fleshed out
The Miracle Man at the Bank of Punjab
Zafar Masud survived a plane crash, and the bank he leads barely survived the 2008 financial crisis. Now, he wants to make Pakistan’s largest provincial government-owned bank one of the country’s Big Five banks. Can he pull it off?
China to provide assistance for PIA, aviation industry
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have mutually agreed on extending their bilateral relations and to work collectively for the betterment of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)...
Is registering your VPNs with the PTA a problem?
Why is the PTA suddenly so big on monitoring VPN traffic and how complicated is it for the user and for the PTA itself?
TPL Insurance seeking up to Rs1 billion in foreign investment
TPL Insurance, Pakistan’s sixth largest non-life insurance company, is close to securing a Rs1 billion investment from international investors, an investment which would allow...
Cement industry riding a profit boom but bracing for a softer quarter
Eid tends to slow down construction activity, but after a rough few years, the industry finally has some breathing room
One million more Pakistanis emigrate since 2023. Should you too?
When does it make sense to leave Pakistan, and when to come back home? The economic aspects of these decisions are less clear-cut than they might seem.
British investor to take major stake in TPL Life Insurance
TPL is selling over a third of the company to the London-based group that also has investments in Afghanistan
The bidding war for Attock Cement
Five parties are bidding for the Pharaon asset in Pakistan as the heirs of the Saudi-Lebanese billionaire look to offload their sizeable Pakistan presence
HBL invests Rs500 million into its asset management subsidiary
Will the HBL Asset Management actually grow, along with Pakistan’s nascent capital markets?
Top City 1: The suburban real estate development that brought down former ISI chief Faiz Hameed
The retired lieutenant general is not the first high-ranking military official to be court martialed over financial dealings, but perhaps the first one about a real estate development that has nothing to do with the military
Education in Pakistan: Not good, but maybe good enough
Each successive generation is better educated than the one that came before it; democracy and the 18th Amendment help
