This company wants to give your bank money…so it can pay for your house. But are the banks even interested?
Every night, an estimated 20 million Pakistanis go to sleep without a roof over their head. That is a whole 9pc of our population...
Fintechs, Zakat cuts, and Linkden ‘wins’ – this week in Pakistan’s business and economics twitterverse
With Ramzan in sight and prices skyrocketing, it was a slow week
Media Times, the Taseer-owned media conglomerate, consider selling off their TV channels
Both Business Plus and Zaiqa will be converted into wholly owned subsidiaries, with the group still deciding on divestiture
Mera bank, meri marzi
Women despite having their own bank accounts are not free to make their own financial decisions
As construction boom takes off, cement production reaches industry’s capacity
The government’s efforts to stimulate growth through real estate development appears to be paying dividends for the construction industry
Why is Pakistan’s internet so slow?
Pakistan has some of the world’s slowest internet speed. Is anyone doing anything about it?
Ufone’s troubles are indeed the government’s problem
As the state-owned telecom operator hemorrhages money, the government deliberately looks away
Export leftovers and seasonal cricket fans – this week in Pakistan’s business and economics twitterverse
As the nation reels from the loss to Australia in the semi-final and collects itself from the fever dream that was this world cup,...
SBP wants the cheap PayPak to be the default debit card; the banks don’t
Even as the central bank pushes to turn PayPak into the preferred debit card in the Pakistani market, the banks want to stick to their cash cows - Visa and Mastercard. But what does that mean for the consumers?
Can Pakistan’s snack giants make the best of our trade troubles?
The potato chips industry doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. The key players remain mainly the same, but the projected growth in the near future has implications for the future of local potato production
You’re not an industry, telcos told
A bid by telecommunications companies to change their power tariff from commercial to industrial shot down, and they’re not happy about it
Is the banking sector worse off after the recent macroeconomic developments?
The expectation of monetary easing not materialising is likely to put pressure on commercial banks' interest margins
Powering progress: Finance with purpose
Ayla Majid, ACCA’s first South Asian President, on sustainability, gender equity, and the future of the profession
Why do advertisers in Pakistan ignore Twitter?
Has an elitist user base and audience hurt the potential growth for the American microblogging and social networking service? Profit investigates.
Injection or not – the rupee slide explained
The rupee has depreciated to an all time low. How did it happen?
