Layoffs, board resignations as OPay-Finja clash prolongs. What is the dispute and what else is happening behind the scenes?
Finja is pursuing a strategy of going public with their concerns and exploring legal remedies. Meanwhile OPay’s Chinese investors are fast losing faith in Pakistan’s potential.
On the issue of board directors, the SECP may need to go back to the drawing board
The election of directors is a problematic issue but SECP is not seeing the real issue at hand
Gul Ahmed’s pivot towards retail hits a slowdown
For the past five years, Gul Ahmed’s management has been telling anyone who will listen the following: the company is shifting its...
How a rift in Pakistan’s tobacco industry determines how cigarettes are taxed and not the government
Local and multinational tobacco companies engage in brutal lobbying and media wars to try and tax each other out of business and influence.
Track-and-Trace troubles
Track and trace is one way to counter our tax collection problem. But it only scratches the surface
Could Malaysia be the answer to Pakistan’s trade woes?
Pakistan and Malaysia have had the infrastructure to become major trading partners in place for years, but have failed to do so
Sugar Sharks: How does the most powerful lobby in Pakistan get its way?
Scores of sugarcane-laden lorries are parked on the main road in front of an abandoned car-making plant in Sujawal district, about 130...
Bank Al Habib buys Centrepoint from TPL Properties for nearly $50 million
The nation is curious: exactly how much did one of the fanciest buildings in the largest city sell for?
Shahzada and Suleman Dawood
Shahzada Dawood was the Vice Chairman of Engro Corporation, a business conglomerate based in Karachi, renowned for its businesses in agriculture, energy...
Pakistan-China FTA: second time’s the charm?
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that Pakistan’s first free trade agreement (FTA) with China was a bit of a dud. Signed...
The life and times of Dr Ishrat Husain
In July 2021, nearly a year to this day, Dr Ishrat Hussain sent his resignation to the then prime minister, Imran Khan....
Why do media owners suffer when one agency serves competing category advertisers?
And why is the onslaught that follows so entertaining to watch?
Careem brought with it a boom in auto lending for the banks. Then came the interest rate hikes
Muhammad Irfan started his rental car business in 2015 with just one used car. Then came Careem and Uber and the boom...
Meezan Bank had a profitable 2019, but stays cautious for the year ahead
The country’s largest Islamic bank witnessed an unusually good run in 2019, according to its recently released financial statements. The sixth largest...
The GDP finally rebased
The National Accounts Committee has revised the GDP growth rate for FY21 to 5.4% from 3.9% as per provisional estimates, the highest...