Cement sales signal recovery in construction industry
The Pakistani cement sector – widely seen as a proxy for home and commercial construction and infrastructure development activity – has seen...
Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank to acquire Samba
The largest bank by assets in Saudi Arabia is entering Pakistan. This is not the bank’s first brush with Pakistanis
Thar Coal: It’s actually as impressive as it sounds, if you ignore that it is, well, coal
The year is 2019. Greta Thunberg is sailing the Atlantic to campaign for climate change. Young people around the world are marching...
Japanese second hand cars in Pakistan — value for money?
Reported at upwards of $35 billion, the external account deficit for the fiscal 2016-17 was the highest in the history of the...
Lahore’s vertical growth gambit
With the Punjab government getting in on the action, Pakistan's first properly planned business district in Lahore might change the city's standing
The rupee is falling. Let it crash
Why letting the currency exchange rate fall may help fix some (but not all) of the structural flaws in the economy
Cement companies join heads as coal prices threaten recent success
The conference made it clear that while things have been good, the future might be a tougher road to tread
Has the FIA sealed Hascol’s fate?
The company was pinning hopes on a restructuring deal with its lenders, but with the FIA dossier now out, would the banks dare pursue this deal any further?
In its efforts to please expats, the govt gives a new lease on life to car manufacturers
The SBP’s new dollar hungry scheme is serving an already overserved segment of Pakistanis
The Suzuki Mehran is dead. What 800cc car will take its place?
Car prices are going to go down after the budget. But will they mean relief for customers or more difficulty in finding a car