The one time of year the cash rains down on Sibi
Aqeel Karim Dedhi is one of the richest men in Pakistan. He is also very fond of sacrificial animals. Raising slaughter animals...
Dessert Directory: A platform for the consumer’s sweet tooth
Platform businesses – those that make money by providing a platform for other business to sell their products to consumers – are...
How a trampoline park aims to disrupt Lahore’s entertainment landscape
If you happen to drive past the MM Alam Road in Lahore, you would notice a striking similarity among the business outlets...
The dirty business of television ratings
Advertising has become spooky. Just imagine, how many times has it happened that you have nonchalantly Googled something – anything – a...
In committing to exchange rate peg, PTI is repeating Ishaq Dar’s folly
The nature of Pakistan’s system of parliamentary governance is such that, while the budget is one of the most important pieces of...
This EdTech startup wants to change the way Pakistani children learn mathematics
Ask any primary or lower secondary school student about the most difficult subject they have to study and, more often than not,...
Is KASB Securities back from the dead?
It was among the biggest failures in Pakistan’s financial services sector: KASB Bank, the retail bank owned by the KASB Group had...
How a 30 year old became a media tycoon
Deep into the winding, messy streets of a Lahore township, on one end of a broken road stands a building five stories...
Forget Imran Khan, these entrepreneurs think they have the answer to Pakistan’s housing crisis
It is an audacious plan to say the least. Foolhardy if we’re being real, and straight up nuts if you’re a complete...
Meet the entrepreneurs with the ticket to a multi-million dollar industry
--E-ticketing has finally found its place in Pakistan. But will Easyticket.pk and Bookme.pk be the next big thing, or are they just...
The future of cars is electric, and Imran Khan wants to keep up
The world is dying. We have been told this time and time again but without a care as to the future the...
The pesky wrinkles in the fabric of Pakistan’s textile industry
In 1989, a young man from Karachi by the name of Shahzad Saleem found himself far away from his home city of...
Can this and other co-working spaces find their space in Pakistan?
Where do you go to work when you’re working on your own? If you are, say, an independent contractor with reports to...
How Pakistan Inc. gets away with ripping off its workers
On the 20th of April, the students, faculty and administration of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) woke to strange scenes....
Can Changan dazzle Pakistanis into buying Chinese cars?
“The automobile is an expensive commodity - a consumer durable you don’t forget buying for the rest of your life. You have...