The SBP is verbal
Any two-bit relationship therapist will be able to tell you one simple, oft-repeated, common knowledge mantra about life: Communication is key. This...
Image of health, much?
Image Pakistan, a fabrics manufacturer dealing in embroidered fabrics and ready to wear products for women, has recently obtained a stay order against SECP’s probes. Why would a company do such a thing if it has nothing to hide?
The meat experts are back in business
Despite recent liquidity issues and a tough economic environment, Al Shaheer is looking forward to a highly profitable year
Income, culture, and inequality — who are Pakistan’s middle-classes?
With imperfect data and complex definitions of class, Profit tries to determine what it means to be middle-class, and why people want it to be their origin story
Why are $300 million worth of oilseeds stuck at Port Qasim?
Bureaucratic red-taping may result in an uptick in the prices of essential food commodities
Too little, too late? SBP unveils anti-inflationary nuke
The SBP has hiked the policy rate by 625 bps in 2022, bringing it to a 24-year high to battle inflation and suppress imports - but is it too little, too late?
Inside the picture-perfect Pakistani wedding
More than just hearts, the big Pakistani wedding is also a marriage of young photographers with big fortunes
Paper palace – the business behind banknotes
The sole makers of security papers in Pakistan, SEPL is doing well but it can do even better
Electric rickshaws: Between Yellow-brick and Lytton road
On the precipice of having their registration approved, electric rickshaws now face an uphill battle to win over everyone
Another blow to local governance
If the FBR is found to be taxing property, it will go against the spirit of the 18th amendment, and weaken the struggle for local governments
Four ticking time-bombs threatening Pakistan’s food security
Despite its great capability, Pakistan’s food security is hanging by a thread. Profit identifies key indicators of the systemic problems our agriculture faces
Why does the JS Group want to buy BankIslami?
Already the largest shareholders in the Bank, Jahangir Siddiqui and Co are looking to takeover Pakistan’s oldest Islamic Bank as Shariah-compliant banking continues to gain ground
Jabbar Thaikaydar, the man who introduced money making in Pakistani media
In the early 1980s, as he carried banners of the Lakson Tobacco Company on his motorbike through the dusty roads of Lahore,...
Strong Rupee! Grape!
If the government wants the rupee to be treated like a mature currency, then it should stop treating it like a spoiled child
Crop Talk: From no potatoes to too many
One of Pakistan’s mightiest crops, the potato has suffered from overproduction and lack of government attention