Chasing the dream
It was back in 2004 when Bashir Abdul Ghaffar decided to wind up ‘Chase Up’ Departmental Store, the garment business his late...
Help is here. But will kiryana stores take it?
A league of startups is trying to digitise small retailers. This might change retail altogether in Pakistan
No, Pakistan does not have the lowest unemployment rate in South Asia
PBS just published updated data and estimated Pakistan’s unemployment rate at 6.3%. This is in contrast to recent headlines, where Pakistan was lauded for achieving the lowest unemployment rate - at 4.3% - in the South Asian region. So, why the difference?
Why are advertisers in Pakistan ignoring the 2023 Cricket World Cup?
A cocktail of bad ratings and poor athletic performance is a recipe for disaster, coupled with distribution confusion and a consortium that appears to disregard Kantar-MediaLogic data
Why Fauji Meat is the smartest decision made by the Fauji group in decades
The worst way to think about a profitable investment strategy – whether it be as an individual investor or as a CEO...
Why aren’t we buying Russian oil?
Many other countries are benefitting. But a host of reasons make it difficult for Pakistan.
Pakistan’s aviation sector: In ‘rapid descent’
An international forecast projects Pakistan’s domestic air travel to grow at twice the pace of global traffic over the next 20 years,...
Ismail Industries to invest in packaging
The successful conglomerate is creating a Rs1.5 billion PVC plant.
Pakistani banks don’t lend to the private sector. For good reason
Banks are at a loss at how to deal with bad faith actors defaulting away – along with a sloth like judiciary that allows them to get away
Traditional real estate scams are becoming difficult to pull off. So what!
People are no longer investing their savings in real estate projects. But has the frustration led some real estate players to go the traditional Ponzi route?
Die, cash, die!
The Pakistani middle class is past its scepticism of electronic money. How did we get here, and what comes next?
What is the PTI’s energy game plan?
How having a former hydrocarbon company CEO as finance minister will shape the government’s approach to Pakistan’s biggest economic challenge
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....
The Miracle Man at the Bank of Punjab
Zafar Masud survived a plane crash, and the bank he leads barely survived the 2008 financial crisis. Now, he wants to make Pakistan’s largest provincial government-owned bank one of the country’s Big Five banks. Can he pull it off?
“Abracadabra – you, too, are now Pakistan’s best performing CEO”
As with most things in Pakistan even recognition and accolades are controversial. One can argue the more subjective of these awards are...