PIA: still a loss, but hey, it’s not as bad as before
According to its latest financials, the losing airline has managed to curtail losses
Between a saint and a shrine: The curse of Bahria Icon Tower
Launched in 2009, the Bahria Icon Tower has constantly fallen prey to messy legal problems. With no buyers in sight, how long will the tower remain a ghost-town?
Another day, another fraudulent housing society
Like many others, the Grand Avenue Housing Project is based on lies and deception
Are Pakistanis willing to rent their shaadi clothes?
The first circular fashion startups are here. But will the market take the bait?
Why do we keep having petrol shortages?
The government is not responsible for the price fluctuations, but it is responsible for exacerbating the problem through its hamfisted attempts at controlling the nation’s energy supply chain
Is e-commerce dying in Pakistan?
E-commerce in Pakistan is burgeoning and it is burgeoning at breakneck speed. In sheer numbers, e-commerce sales swelled 93.7pc in 2018, reaching...
How much money can you make as an emerging musician in Pakistan?
The short answer: not much. The industry is struggling with issues like lack of royalties, cumbersome concerts, and potentially exploitative brands. But hey, at least Spotify Pakistan might finally happen
Marriage apps are here. Which one would you choose?
In the background of the big fat shaadi industry, two new apps are hoping to tap into how people meet
Al Baraka: the little bank that stayed little
Why has the Islamic bank not been able to replicate the success of other Islamic banks, given the industry’s growth?
How big is Pakistan’s bridal dress business? And why are wedding dresses so expensive?
Luxury, class, brands, and tax evasion - the bridal dresses business in Pakistan is messy and brutal
Pakistani cotton is collapsing. What does this mean for farmers and the textile industry?
The country was once one of the largest cotton producers but lately it is finding it hard to meet its cotton production targets, and all the players blame each other
What in the world happened with the PSL media rights bid?Â
On the 23rd of December, Geo and ARY found themselves sitting across a table with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in the...
Govt’s tax collection can go through the roof
From an academic to leading Punjab’s digital revolution, PITB Chairman Umar Saif has overseen the largest land record digitisation in Pakistan in an effort to not just end corruption and land grabbing but in a bid to promote land as a liquid asset
Stop asking about investing abroad. Pakistani stocks outperform US stocks
One of the most common questions asked is how to invest outside Pakistan. Yet the numbers suggest that Pakistanis should be investing our own markets, not abroad.
All that stands between PEMRA and direct to home services
A decade-long crackdown by the FIA against illegal Indian devices has done nothing to sway the ease of doing business and bringing in the biggest investment in Pakistan’s electronic media history