Maintaining a good Image

From wholesale to retail to e-commerce, Image is growing!

Will retailers accept revamped PoS machines? Chikoo and Bank Alfalah seem to think so

The startup has partnered with Bank Alfalah to digitise merchants; it might change the market in more ways than one

Why can’t the government sell one of its most sellable assets?

Power plants are a coveted business opportunity in Pakistan. In the case of the Kot Addu-Muzaffargarh solar power plant, the government has botched it so badly that no one wants to go near it.

UBank’s strategy makes a sharp U-turn

Latest financials reveal UBank’s balance sheet shrinking at the same pace with which it grew

Not much has changed at Mitchell’s. Why then is it amongst the best performing stocks?

Mitchell’s auditors think that the company might have to shut down. The market thinks otherwise

Is Malik Riaz’s House of Cards about to come tumbling down?

As the Rs 460 billion Bahria Town needs to pay to the Supreme Court catches up with them, will they have to go down the default route?

Ten years ago Chenab Limited defaulted on its loans. Now it looks towards second act

Once one of the country’s largest and proudest exporters, the Chenab Group is looking to chart its course back to the top with the backing of its largest creditor, HBL

Why Lotte Chemicals shut down its plant for the second time this year

The country’s sole producer of PTA finds itself chained to the fortunes - or misfortunes - of the textile industry

Multan Madness: Is DHA Multan the perfect portrait of all the peculiarities of Pakistan’s real estate market?

The investors came in droves when the project was first launched. But then why have property values halved in the mega-project?

Is Pakistan Steel Mills stuck in a time-loop or are we going crazy?

Four years on and we are back to square one. And not for the first time

Can Raast do for Pakistan what UPI did for India?

Raast promised to bring a digital payments revolution when it was rolled out in 2021 – the platform’s upcoming phase is going to be the real test which will determine whether it will boom or bust

Why has hundi been a part of Pakistan’s financial system for so long, and can anything be done about it?

The informal method of transferring money has existed for centuries, but is outlawed in many countries, including Pakistan, India and Bangladesh

Closing the year with a bang: 2023 tech funding looks up

After nine long months of a funding drought, startup funding has taken a sharp turn for the better in the fourth quarter of 2023

What is happening to EMIs?

Almost half of the entities that were in the running for or had recieved an EMI licence have withdrawn. What does it mean for the sector, and is truly it all doom and gloom?

Cars, Coal, and Crop Burning – The Three Cs poisoning Punjab

It is clear what needs to be done to solve the smog problem, and the legislation is already in place. But will anyone act?