Telenor Impairment: Has the group lost hope?

Following this impairment, the recoverable amount of assets in Pakistan is estimated to be around $600 million down from $850 million

China wants to move to Faisalabad, the FIEDMC is setting up shop for them

Mian Kashif Ashfaq kicked off the new year side by side with Prime Minister Imran Khan at the launch of the state...

Honda’s big gamble

With the Honda Civic tipping over the Rs 6 million mark, what does the auto sector’s landscape look like in the immediate future?

Why are Pakistani advertisers ignoring TikTok?

Due to brand safety concerns, advertisers in Pakistan are working directly with TikTok content creators instead of working with the Bytedance platform. Profit investigates why.

How to fix the Pakistani economy: Dr Hafiz A. Pasha

The government should formulate a clear trade strategy, and then subsidise industries that can compete globally

How Mastercard plans to gain share in the payments market in Pakistan

After decades of not really being involved in Pakistan, Mastercard wants to expand in the country. But their competition isn’t Visa, it’s cold, hard, cash

Lahore goes vertical : 5 upcoming apartment projects

  Walking out from under his father’s shadow, Dascon Construction, Shahnawaz Ayaz Durrani set up his own, DCC Developers, launching ‘Address 73’. His...

How dependence on the government’s pursestrings is crippling the news media

For years media houses have been dependent on the government’s advertising spending to run smoothly. This government is the first to test the extent they can exploit this

Another feather in Sialkot’s much-festooned cap

Amongst the town and cities of the undivided Punjab – quite like, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Lyallpur, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur – Sialkot, the north-eastern...

How Hum Networks rose to become one of the biggest names in Pakistani entertainment

For over a decade now, Hum TV has been one of the most watched entertainment television channels in Pakistan, consistently ranking at...

Why negotiating with the IPPs won’t fix much. And what will

A look at the series of bad ideas that have plagued the government’s attempts to fix the energy grid, and how the government keeps digging itself into a bigger and bigger hole

OLX – Thousands of products in the palm of your hand.

The advent of 3G and 4G spectrums has revolutionized online selling and buying in Pakistan. Bilal Bajwa, General Manager of OLX Pakistan...

Hira Textile Mills introduces new yarn variety, hopes to get off defaulter list

Will the product be enough to change the mill's fortunes? It seems unlikely

Fast, dependable and easy to use. Can SadaPay revolutionize the FinTech landscape in Pakistan?

Is the EMI model viable in Pakistan? SadaPay seems to think so but can they really have a meaningful effect on FinTech and the banking industry as a whole?

Pakistan’s urban upper middle class obsession with luxury dogs is making people big money

Under the guise of breeds and love of animals, a lucrative business thrives, with some criticising it as inhumane and others as a wasteful luxury