Why ‘no profit’ still makes Zong happy

Faraz Ahmed, a resident of Anda Mor, North Karachi, wakes up at four every morning and sets off to his vendor’s home...

Does the D in DFIs stand for Debt?

The financial institutions have overhauled their strategy and now resemble a leveraged fixed-income fund

Adamjee Insurance faces half-billion-rupee loss from Dubai floods

The company’s Pakistan operations remained profitable, but losses from its UAE auto business severely dampened overall net income

In a bid to boost sales, Changan to offer financing for its minivans

With no buy back condition on Master Motors, Changan and Bank Alfalah are trying to make comfortable minivans affordable to Pakistani consumers

Hands off the rupee

The Pakistani rupee has largely been stable in the recent months. But rising oil prices amidst war in the Middle East pose a challenge to currency

Highest price, dominant market share: the curious case of Atlas Honda

The company has mostly lower-middle and working class customers. It has the most expensive product on the market, and one that is...

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

Moonis Alvi: The Architect of Karachi’s Energy Future

In June 2018, Moonis Alvi was appointed CEO of K-Electric, succeeding Tayyab Tareen as the top executive of Pakistan’s only privatized power...

After Daewoo and K-Electric, why is AsiaPak interested in Bol News?

There is only one reason to buy a television channel in this day and age: influence. But could Bol’s baggage be too much to handle?

The free market comes to Pakistan’s wheat crop

The state has been procuring and subsidising wheat production since 1968, claiming it is for the good of small farmers. In reality, it benefits everyone but the growers

Can’t pay the bills with ‘experience’

A look at the pay structure - and lack thereof - for junior associates at Pakistan’s elite law firms

Shahzada and Suleman Dawood

Shahzada Dawood was the Vice Chairman of Engro Corporation, a business conglomerate based in Karachi, renowned for its businesses in agriculture, energy...

Losing to loose milk

On a Wednesday evening in one of Karachi’s oldest areas, Lea Market, Samir Rajput is working the phone, trying to seal a...

Squabbles, regulation and bans – the state of Pakistan’s mobile manufacturing industry

“The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.” This maxim by the towering 20th century economist Milton...

Lahore Metro: the first step in the nation’s mass transit infrastructure

The complaints against the project appear largely from either those politically opposed to the government that initiated the project, or rich art school cranks who will not be using it