Why do advertisers in Pakistan ignore Snapchat?
A culture which punishes executives from deviating from the status quo is a toxic environment for ideas and experimentation
The seesaw of Covid-19 regulations that have pulverized the restaurant industry
With every new wave and every new variant, restaurants suffer a little more and there doesn’t seem any way out
Pakistan’s democracy is missing a limb
An energy policy in the morning, and your road in the evening is a tall ask for anyone
Pakistan, the next outsourcing hub?
With India and the Philippines ratcheting up the rates, will Pakistan be able to jump on the BPO bandwagon?
Why aren’t we buying Russian oil?
Many other countries are benefitting. But a host of reasons make it difficult for Pakistan.
The mainstreaming of the tote bag
You get to Imtiaz for your weekly shopping. Or if you’re in Lahore instead of Karachi, maybe you go to Al-Fatah. You...
Decoding the progress of Naya Pakistan Housing
A project-by-project dive to reveal the real progress of Naya Pakistan Housing
What really is Balochistan’s investment potential
In the past few years, BBoIT has picked up its game. What could the results be?
Rabeel Warraich’s $30 million bet on Pakistani entrepreneurship
How a 33-year-old middle-class Pindi boy became the first professional venture capitalist in Pakistani history
HBL vs Bank Alfalah: the race to buy Silkbank’s consumer lending business
The bank is one of Pakistan’s smallest banks, but it plays an outsize role in the consumer lending space, making its spinoff of that portfolio a coveted asset among Pakistan’s bigger banks… and potentially a big deal for the country’s e-commerce industry
In Pakistan, the startup ecosystem fosters an elite group of professionals
Senior executives and young professionals are both gravitating towards the startup ecosystem. These are their stories
While PSX has a horrible year, one company more than doubled its share price
Avanceon Ltd’s CEO Bakhtiar Wain gears up for even faster expansion as cash flows in
Dhaba’s for all
Just as he finished an interview at Chai Shai, a tea shop on the main Sea View Road, Mustafa Kamal encountered a...
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?
How high should a high-rise be
The members of the Association of Builders and Developers (ABAD) heaved a sigh of relief after the Supreme Court judgement allowed construction...