Globe Textile Mills owners sue OBS to terminate merger agreement

Pharma conglomerate aimed to use acquisition as a backdoor public listing, now appears to be unlikely to go through

Sazgar to introduce new brand

The big three’s domination is finally under threat

OGDC and PPL’s commitments to Reko Diq take a step forward with feasibility study completion

The two companies have nothing to do with mining, but have forcibly been dragooned by the government into participating as equity stakeholders in the project with Canada’s Barrick Gold

What is Tania Aidrus’ Dbank up to now?

On 13 January 2023, after a wait of nine months, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) finally unveiled the five successful applicants...

Anatomy of a stock market crash: How the SECP sat back and let mayhem unfold in 2000

Regulators, by definition, must regulate, actively and effectively. When they don’t, it's a case of ‘when the cat's away, the mice will play’

If you like IT, put a ring on IT

The recent fall in IT exports, Pakistan’s great new hope, is a reality check posing a number of biting questions for the industry and authorities

Healthcare: the (hitherto) ignored priority

If one had to reduce the state of an entire nation’s healthcare to a single number, it would be average life expectancy,...

The ‘bold’ economic demands of the Aurat March

The march commands great public interest. It is using it to advocate for the economic rights of women and marginalised groups

The case for industrial electricity tariffs as a solution to our energy crisis

Can reverse Robin Hood economics make a more equitable energy market for everyday customers?

Changes to look out for in the banking sector for the next fiscal year

Banks to pay higher effective taxes as the government disallows provisions to be treated as expenses

What’s in a name? Everything, apparently

Byco has gotten it bad. Is a name change really as important as they think?

Bibojee Group merges both of their textile spinning mills

Decades after being established and owned by the same conglomerate, Babri Cotton Mills and Janana De Malucho are finally merging

The OGDCL’s $80 million bid saga in Uch

The bid for a compression plant in Uch has become a bone of contention with current and former officials of the company lobbying for different groups

Govt wants the PTCL model to fix the power sector. But can it work?

The idea of outright privatisation of many state-owned energy companies seems too good to be true, but a model for transferring management control while retaining majority shares might allow the government to placate its critics while moving towards relinquishing control over the energy sector

The State Bank’s Treasury Bill buyback: smart move, or money printing by another name?

The house is divided on the repurchase transactions as some call it a confidence boosting measure while it is business as usual for others