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