Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank to acquire Samba
The largest bank by assets in Saudi Arabia is entering Pakistan. This is not the bank’s first brush with Pakistanis
Why exactly are cars so expensive in Pakistan?
Yes, it has to do with taxes, but there is more than meets the eye, and local manufacturing may be a bigger deal than you think
The gas conundrum
International prices continue to play havoc on the local market
How to fix the Pakistani economy: Shaukat Tarin
Reduce taxes, rein in government spending, and then prioritise poverty alleviation through programs to incentivise and fund entrepreneurship
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?
What it takes to build a world-class corporate culture: lessons from a seasoned HR professional
Fatima Asad Said comes from a family of chartered accountants including her father. Before
completing her MBA, she worked with Citibank and the...
The microfinance sector in Pakistan needs to be taken to scale to create real impact: President & CEO, U Bank
“Pakistan has a lack of brick and mortar bank branches, especially at the last mile locations and we need to focus more...
Pakistan is struggling to breathe!
Pakistanis have another reason to worry, and it isn’t the economy. Air quality has been deteriorating over the past years and on the morning of January 18, 2023, Lahore and Karachi took the top two spots of having the worst air quality in the world
Five years on, K-Electric transaction still pending clearance of Islamabad’s absurd demands
Finance Ministry refuses to give approval for the deal, resulting in now a five-year delay for the transaction
The rupee is falling. Let it crash
Why letting the currency exchange rate fall may help fix some (but not all) of the structural flaws in the economy
Is Pakistan Steel Mills stuck in a time-loop or are we going crazy?
Four years on and we are back to square one. And not for the first time
Interloop divests from Bangladesh operations
Despite the tariff-free access to the European market, the Faisalabad sock giant has yet to be able to make its Bangladesh operations profitable and decided to call it quits
Jo Banain Gai Khain Gai
As our standard of living faces a collapse, the main focus of our economic policy should be efficient production of exportable goods and agricultural products
OLX : Simple Easy Fast
Two years ago in 2015, Nida and Danish – who were a newly married couple at the time – were looking for...
Decoding the progress of Naya Pakistan Housing
A project-by-project dive to reveal the real progress of Naya Pakistan Housing