Help is here. But will kiryana stores take it?

A league of startups is trying to digitise small retailers. This might change retail altogether in Pakistan

Pakistan’s history with external debt restructurings

Pakistan faces severe external financing challenges with rampant domestic political instability and higher rates in developed markets hitting capital inflows on the...

Bad practices and over-reliance on govt has made Pakistani agriculture volatile and uncompetitive. It doesn’t have to be

It is a very simple equation. Pakistan has a set amount of land (possibly shrinking) and a growing population. That means we need to grow more food on less land

Has UBL paved the way for other banks to maximize arbitrage opportunities?

The recent financials of the banking juggernaut unveil a significant risk appetite

Pakistanis can now track their household carbon emissions

But what exactly can you do with this information, and is it enough to turn the tide?

The death of the refurbished Japanese car

How the imported car market blossomed in Pakistan, and why it came to an unceremonial stop

No Man’s Land — How Islamabad’s Katchi Abadis came to be

Inside the misplaced and disproportionate focus on ‘encroachment’ drives

What is Pakistan’s telecommunications future?

Profit sits down with Telenor CEO Irfan Wahab to discuss the state of the telecom industry

Dear Google Wallet, welcome to Digital Pakistan

The party in digital payments in Pakistan is already here. The global tech giant appears likely to be less of a catalyst and more a participant in the rising tide of the digitization of the Pakistani rupee

Reckitt Benckiser initiates $5 million media review for Pakistan

The Anglo-Dutch multinational consumer goods company has only agreed to shortlist media agencies in Pakistan that are owned by an advertising network or are an affiliate of one.

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

Is Pakistan ready for real estate tokenization?

Given that the distributed ledger is a trigger word for the State Bank of Pakistan, any disruptions to the boots status quo will need to tread carefully

How does PayFast aim to dominate the eCommerce payments landscape in Pakistan?

There is an ambitious fintech startup in town and it is called PayFast! PayFast, a group company of Premier Systems Limited, is...

Corporate profits down 1% in 2024, but some sectors soar

Energy was the biggest drag, driven by volatile prices and demand; absent that laggard, profits at Corporate Pakistan rose 8% in 2024

Survive or Thrive – how CPG companies adapted to C19 lockdown

After the C19 lockdown went into place across Pakistan - including KLI - businesses that depended on brick & mortar locations as a footfall and revenue source had to make a decision - adapt or die? Profit spoke to seven leaders in the CPG space to understand what they did to survive or thrive.