The Battle of the Sugar Barons has yielded its first victim
The PSX has mandated that Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills needs to buy back its shares. For once, the sugar manufacturer has decided to let up
Shezan Q2 2024 sees third worst quarter since 2020
Economic headwinds coupled with high financing cost take a toll on the bottom line of the F&B giant
Tim Hortons and the Lahori elite
Discourse. Ideally it is a word no one outside of college classrooms and leftist whatsapp groups should have to hear. Yet the...
Round two: Mitchell’s back on the market
Two major shareholders are considering options including a bid to sell 40.64 percent of their holdings in the company
Honda Car had a stellar first quarter but profits are still on the lower side
The company was able quintuple its sales for same quarter last year but profits are similar
Traditional real estate scams are becoming difficult to pull off. So what!
People are no longer investing their savings in real estate projects. But has the frustration led some real estate players to go the traditional Ponzi route?
TPL Insurance seeking up to Rs1 billion in foreign investment
TPL Insurance, Pakistan’s sixth largest non-life insurance company, is close to securing a Rs1 billion investment from international investors, an investment which...
Ideal Spinning Mills shuts its looms on cost crunch
Companies further up the value chain have begun preferring cheaper Chinese cotton yarn imports, making life difficult for Pakistani yarn manufacturers
PEL: down in revenue and earnings, but a market darling nonetheless
Stock market investors appear to be counting on the company continuing to prosper in the coming years, despite the Covid-induced hiccups in the first quarter of 2020
Pakistan’s urea subsidy needs changing. Engro might have the answer
Pakistan is an agrarian economy. This little factoid is drilled into our heads from our earliest school days. It is plastered front...
Eid hampers, and Careem mishap- this week in Pakistan’s business and economics Twittervers
As the Eid announcement steamrolled through from the now Mufti Munnebless Ruet-e-Hilal committee, the business and economic twitterverse in Pakistan had more...
The rising pension problem… in the private sector
Rising costs of retiring employees is a well-know problem in the government, but even the private sector has been neglecting the management of their liabilities, and now the bill is coming due
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
A beauty-full idea
The maroon and gold themed reception; expensive chandeliers hung on the glittery paneled roof; lavish decoration; dramatic background music; velvet sofa arrangements;...
How inflation killed Retailistan
Inflation is biting and it's taking a chunk out of the retail industry