Crop talk: Deadly product, cut-throat competition
Tobacco is one of Pakistan’s most successful crop stories
Zia Chishti had it coming. But do founders (who are also significant shareholders) ever truly get shown the door?
Zia Chishti might be going down, but TRG Pakistan and workplace culture of complacence regarding sexual harassment might not
The cruel business of buying and selling lions
On the 2nd of August this year, Lahore’s Safari Park Zoo announced that it was auctioning off 12 African Lions. The news...
Asset management taking off? Not yet
By some measures, the Pakistani asset management industry is the largest it has ever been. By other measures, it has not even recovered its 2008 peak yet
Would the RAAST revolution live up to its promise?
With RAAST poised to bring instant payments and rapid digitization, the banks are concerned about the heavy-handed approach of the SBP
The barefaced lies of New Metro City
The pet project of property mogul Malik Riaz’s grandson, New Metro City Gujar Khan is a ...
Why do advertisers in Pakistan ignore Snapchat?
A culture which punishes executives from deviating from the status quo is a toxic environment for ideas and experimentation
The changing nature of Pakistan’s Establishment
We talk in Pakistan as though we have an unchanging establishment, dominated by the military. Reality is far more complex, and changing very rapidly, driven by a changing economy
Stock splits can be the best of both worlds for the stock exchange
With SECP approving the guidelines, this can open the floodgates for stock splits in the coming future
Shield Corporation pulls the plug on diaper production
Stiff competition in an increasingly crowded market dominated by local subsidiaries of foreign multinationals made it difficult for Shield to stay in
Ten years ago Chenab Limited defaulted on its loans. Now it looks towards second act
Once one of the country’s largest and proudest exporters, the Chenab Group is looking to chart its course back to the top with the backing of its largest creditor, HBL
With an eye on profits and a focus on sustainability, HBL launches agricultural subsidiary
The first non-financial subsidiary of a bank to get approval from the SBP, HBL Zarai has already been approached by the SIFC and is set to work with the government of Punjab as well as small farmers
Henan D.R. brings a new hope to the Naya Pakistan Housing Project
With itse prefab ‘Easy Houses,’ Henan D.R. is trying to make housing easier for Pakistanis
Meet the best of LUMS MBA Class of 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x1ptf8Jnaw
Mohsin Obaid
Fun Fact: People call him an ‘energiser’
After his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Lahore School of Economics (LSE) Mohsin Obaid...
Companies like Engro follow regulations. So why then do some investors still get shortchanged?
There are many issues with companies buying back their own shares. This one change in regulations can fix at least one of those.