PosterMyWall’s journey of coincidence
How did a bootstrapped Pakistani-American startup gain a globe audience?
After a lucky streak, Clover stumbles in 2020
How does a company go from having its best year in 2019, to its worst year in seven years in 2020?
Crop talk: It’s a date!
Pakistan is the sixth largest producer of dates in the world. Can we unlock the export potential of this seasonal mainstay?
Why are Pakistani advertisers ignoring TikTok?
Due to brand safety concerns, advertisers in Pakistan are working directly with TikTok content creators instead of working with the Bytedance platform. Profit investigates why.
The economy of Punjab’s graveyards
How the final resting places of citizens dead and buried are managed and maintained
Saudi Pak Leasings’ parent to divest
While the joint-venture has done well generally, Saudi Pak Leasings’ never managed to recover from the 2006 financial crisis
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.
Foreign educated startup founders and coworking spaces – four takeaways from Pakistan’s startup ecosystem
Pakistan is primed to be the next big tech destination. This statement has had its doubters; it has been analysed, dissected and...
Will BusCaro be the one to finally say BusCaro to burning VC funding?
Shaking off the ashes of Airlift and Swvl, BusCaro looks to have a crack at the commuting and mobility space with a twist
Can Naushaba Shahzad turn FWBL around before it is too late?
If you are a woman in Pakistan, and you have a bank account, congratulations! You are one of the lucky few. This...
Pakistan’s private equity potential
Profit explains what private equity is, and talks to some of the major stakeholders about the future
Telecard is exploring an IPO for its subsidiary Supernet. Would it do any good?
A company based on innovation, with the passage of time, it has slowly become a relic of the past
Morinaga may be up for sale in Pakistan. The buyer? Morinaga
The business of infant formulas is a big one in Pakistan, and Morinaga is a big name in it
How Pakistan’s Big Tobacco gets away with tax theft
They are called loosies in the United States. A single cigarette that is purchased and sold, usually in areas that are low-income...
Fresh out of A-levels? UBL has a job for you. But what’s in it for them?
One of the biggest banks of Pakistan is trying to tap into a new pool of talent