What is Pakistan’s telecommunications future?
Profit sits down with Telenor CEO Irfan Wahab to discuss the state of the telecom industry
Four ticking time-bombs threatening Pakistan’s food security
Despite its great capability, Pakistan’s food security is hanging by a thread. Profit identifies key indicators of the systemic problems our agriculture faces
Is the Pakistan Super League a viable business opportunity?
Perhaps it was fitting, perhaps it was ironic. The most expensive team in the fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL)...
NETSOL stock riding high after key wins in signing new clients
Pakistan’s only NASDAQ-listed company appears poised for faster growth after a recent spate of stagnation
Have car prices sleepwalked into no-man’s land where nobody can afford them anymore?
Customers might have to pull the break on their dreams to own a car because it looks like we’ll be here for a bit
The great big Profit survey of the COVID-19 pandemic
For anyone who has lived in Karachi, particularly in the 1990s and late 2000s, the current scenes in Pakistan’s largest city are...
Cnergyico leaps ahead of Shell and Total to become largest private-sector fuel retailer
The acquisition of Puma Energy Pakistan means that they are now the second largest fuel retailer after state-owned PSO
Berger Paints: stagnant at best, losing market share at worst
Pakistani actress Mehwish Hayat has four million followers on Instagram, and a devoted fan base. Berger Paints made roughly four billion rupees...
State Bank’s LC approvals cast a shadow on Avanceon’s earnings
The publicly listed company’s PKR revenues grow to Rs4.6bn for 9-months of 2022 from Rs3.5 billion last year, but on the back of massive exchange rate gain of Rs1.64bn
Circular debt – the nearly 2 trillion problem
Governments have unsuccessfully promised to eliminate circular debt before. This time doesn’t seem much different
What went down with Pakistan’s meat exports to the UAE?
The UAE has banned fresh meat exports from Pakistan coming via the sea. How is the meat industry responding?
After six years of bootstrapping, Aimfit is ready to grow online with $1 million in recent fundingÂ
In September 2014, sisters Mahlaqa Shaukat and Noor Shaukat returned to Pakistan from the UK to conceive a fitness movement, led by...
Waves Singer CEO intends to buy 30% of publicly listed textile company
Haroon Ahmed Khan to buy a stake in Samin Textiles
Selling like hot cakes
Five years ago, a young housewife Sumera, aka Sam, ordered a customized cake for her daughter’s birthday party. She, along with her...
Pharmaceuticals in Pakistan: extracting whatever they can from the pie
Can the pharmaceutical sector ever be reformed? Kabeer Dawani and Asad Sayeed take a look at the sector’s pitfalls, and ways forward.