Haleeb: What happened & how it’s being fixed
It might be hard for Pakistan’s current generation to comprehend this but back in the 80’s and for the better part of...
Nearly 48% of Pakistan’s electricity came from non-carbon-based sources in August 2019
It appears to be a contradiction, but it is true nonetheless: in August 2019, nearly half of Pakistan’s electricity came from sources...
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
Tania Aidrus’s big bet on creating a Digital Pakistan
It started, as things often do in Pakistan, with a WhatsApp forward. On Thursday, December 5, a group of Pakistanis living in...
It might be time to reconsider Indo-Pak trading ties
As the smuggling of Indian and Pakistani products continues to thrive through third country channels, why not accept the reality and formalise trading ties?
Finding home in the city: Women’s search for urban inclusion
Public spaces in the city are masculine realms that are designed to exclude women. However, this can be mediated by women-friendly city planning
After Ferozsons, Searle jumps into the remdesivir market
As the world worries about the coronavirus pandemic and how to beat back covid-19, Pakistan now apparently has not one but two...
Maymar Holdings to buy Haji Mohammad Ismail Mills in bid to become publicly listed
Real estate developer plans to buy the practically defunct textile mill turned consumer goods distributor to achieve public listing without the underwriting process
Beware of foreign VCs bearing term sheets
Pakistan is finally on the global venture capital map, undeniably a good thing for the country’s economy and startup ecosystem. But if expectations are not aligned with reality for both investors and entrepreneurs, the party could end very quickly
No matter what Ishaq Dar says, your dollars are not his
Panic was high following Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar’s remarks in an interview where he said that the dollars held by commercial...
Padding up the cement tycoons’ coffers
With CCP timidly looking away, the APCMA is running a cartel, setting up production quotas and extracting rapacious rates from captive consumers
The discriminatory hiring practices of Islamic banks: is this the shape of things to come?
Religious dress codes exist for women, but not men. Discrimination against religious minorities can get quite explicit, and even against non-religious Muslims. Will this spread to other parts of Corporate Pakistan?
Telenor Impairment: Has the group lost hope?
Following this impairment, the recoverable amount of assets in Pakistan is estimated to be around $600 million down from $850 million
Money well spent?
When they first came into office, the Nawaz Administration’s pronouncements on the textile industry were a libertarian’s dream come true. Commerce Minister...
NXT is a Covid-aware smart workplace solution. Will it have a market once the pandemic is over?
Although the company claims that such IT based solutions will be useful even after the pandemic is over, reality is likely to be much more uncertain