No Man’s Land — How Islamabad’s Katchi Abadis came to be

Inside the misplaced and disproportionate focus on ‘encroachment’ drives

ACCA’s bid for an educated Pakistan?

As ACCA strives to set the benchmark for quality international education here in Pakistan, the question remains will it deliver a knockout punch

How Iqbal Z Ahmed became the Gas King of Pakistan

Search for Iqbal Z Ahmed on the internet and you will find stories of how one man has hijacked the energy sector...

Hallmark – no, not that one

From insurance company to IT services - it has not been a smooth journey

Can the Pakistani eCommerce industry survive without tax relief?

They got their way with the budget. But will it be enough?

No more China freebies for OMCs

OMCs were able to make the most of the CPFTA as the government lost out on Rs 40 billion in revenue

Indus Motors: is the worst over for Toyota in Pakistan?

It is a well-established fact that 2019 was not kind to the automobile sector. Auto assemblers across Pakistan faced exorbitantly high production...

A not so meaty affair

In what is so far the highest difference between floor price and strike price (Rs52) in the last five years, AlShaheer Corporation...

As construction boom takes off, cement production reaches industry’s capacity

The government’s efforts to stimulate growth through real estate development appears to be paying dividends for the construction industry

Faysal Asset Management Company – Redefining investment

Faysal Asset Management has had a good few years. Back in 2018, it was a relatively small operation with a Rs 7.3...

The badly kept secret of how Pakistan’s $2 billion media industry keeps losing money

If AdEx is declining, how are media agencies making money? Here’s what the last three RECMA reports suggest about media agency growth. Also, an inside track on what a leading pay television network is doing to capture a larger slice of the dwindling AdEx pie.

TPL decides to venture into creating a technology park

The properties arm of the TPL Corp has made a spate of interesting choices in the last two years

National Foods’ excellent 2021

The famous spice company is determined to win the condiments and pickles department too

Looking beyond the haze: Pakistan’s Cloud Computing Prospects

A robust cloud infrastructure would serve as the cornerstone of digital Pakistan

Electricity generation in Pakistan rising, despite the pandemic

Despite the blip of Covid-19 pandemic on power generation in the country, demand for the sector has picked up