Has the FIA sealed Hascol’s fate?
The company was pinning hopes on a restructuring deal with its lenders, but with the FIA dossier now out, would the banks dare pursue this deal any further?
What the Daraz rebrand means
As far as rebranding goes, it is better to be proactive rather than reactive
Where there’s a rule, there’s a juggar, and currency is no different
Profit tells the tale of how rethinking regulations is the answer to dollarization in this dramatised explainer
Will the FBR be able to tame the retail sector?
In November 2021, the Federal Board of Revenue issued a list of 608 big retailers which it had categorised as ‘Tier-1.’ These...
Is the First Women Bank Limited too pink to fail? We hope so
If a ‘bank’ created for ‘women’, fails to either serve women, or function as a viable commercial bank, then why should it...
Dispute over Reko Diq mines heads towards a settlement
World’s fifth largest copper and gold deposits will finally get to see the sun, as the government of Pakistan and Tethyan Copper Company seem to have reached an agreement regarding the division of shares at 50% each
Will the fixed broadband revolution please rise?
Any hope of turning Pakistan into an IT hub will need serious investment in fixed broadband infrastructure
After three years in the wilderness, can Summit Bank be resurrected?
After being frozen in time for three years, the bank is making quick moves to get back in the race
The GDP finally rebased
The National Accounts Committee has revised the GDP growth rate for FY21 to 5.4% from 3.9% as per provisional estimates, the highest...
Pakistan’s economic conditions put PM Khan’s future in doubt
Housewife Maira Tayyab has considered begging for money to feed her family in inflation-hit Pakistan, while shop owner Mohammad Hanif finds his...
Pakistan’s mega city project worth $7bn turns shady
After the British divided Pakistan and India more than seven decades ago, Suleman Mohammad Sajjad Warraich’s father received a section of land...
Are Pakistanis willing to rent their shaadi clothes?
The first circular fashion startups are here. But will the market take the bait?
When the President cracked a billion rupee gag
Why would a government venture into the high-risk business of venture capital funds?
The mini budget is the price of failure
The real story is that the mini-budget would not have been necessary had our policymakers not doled out freebies to the elite in early FY22
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