Thursday, January 8, 2026

Value Trapped!

Will high inflation turn the tables in favour of local brands?
Medicines

Essential medications unaffordable as pharma companies raise costs

As per DRAP’s earlier notification, pharmaceutical companies have hiked the price on essential medicines 

Coca Cola requests FBR to reduce FED on beverages to 16% in FY24 budget

ISLAMABAD: Coca Cola beverages has asked the Federal Board of Revenue to reduce Federal Excise Duty (FED) on beverages from 20% to 16% in...

How Butterfly stayed in business and beat back P&G’s Always

In 2018, Always was the premier feminine hygiene product in Pakistan’s retail market. In only a few years, Butterfly has taken away a chunk of their market share. What happens next?

Losing to loose milk

On a Wednesday evening in one of Karachi’s oldest areas, Lea Market, Samir Rajput is working the phone, trying to seal a deal with...

Sugar price hike has nothing to do with exports, says PSMA

LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has categorically rejected a news item which appeared in a section of the media that the current...

Olivia bluntly copies BBlunt commercial

LAHORE: A 40-second commercial featuring India’s Kareena Kapoor endorsing Olivia hair colour brand owned by Pakistan’s Maskatiya Industries seems to have stirred up a...

FBR to integrate FMCG manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors into Digital Invoicing System 

Plan targets to connect approximately 10,000 FMCG entities with Digital Invoicing System to enhance tax monitoring, curb leakages

Lt Gen Anwar Ali Hyder (Retd) elected Chairman of Fauji Foods

Leadership change effective November 26, 2024

High food prices continue to plague KP residents after Ramzan

PESHAWAR: Residents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) are voicing their frustration with the local district administration's inability in controlling food prices that have failed to...

Is Coffee Pakistan’s cup of tea?

Tea is part of the country’s cultural fabric: but are young people’s preferences changing that?

Nestlé Pakistan announces Rs3.38bn profit after tax, down 17.3pc YoY

LAHORE: Nestlé Pakistan Limited in a notification to Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday, released its financial results for the period ended March 31,...

Despite a thriving pharma industry, Pakistan does not manufacture any condoms

The market for contraceptives is massive in Pakistan. Despite this, nearly all of the options available to people are imported.

Najam Sethi appoints ex-PSL marketing head as Mitchell’s new CEO

Mitchell’s Fruit Farms Limited (MFFL), in a notification issued to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), has announced the appointment of Naila Bhatti as its...

FIA starts inquiry into monopoly, irregularities in food ministry’s department

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) has launched an investigation into the alleged irregularities and monopoly of private firms in the Department of Plant...