Monday, January 12, 2026

The man behind commerce, one-on-one with Profit

The Advisor to the Prime Minister on Commerce, Abdul Razzak Dawood, talks about what his ministry is doing to exports during the coronavirus pandemic, and what we can expect from the future

Kuch meetha ho jaye!

For some weeks now, Cadbury Dairy Milk is splurging its marketing rupees on a commercial featuring the fetching Mawra Hocane and the seasoned maestro...

TPL Life: A matter of perception

TPL-Life pioneering of instant scratch card concept life and health insurance backed by technology and ease of enrolment is a source of pride for the company

Setting the bar high

From 850 in 2000 to 1630 million tonnes per annum in 2016, the global steel production has nearly doubled since the turn of the...

Pakistan, a strategic hub for Nokia

Twitteratti went haywire on June 20, 2017. It wasn’t about JIT probing the premier and his family for tax evasion nor was it about...

Why Ishaq Dar deserves bouquets and not brickbats

Interview: Dr. Ishrat Hussain Former Governor, SBP Having served two back-to-back terms as SBP governor in Pervez Musharraf’s dispensation, Dr Ishrat Hussain has had a...

That unmistakable Shezan touch

Not the most highbrow or fashionable of either the bakeries or restaurants, Shezan has the kind of consistency and reliability that makes it stand out and rub shoulders with the best of the best in business

Growing bigger and bigger

One day at school in the early 2000s we were ushered to the library hall for ‘TV time’. Most students assumed it was going...

Sound and stable, despite the rather steep fall

From 52,000-plus, the KSE-100 index’s fall to 41,000 points or thereabouts in under three months, Haroon Askari, Acting Managing Director (AMD) PSX remains unperturbed....

IMF overblows external account concerns?

Interview: Najam Ali, CEO, Next Capital The International Monetary Fund (IMF) came up with a dire warning for our policymakers last week: Pakistan’s gross...

Creating a niche from nowhere

Still smarting from the loss of what was not long ago a small shoe business, Jawed Yasin handed over, whatever was remaining of his...

Tetra Pak, a marvel of technology

Presently the Managing Director of Tetra Pak Pakistan, a position he took up in November 2015, Jorge Montero joined the Tetra Pak group about 24 years...

In conversation with inDrive’s Daniil Petin

What does Pakistan’s mobility space hold for tech companies, and how does inDrive plan to grow?

Another trip to the IMF?

Pakistan has gone to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) many times for the ‘last time.’ This time it was for a 36-month Extended Fund...

What makes AkzoNobel go bullish on Pakistan?

With a board meeting, a product launch and the company’s business review all crammed together, Jeremy Rowe, AkzoNobel’s managing director for decorative paints in...