How a 30 year old became a media tycoon
Deep into the winding, messy streets of a Lahore township, on one end of a broken road stands a building five stories...
The next phase of the milk wars
Engro Foods and Nestlé Pakistan have been engaged for years in a stiff competition for a share of the Pakistani consumer’s wallet, but the hard part is yet to come
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...
Is Dewan Yousuf serious or will he hoodwink everyone yet again?
The Group faces a serious credibility crisis as it turns down offers for its cement plants for the umpteenth time – even the lucrative Mega offer – raising doubts about its intent to sell and settle the default.
Amazon eyes expansion in Pakistan, eager to capture e-commerce market
Amazon officials have also ensured that every effort would be made to make the process of selling on Amazon easy for Pakistani nationals.
This EdTech startup wants to change the way Pakistani children learn mathematics
Ask any primary or lower secondary school student about the most difficult subject they have to study and, more often than not,...
The rupee is falling. Let it crash
Why letting the currency exchange rate fall may help fix some (but not all) of the structural flaws in the economy
Can a MiniSo franchise make you a millionaire overnight?
Ask the scholars that spend decades obsessing over Japanese aesthetics and they will tell you tales of loft ideals and an ideology...
Petrol prices up by Rs4.26, Diesel by Rs6.55
Accordingly, after the hike, petrol would be sold at Rs91.96 per litre, HSD at Rs105.31, SKO at Rs84.34 and LDO at 74.99. These prices would be effective from June 12 till June 30, 2018.
Why Pakistan’s cotton value-chain has begun to atrophy
The industry blames a lack of government support, but capital appears to be shifting away from manufacturing, and the economics of growing other crops is better than that of cotton
Why your LUMS and IBA degrees will not land you a job
Consider the following thought experiment: what would it take for a company to replace Google as the default search engine to the...
Pak Suzuki to retire Mehran VX from November
ak Suzuki has in a notification to its dealers nationwide announced that it will be discontinuing Mehran VX Model SB-308 (without air-conditioner) from November this year
Amazon does not have a Pakistan presence. These Pakistani entrepreneurs are selling on it anyway
The global e-commerce giant has ignored Pakistan, but many enterprising individuals and companies have found ways to use the platform to their advantage by getting around the legal hurdles
Two new venture capital funds target Pakistani startups. Is there enough deal flow?
If you are an entrepreneur or startup investor in Pakistan, the odds are very high that you have met Kalsoom Lakhani. She...
After Careem and Uber, will the next boost to Pakistan’s ride hailing market come from a women-only service?
Both Paxi and Safr want to create a safe environment for women using this mode of transportation, but it is unclear if both management teams will be able to create businesses that can scale