THE FIRST STEP TO SOLVING A PROBLEM
Dr. Daniel Ritz, President and CEO of PTCL and Jeff Daniels, the acclaimed American actor, seem to have more than their name in common....
Editor’s Note: Freedom of the business press
It has been one full year of ‘Profit’. At the risk of sounding too full of ourselves, I think we can go ahead and...
LEAP OF FAITH
Johnny and Jugnu, a local burger joint has of late taken Lahore by storm. As tempting as it sounds, that, however, is not the...
Taking the fight to the big boys
In this issue we narrate the interesting times in Pakistan’s digital ad industry through a case study on one of its leading players, Bramerz....
Editor’s Note: The cost of borrowing
In his first speech to his fellow citizens as the Prime Minister-elect of Pakistan, Imran Khan stated his desire to have Pakistan play a...
Editor’s Note: The dangers of misinformation
It used to be that companies would hire public relations firms to manage their image in the media by trying to put the best...
Editor’s Note: The evolution of Pakistani business education
Pakistanis, particularly graduates of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) in Karachi, are fond of pointing out that IBA was the first business school...
Seth-ification ahoy!
Received wisdom told us that, given enough time, sophistication and exposure to best modern practices, family-run firms would transform into professionally run companies, with...
Time is of the essence
Rivers of gold. That's what media mogul Rupert Murdoch once said about the classifieds section in newspapers.Now, though I am definitely no Pakistani Murdoch,...
Editor’s Note: The adult in the room?
If campaigns are conducted in poetry, and governing in prose, it appears that the Imran Khan Administration – at least insofar as Finance Minister...
Editor’s Note: A culture of accountability
Business journalism in Pakistan has historically been a loser beat, and in most news organisations, it still is. And come to think of it,...
Editor’s Note: The great chasm
The median age of Pakistan is less than 24 years. Ours is one of the youngest countries in the world, and one governed by...
“Look Ma, no profits!”
Farooq Tirmizi, our contributing editor isn’t too confident about the viability of Daraz.pk, as is plain to see in his write-up on page 22.And...
Editor’s Note: ‘He’s a pleasure to work with’
In our edition dated June 10, 2018, Profit did an evaluation of the respective economic agendas of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan...
Editor’s Note: Outsourcing: What is it good for?
If there is one theme that dominates this issue of Profit, it is unquestionably outsourcing. Our cover story explores Pakistan’s miniscule business process outsourcing...
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