Manifesto season?
With a fortnight left for the polls, two major parties come up with manifestoes
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...
Tipping point
The country is standing at a critical tipping point and it’s most important decision making centre is in complete disarray. The economy...
Getting our act together
It was only a matter of time, we suppose. Last week, the United States joined the European Union in banning Pakistan International...
All for one, one for all
We cannot bring ourselves to recount the brutal and vicious manner in which the coal miners in Balochistan from the Hazara community...
A key policy success
It is our contention that – for all our complaining about corruption and incompetence – every administration in Pakistani history has been...
Editor’s Note: PIA’s turnaround effort
It is no secret that Pakistan’s state-owned enterprises are almost invariably badly run, but even by the Government of Pakistan’s atrocious standards,...
Dear offended reader…
This one is for you!
Climate change vs Governance
Above all else, the flooding disaster to hit Pakistan is about climate change
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...
The rising economic power of Pakistani women
Two things are simultaneously true about Pakistan, both as a society and as an economy: it is heavily – and unjustifiably –...
For the love of all that is holy, leave the rupee alone! (Editor’s Note)
We were almost there. After letting the rupee lose about a third of its value, albeit begrudgingly, there was hope that the...
A Zardari masterclass
For the past few months, Asif Ali Zardari has been camped in Lahore. And he hasn’t been sitting idly twiddling his thumbs...
How not to hold businesses accountable
Business publications have a natural bias: we tend to be pro-capitalism, pro-free markets, and pro-entrepreneurship. What we at Profit try to do...
Editors Note: Dalda goes public
With our financial capital markets as nascent as they are, any discussion of a major company going public is going to be...