Losing confidence
The government has done the right thing to approach the Supreme Court regarding its allegations of “horse trading” in the run up...
Lessons from the fall of Airlift
AIrlift’s fall was inevitable. Once the darling of the Pakistani startup ecosystem, its downfall was a mixture of unfortunate circumstances and its...
Shake-up at a start-up
The exit of Daraz’s CEO doesn’t just mean a shake-up there, but shows how start-ups need to double down
Will the real economy please stand up?
Is it the robust economy with one of the best performing stock markets in the world? Or is it the economy with...
The most worrying chart (Editor’s Note)
There is one chart that gives us a heart attack every time we look at it: one that shows Pakistan’s average income...
Rent-seeking behaviour
The biggest difference between being pro-free markets – which this publication is – and being pro-business – which is a seemingly similar,...
‘Voodoo’ Economics, Habib Metro bank and a noodle
We were spoiled for choice this issue of Profit when it came to deciding what our cover story would be. It’s a...
A word of caution for the startups
It was a big year for tech and the startup space to say the very least. The largest Series A and Series...
Cooling the economy
For more than a year now, we have been hearing the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) tell us about how well the...
Correcting market failure
This publication is generally in favour of free markets, which in practice can often mean an opposition to what we view as...
The burden of over-regulation
In this edition of Profit, both our cover story and one of our main feature stories are about the financial services sector,...
Editor’s Note: Policy Reversals
There is no clearer indication that the current administration has absolutely no clue what they are doing on matters of fiscal policy...
A real upgrade
Over the past couple of weeks, the government got some good news: Moody’s, the New York-based global ratings firm, decided to upgrade...
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...
Editors Note: Passing the baton
She’s going to be the fourth Tapal to run the tea empire. The odds are against Mehvish Tapal. At least statistically speaking....