Customs Today: the fake news portal used to threaten global shipping companies in Pakistan
A group of toy importers has taken to planting untrue stories on a news website in a bid to blackmail major shipping companies into cooperating with their tax evasion scheme
Naya Pakistan Housing: pipe dream or bold vision?
Experts weigh in on the feasibility of the government’s target of building 5 million homes in the country over the next five years
Eighteen: How an Egyptian company is building a new $2 billion Islamabad suburb
Orascom’s real estate arm believes there is a large enough market for Pakistanis who want to live the suburban life around the nation’s capital
From rags to riches, chasing the Pakistani dream
The story of a man who took the world head on and is winning while coining a new phenomenon ‘the Pakistani dream’.
Govt’s tax collection can go through the roof
From an academic to leading Punjab’s digital revolution, PITB Chairman Umar Saif has overseen the largest land record digitisation in Pakistan in an effort to not just end corruption and land grabbing but in a bid to promote land as a liquid asset
Hong Kong-based investment bank returns to Pakistan’s capital markets. But why?
CLSA, a subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned company CITIC, has acquired a stake in Bank Alfalah’s securities trading arm Alfalah Securities
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
Will outsourcing help solve Pakistan’s tax problem?
PML-N’s Miftah Ismail suggests the government can raise a lot more revenue if it outsources many of the FBR’s functions. But is it the panacea or would it create more problems than it solves?
Insafian vs Nooni: The choice before the voters
How the major national parties stack up on matters of economic policy
Will the new boss at the PSX clean house?
The new CEO of the country’s only stock exchange has big plans to expand investor participation in Pakistan. But does he dare take on the power of the brokers?
Shan Foods, intent on spicing it up with a listing on the bourse
With disposable incomes on the rise, the Pakistani international spices giant not just doubles its size in the last three years, but with new products and an acquisition part of its expansion plans, the family-run business is evaluating tapping into funds from the capital market
Why funding is no object for Pak-Qatar Investment
Backed by very strong sponsors, from amongst Qatar’s royals, the company has never faced any issue in calling capital
A bank sold for just Rs1,000. Does it make any sense?
Profit demystifies the controversy over the sale of KASB Bank
For the Average Joe, where to invest is the question
Should one dabble into stocks, venture into the real estate or stay with the good old banks for a next-to-nothing yield?
The incentive in going green
Either hot or very cold, mostly in the extreme, the weather is hardly ever temperate. One’s neighbourhood is hit by water scarcity,...