Startup Allia Health secures $2m in funding in Tim Draper-backed round, targets Pakistani expansion

Backed by Tim Draper, the clinician-facing platform eyes digital disruption in mental health delivery across emerging markets

Painfully Deja Vu

The tradition of the annual budget speech is rapidly becoming meaningless. Every year, the finance minister delivers a barely audible speech while...

Growth expected, expenditures slashed in Rs 17.57 trillion budget 

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s budget aims for 4.2% GDP growth with tax reforms, but does it answer the challenges in manufacturing, taxation, and broader economic recovery?

Decoding the Rs 17.57 trillion federal budget

A Pakistani’s guide on how to make sense of the federal budget 2025-26

The budget could cause a stock rally

The brief on the impact that the stock market and corporate landscape will see due to the recent budget

Govt proposes Rs. 147.8 Billion for 42 major water projects in PSDP 2025-26 to accelerate dam building 

Dasu Hydropower, Diamer-Bhasha, Mohmand Dam and Tarbela 5th extension amongst top projects

Salaried class get mild relief in taxation

The cut in tax rate is welcomed but falls short of expectations

PSDP allocation slashed again in Rs 4.224 trillion national development outlay

After last year’s PSDP spending failed to cross 50%, the government had already announced intentions to present a shrunk budget for the federal government’s public sector projects.

Growth on paper, stagnation on ground

Pakistan’s economic survey reveals more spin than spark

Economic survey explained; Pakistan misses growth target, but is the economy on the rise?

Survey reveals missed targets, cautious optimism ahead

Cotton is no longer Pakistan’s White Gold. It is a ghost crop

In a move that would be laughable if it were not so tragic, Pakistan's government has finally decided to pay attention to...

Bunny’s sets sights on the capital, plans bread plant in Islamabad

Lahore-based baked goods manufacturer seeks expansion into the wider GT Road belt by setting up shop near the federal capital

Yes, PIA turned a profit. No, it’s not a turnaround

The national carrier seems to have turned profitable, surprising everyone. Why it should be taken with a pinch of salt

Hyundai has no plans to launch the new Santa Fe. Could that make the Kia Sorento a winner?

Kia’s latest offering is receiving a lacklustre response, but for all the wrong reasons.

A new National Agri-Trade and Food Safety Authority approved, older ones scrapped amid concerns over provincial autonomy

New ordinance merges key federal quarantine departments into NAFSA; provinces, legal experts raise alarms over constitutional overreach