The Dollar: Buy, sell or hoard?
Profit explains the flaws with the old FX policy, what measures the PTI took to keep the market relatively stable and where the USD/PKR parity is headed in the short to medium term.
Private hospitals should have been raking in the cash, instead they might just go bust
As the virus continues to spread in Pakistan, private hospitals are already feeling the crunch while telehealthcare platforms are looking to cash in
Can Naushaba Shahzad turn FWBL around before it is too late?
If you are a woman in Pakistan, and you have a bank account, congratulations! You are one of the lucky few. This...
Sialkot prepares for take-off
Here is a fact you may not know: there are four cities in Pakistan from which you can catch a regular direct...
Citibank Pakistan scaled back, and became bigger than ever
Eight years ago, it looked like it was over.
On March 17, 2012, a story appeared on the front page of The Express...
How might the Coronavirus outbreak affect Pakistan’s economy?
If you think the global paranoia and hysteria surrounding the 2019 coronavirus outbreak is a little overblown, you are wrong. The disease,...
Neck-deep in debt, is ChenOne and its parent company about to make a comeback?
Chenab Group, the retailer’s parent conglomerate, appears to be in the process of securing a restructuring agreement with its lenders. But will it be enough to revive the flagging retail chain and its textile export operation?
Can the Pakistan Environment Trust get the country to take climate change seriously?
A collection of wealthy Pakistani businessmen is trying to persuade their home country to focus on the environment – with the help of some few million dollars, and one bright 26-year old, but without much participation from local climate activists
Climate change’s latest bane? A biblical plague threatening Pakistan’s food security
Millions of locusts are ravaging through all four provinces in the country, leaving in their wake havoc and destruction. The government has offered a state of emergency, and three planes to fight them. Can they win?
The world is digital. Are you at risk?
“As the world moves on towards becoming completely digital, cyberthreats loom large. How vulnerable are you, the country, and your business?”
Pakistan’s successful engagement at the World Economic Forum, Ali Jehangir Siddiqui explains
The Entrepreneur turned Ambassador shares the key to a successful visit to the World Economic Forum, outcomes to look forward to and personal insights on the privilege of serving Pakistan
Why your LUMS and IBA degrees will not land you a job
Consider the following thought experiment: what would it take for a company to replace Google as the default search engine to the...
The radical solution to Pakistan’s slowing economy: print more money. Simple!
At first glance, there is not much that unites Stephanie Kelton and Asad Zaman. One is hyper-American – the kind of fast...
Habib Metropolitan: the proudly old-fashioned bank
Habib Metropolitan Bank has one of the fastest growing deposit bases among middle market banks in Pakistan, a branch network that has...
The death of Maggi noodles
It is an iconic brand. At least two generations of Pakistanis have grown up with it. But Maggi noodles – the brand...