What does Babar Ali want to do with IGI Holdings?
It is practically an axiom in the world of corporate strategy: if you consolidate several separate businesses under a single holding company,...
Ufone’s 4G delay: PTCL’s calculated risk or strategic blunder?
On the surface, it looks like a clear cut mistake: the state-owned Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd (PTCL) owns Ufone, which until just...
Can the Islamic asset management industry get its act together?
On July 2, 2019, Pakistan’s capital markets passed a little-heralded milestone: the 10th anniversary of the launch of the KSE Meezan Islamic...
The dirty business of television ratings
Advertising has become spooky. Just imagine, how many times has it happened that you have nonchalantly Googled something – anything – a...
Is KASB Securities back from the dead?
It was among the biggest failures in Pakistan’s financial services sector: KASB Bank, the retail bank owned by the KASB Group had...
How a 30 year old became a media tycoon
Deep into the winding, messy streets of a Lahore township, on one end of a broken road stands a building five stories...
Forget Imran Khan, these entrepreneurs think they have the answer to Pakistan’s housing crisis
It is an audacious plan to say the least. Foolhardy if we’re being real, and straight up nuts if you’re a complete...
How Pakistan Inc. gets away with ripping off its workers
On the 20th of April, the students, faculty and administration of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) woke to strange scenes....
Is Ernst & Young about to exit Pakistan?
Ernst & Young, the global accounting and professional services firm that goes by its brand name EY, is re-evaluating its relationship with...
“Banks of the future will be built on User Experience and lifestyle banking”
Ashar Nazim is the CEO of Aion Digital one of the fastest growing Fintechs in the region. Aion Digital is a platform...
Are two-wheelers just for men or are Pakistani women a huge market waiting to be tapped?
On a warm, mid-March afternoon in Karachi, after Friday prayers, I slipped in between narrow spaces outside the mosque on my motorcycle...
Will Askari Bank’s new CEO succeed in his desire to shake the bank out of its stupor?
Abid Sattar took over as the CEO of Askari Bank in August 2018. Somebody forgot to tell his LinkedIn profile, which still...
How Iqbal Z Ahmed became the Gas King of Pakistan
Search for Iqbal Z Ahmed on the internet and you will find stories of how one man has hijacked the energy sector...
What on earth happened to TCS & can Saira Awan fix it?
The pace of change can sometimes overtake even the best companies, including those that have achieved the coveted “verb status”. In most...
Warning Seth Sahib: The startups are coming for you
Mudassir Sheikha’s successful sale of Careem will galvanize the Pakistani startup ecosystem, and imbue it with something it has lacked so far: serious financial power