Blowing hot and cold: banks and the government at loggerheads over windfall tax
Banks retaliate to 40% additional income tax on foreign exchange which could have generated a revenue of more than Rs 40 billion for the cash-strapped government
How to get away with defying the Competition Commission
An energy drink manufacturer jolts the CCP with legalities, but this is not the first time the CCP is challenged
Is the caretaker government about to compromise Pakistan’s agri exports?
 After more than 18 months of consistent back-and-forth involving permissions and all kinds of bureaucratic red-taping the caretaker government is set to...
Maintaining a good Image
From wholesale to retail to e-commerce, Image is growing!
Will retailers accept revamped PoS machines? Chikoo and Bank Alfalah seem to think so
The startup has partnered with Bank Alfalah to digitise merchants; it might change the market in more ways than one
Why can’t the government sell one of its most sellable assets?
Power plants are a coveted business opportunity in Pakistan. In the case of the Kot Addu-Muzaffargarh solar power plant, the government has botched it so badly that no one wants to go near it.
UBank’s strategy makes a sharp U-turn
Latest financials reveal UBank’s balance sheet shrinking at the same pace with which it grew
Not much has changed at Mitchell’s. Why then is it amongst the best performing stocks?
Mitchell’s auditors think that the company might have to shut down. The market thinks otherwise
Ten years ago Chenab Limited defaulted on its loans. Now it looks towards second act
Once one of the country’s largest and proudest exporters, the Chenab Group is looking to chart its course back to the top with the backing of its largest creditor, HBL
Why Lotte Chemicals shut down its plant for the second time this year
The country’s sole producer of PTA finds itself chained to the fortunes - or misfortunes - of the textile industry
Is Pakistan Steel Mills stuck in a time-loop or are we going crazy?
Four years on and we are back to square one. And not for the first time
Why has hundi been a part of Pakistan’s financial system for so long, and can anything be done about it?
The informal method of transferring money has existed for centuries, but is outlawed in many countries, including Pakistan, India and Bangladesh
Closing the year with a bang: 2023 tech funding looks up
After nine long months of a funding drought, startup funding has taken a sharp turn for the better in the fourth quarter of 2023
What is happening to EMIs?
Almost half of the entities that were in the running for or had recieved an EMI licence have withdrawn. What does it mean for the sector, and is truly it all doom and gloom?
Companies like Engro follow regulations. So why then do some investors still get shortchanged?
There are many issues with companies buying back their own shares. This one change in regulations can fix at least one of those.