Why are cars better and cheaper across the border? | Profit Explains
Cars in India pack more features, are the latest model and, to really twist the knife, are cheaper than in Pakistan. There...
If we’re getting oil from Russia, why not Iran? | Profit Urdu
The country right next door has the fourth-largest oil reserves in the world. Why, then, do we even need to go to...
On the black market for dollars | Featured in Profit
The government and its apparatus should, once and for all, get out of the business of trying to fix the value of...
Do we see a tech sector bust soon? | Profit Urdu
The shakeups in the global tech scene have analysts worried about the repeat of the disruptive “dotcom” bust of the late nineties.
Pakistan in the 21st century
Things might seem bleak right now, but Pakistan is the bet that you want to make in the 21st century. Uplifting words...
Stay here, youngsters; you won’t regret it
Former Finance Minister and former Engro CEO Asad Umar tells us we’re close to the tipping point, where the startup scene in...
Pakistan, a bountiful country
Former Finance Minister and former Engro CEO Asad Umar says that there are many resources in the country, be it the vast...
Empowered women, the key to prosperity
Executive Director IBA S Akbar Zaidi says that emancipating women and giving them opportunities can be the key to our development. Clip...
Pakistan can’t change its neighbourhood
Hostile neighbourhood? Tough luck, because we can’t shift Pakistan to another geopolitical neighbourhood. Let’s try to talk to our neighbours, then. It’ll...
Where we are 1947 vs 2022
Engro CEO Ghias Khan runs us through some stats that reflect our progress from 1947 till now. Just to get an inkling...
Plugging the leaks in education, one school at a time
Engro CEO Ghias Khan tells us about the sorry state of education in the country and the dreadful reality of 24 million...
Leadership: lessons from cricket
Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Ramiz Raja says that the Pakistan cricket team could be viewed as a microcosm of Pakistan itself. Lessons...
The thriving market for your location data
You’re with your phone all the time, and even do shopping on it. A bevy of corporations want your phone to tell...
Should you be interested in Pakistan’s first development REIT? | Profit Explains
For the first time, Pakistanis will have a chance to have stakes in and become real estate developers. But should they go...
Blood money: the market for plasma | Profit Urdu
We look at the surprisingly large - and unsurprisingly macabre - market for plasma in the United States.