Global anxiety over Chinese real estate crisis
The world's second largest economy might have a real estate crisis looming. If that reverberates over to it's globally-wired-in financial sector, the...
Profit Roundup: The rupee stabilises. For good?
Ali Aftab Saeed talks to Profit Editor Khurram Husain about the recent appreciation in the value of the rupee, the saga of...
The surprisingly large business of reselling online stores’ unwanted goods | Profit Urdu
Returned goods are certainly a pain point for online retailers. But they certainly are a tremendous business opportunity for those who want...
The rupee fights back?
Profit Editor Khurram Husain talks about the recent strengthening of the rupee against the dollar. And also, that we’re not quite out...
Solar Spain: a cautionary tale about subsidies | Profit Urdu
A subsidy-based incentive program for solar power generation in Spain went a little too well. Unfortunately for the citizens who had invested...
Profit’s take: The FT article, Arif Naqvi and Sheikh Nayhaan
A Financial Times article has taken Pakistani political discussion by storm. Profit’s Ariba Shahid talks to Abdullah Niazi about the context and...
The Big Short: inside the exchange rate volatility in Pakistan
Pakistan Today Editor Yousaf Nizami talks to Profit Banking Sector Analyst Ariba Shahid about her story about the current volatility seen in...
The folly of relief | Profit Urdu
Uzair Younis makes a compelling cases against the economics (and politics) of relief.
On the verge of another global food crisis? | Profit Urdu
On top of the global energy crisis - and in part because of it - we might be looking at a global...
Microfinance Banks on the verge of crisis? | Profit Magazine
The sector is sitting on a ticking bomb in the shape of loans at the risk of default, a situation triggered by...
What is Cobra Effect?| Why Economists Are Afraid of it? | Profit Urdu
The Cobra Effect refers to the unintended negative consequences of an incentive that was designed to improve society or individual well-being. The...
Profit Weekly Roundup: The IMF agrees (finally) and Airlift bites the dust
Ali Aftab Saeed and Profit Editor Khurram Husain discuss the staff-level agreement between the IMF and the Government of Pakistan on continuation...
Quick Take: IMF’s staff level agreement with Pakistan
Profit Editor Khurram Husain talks briefly about the IMF’s reviews of a loan facility that will lead to a release of Usd...
Journey of a kurti | Profit For Kids
Profit For Kids follows the journey of the kurti. From the cotton fields, all the way to your wardrobe. Join us, kids!...
Holland’s $10 billion flower exports | Profit Urdu
We look at the Netherlands’ massive floriculture export industry, which exports around 2 billion bulbs a year, and rings in a massive...