Startups beware: the funding’s drying up | Profit Explains

A recession and high interest rates in the US has meant a credit for everyone, not just in the US. Taimoor Hassan...

Profit Weekly Roundup: China comes through?

In this weekly roundup, Ali Aftab Saeed asks Profit Editor Khurram Husain about the Chinese inflow, petroleum development levy and rumours of...

The interbank market runs out of dollars. What does that mean? | Profit Explains

Banks have run out of dollars and are now borrowing from various sources, including their own depositors, to make trade related payments...

Fact check: RDA balances are not equal to $4.5bn

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday announced in a tweet that the total deposits in the Roshan Digital Accounts (RDA)...

The growing e-sports industry of Pakistan | Profit Explains

Original Story:  https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/04/03/pakistan-has-a-nascent-esports-industry-that-can-grow-much-bigger/  

Is the PSL good business? For the PCB, yes. For the teams, not so much | Profit Explains

Original Story: https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/02/20/is-the-psl-good-business-for-the-pcb-yes-for-the-teams-not-so-much/

The Rs54 billion HASCOL scam, explained | Profit Explains

Original Story: https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/01/30/is-hascols-fate-finally-sealed/

What is GDP per capita? | Profit Economics Class Ep 02

After delving into the concept of GDP in the first episode, we discuss how there’s more than that statistic to an economy’s well-being.

This is why Pakistani banks don’t lend to the private sector

Banks are at a loss at how to deal with bad faith actors defaulting away – along with a sloth like judiciary that allows them to get away

Will the India-model work for Pakistan’s EdTech start-ups?

Asad Nizami talks to Taimoor Hassan about the latter’s story in last week’s issue of Profit about whether a Pakistan edTech company can replicate the Byju model from across the border

What is GDP ?

Profit Economics Class # 1