Will Airlift be able to provide a public service and still make money?
Buses make sense. Global warming has you down? Run a high class public bus system and you have the answer. Need jobs?...
Cement sales signal recovery in construction industry
The Pakistani cement sector – widely seen as a proxy for home and commercial construction and infrastructure development activity – has seen...
After the storm, dark clouds still hover over oil refining sector
It has been a terrible year for Pakistan’s oil refinery sector, which has been hammered with losses that resulted from the combined...
Could this app help the government eliminate smuggled cigarettes?
Could the answer really be as simple as an app? For decades now, the tobacco industry has lobbied the government of Pakistan...
Roshni Rides: the ‘Waapistani’ startup with an American ethos
Hanaa Lakhani’s professional career path is the kind that would give the average Pakistani parent some anxiety. Around this time two years...
Khabees Orat – making money, one venting meme at a time!
It happened almost completely by mistake, but at some point in 2016, Lubna Akhtar realised that the hobby Facebook page she was...
What is Ali Mukhtar’s big plan for Fatima Gobi Ventures?
Fatima Ventures is the investment arm of one of Pakistan’s leading conglomerates, Fatima Group, and is a frontrunner amongst the Venture Capital...
Could electric vehicles break the dominance of the Big Three car companies in Pakistan?
The infamous cartel of Japanese auto manufacturers has been ruling the roost in Pakistan’s car market for a lifetime. The big three...
Is e-commerce dying in Pakistan?
E-commerce in Pakistan is burgeoning and it is burgeoning at breakneck speed. In sheer numbers, e-commerce sales swelled 93.7pc in 2018, reaching...
Pakistan’s urea subsidy needs changing. Engro might have the answer
Pakistan is an agrarian economy. This little factoid is drilled into our heads from our earliest school days. It is plastered front...
The battle for 4G in the North
In 2014, the much hyped telecommunications spectrum auction introduced the country to 3G and 4G technology, propelling it into an ever evolving...
Steel sector profitability plummets 67%, but the outlook may still be optimistic
Profits are down in Pakistan’s steel sector by a sharp 67%, though that decline in productivity – caused in large part due...
Yusuf H Shirazi: A titan rests at last
In 1963, Yusuf H Shirazi was striking out, and everyone was telling him it was a bad idea. Here was a man...
Thar Coal: It’s actually as impressive as it sounds, if you ignore that it is, well, coal
The year is 2019. Greta Thunberg is sailing the Atlantic to campaign for climate change. Young people around the world are marching...
Buybacks have hit the Pakistani capital markets. Investors beware
Perhaps we should have seen this coming, but count us surprised. Share buybacks – the practice of publicly listed companies buying back...