Din Textiles enters the weaving business
The spinning company sees an opportunity to move up in the value chain
Sapphire goes all-in on serving Pakistani women’s clothing needs… and wins big
The retail giant is experimenting with new product lines and online sales all geared towards the still relatively nascent phenomenon of the middle class woman who works outside the home
HBL invests Rs500 million into its asset management subsidiary
Will the HBL Asset Management actually grow, along with Pakistan’s nascent capital markets?
Berger Paints: stagnant at best, losing market share at worst
Pakistani actress Mehwish Hayat has four million followers on Instagram, and a devoted fan base. Berger Paints made roughly four billion rupees...
Once a squalid refugee camp, Jalozai to become a real estate development
For decades, Jalozai has been synonymous with putrid conditions and has been a symbol of the Afghan wars. Will SEZ status and a renewed interest in the area give Jalozai a new lease on life?
What will the Special Economic Zones do for the economy?
For decades SEZs have been touted as a driving force to help the economy. Past experiments have not worked well, will the latest push for them be more successful?
The birth, life, and death of the Lahore Parking Company
Lahore’s parking infrastructure is in shambles, and the LePark has not helped make things any better. But will wrapping it up do anything?
Fossil Energy still looking to acquire Bawany Air Products
The energy company may be looking at the acquisition as a backdoor public listing on the Pakistan Stock Exchange
Askari Securities is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Askari Bank
But is a bank buying a brokerage house even a successful model? Past experience of other banks suggests mixed results at best.
SPEL to expand geographic footprint by setting up a Karachi factory
Lahori manufacturer of packaging materials for consumer goods companies realises it needs a presence in the nation’s financial capital
Bela Automotives: The curious case of the vanishing ‘Sahid’
The company is very upset that the SECP seems to have lost their mail. Also, possibly about being on the defaulters list of the PSX for the past 15+ years
Reckitt Benckiser initiates $5 million media review for Pakistan
The Anglo-Dutch multinational consumer goods company has only agreed to shortlist media agencies in Pakistan that are owned by an advertising network or are an affiliate of one.
PTCL wants to sell Ufone. Here’s why that’s a good idea
The state-owned company wants to get out of the consumer business and focus on its infrastructure business. That could result in cheaper cellphone and internet services for all Pakistanis.
After six years of bootstrapping, Aimfit is ready to grow online with $1 million in recent funding
In September 2014, sisters Mahlaqa Shaukat and Noor Shaukat returned to Pakistan from the UK to conceive a fitness movement, led by...
SNGP’s losses continue to mount as failure to crack down on gas theft takes it toll
The government-owned gas company has yet to release financial statements for the last three quarters and held an analyst briefing where it offered very little by way of concrete plans to solve its massive cash flow problems