Is Sultana Siddiqui about to lose control over Hum TV?
A sudden spike in investor interest in the company’s stock has the market swirling with rumours about a change in control of one of Pakistan’s biggest media companies
Have Pakistan’s most successful startup founders become Naspers’ latest victims?
The merger of EMPG and OLX has created a new entry into the unicorn club, but is it another one of Naspers' classic burn-them-out takeovers? Or did the Pakistani founders negotiate from a position of strength? Besides, who is next?
Why (and how much) Pakistanis overinvest in real estate
The obsession with real estate as an asset class is unhealthy for the economy; here is what investors should do instead
Why do we keep having petrol shortages?
The government is not responsible for the price fluctuations, but it is responsible for exacerbating the problem through its hamfisted attempts at controlling the nation’s energy supply chain
Covid finally got Pakistanis to spend on fashion online… but businesses were caught off-guard
After the pandemic-induced lockdown, apparel businesses that depended on brick and mortar locations as a footfall and revenue source had to make a decision: adapt or die? Most chose to shift online, with serious teething problems in the transition.
Can Careem crack the super-app code?
Pakistan’s largest tech company has gotten people used to the idea of paying for rides online. Will it now succeed in creating its own online ecosystem?
The budget of Ls: Explained by economists
Experts explain how 'corona budget' focuses more on 'lives, livelihoods, locusts and lockdown'
Hey shehri babu, here is why you need to pay attention to the locust invasion
Back in February, Profit had done a feature on the swarms of locusts laying waste to entire yields of crops and threatening...
Your salary does not get paid on time because the State Bank thinks bankers do not know how to do their jobs
How the central bank’s Prudential Regulations keep the banking sector from lending to the majority of the economy, and how it affects businesses and people
The great life insurance swindle
How the industry has taken to selling it more as an investment and less as financial protection, often deceiving customers about the true nature of their product, shaking the public’s trust in a country that already has the lowest insurance penetration in the region
No PM, you’re wrong. We can afford a shutdown. Here’s how
A combination of cash transfers and government stimulus is necessary and doable as a temporary response to prevent massive loss of life and permanent damage to the nation's healthcare infrastructure