Kazim Alam

KARACHI: With 20,795 permanent em­p­­loyees, Habib Bank Ltd (HBL) grew its pre-tax profit to Rs53 billion in ... Published 11 Apr, 2021 07:27am

Rural communities in Sindh are under a deluge of microcredit, thanks to the lax lending practices by microfinance providers. Updated 21 Mar, 2021 08:03pm

A young trader usually joins a brokerage house on a salary but moves to a salary-plus-commission package in about five years. Updated 28 Feb, 2021 09:01am

Nasir Shah Bukhari had built his business empire from the ground up over decades but lost it all in just one night six years ago. Updated 14 Feb, 2021 10:48am

Forecasting is often the last refuge of the charlatan. Published 04 Jan, 2021 08:04am

Financials of the telecoms show their revenues and pre-tax profitability declined in the first nine months of 2020. Updated 23 Nov, 2020 09:59am

‘We expect deposit growth numbers will go down now’ Published 09 Nov, 2020 07:49am

Banks have disbursed almost 60pc of their Rs203.6 billion housing loan portfolio among their own employees. Updated 02 Nov, 2020 02:36pm

"Don’t save money by pushing us up against the wall,"says Meezan Bank CEO Irfan Siddiqui. Updated 16 Sep, 2020 12:03pm

OICCI President Haroon Rashid vows to bring Apple, IBM and Microsoft to Pakistan. Updated 01 Sep, 2020 10:42am

K-Electric CEO says loadshedding is an outcome of the federal government’s flip-flops on key issues. Updated 10 Aug, 2020 08:53am

TPL Trakker is set to raise up to Rs1.4bn in the second IPO of 2020 Published 13 Jul, 2020 06:58am

TPL Trakker is set to raise up to Rs1.4bn in the second IPO of 2020 Published 13 Jul, 2020 06:58am

What can possibly go wrong in turning the country into a laboratory to test the validity of a ‘model’? Updated 18 May, 2020 09:40am

The govt has moved into high gear to redraw power purchase agreements with investors to control capacity charges. Updated 16 Apr, 2020 08:21am

The balance sheets of commercial lenders are in good shape to sustain poor cash flows in the immediate term. Updated 08 Apr, 2020 08:16am

Words need to be followed up with a concrete plan of action and implementation, says textile mill director Ziad Bashir. Updated 08 Apr, 2020 09:55am

KARACHI: The government has not approached independent power producers (IPPs) to renegotiate capacity payments, IPP... Published 03 Apr, 2020 06:50am

The dairy industry is ill-prepared to meet the demand if loose milk consumption suddenly stops. Updated 17 Mar, 2020 08:13am

UBL CEO Sima Kamil serves as the nerve centre of the second most profitable bank in Pakistan. Updated 09 Mar, 2020 07:56am