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Microfinance: A Grass-roots Method for Economic Empowerment and Social Mobility in Pakistan

Microfinance: A Grass-roots Method for Economic Empowerment and Social Mobility in Pakistan

The term Microfinance has recently began making its rounds in the mainstream in Pakistan. Ever since telecom services began offering loans and financing services (an odd combination in of itself) these last few years Microfinance has entered the mainstream. Though the idea of Microfinance is not exactly a fresh one, the use of these kinds…

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Pakistan's first ever women-only bus service,

Pakistan’s First Ever Women-only local Bus Service Launched in Sindh. Reasons Behind the Fall of Domestic Busses 

Reading Time: 4 minutes 1st February 2023, became a paramount day in the history of Pakistan, as the Sindh Government launched the country’s first women-only bus service, the Pink bus service. With a route that starts from Model Colony and runs through to the Tower via Sharae Faisal, has become…

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Monopoly of Imtiaz Super Market Pakistan

Growing Monopoly of Imtiaz Super Market in the Retail Industry of Pakistan

Reading Time: 4 minutes Imtiaz Supermarket was opened in Karachi and started as a tiny superstore in the streets of Bahadurabad, Karachi, and now boasts an annual turnover of Rs 40 billion to Rs 1000 billion. Suffice to say, Imtiaz provides ample competition to international supermarkets, including Carrefour and Metro.

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AirSial pakistan airlines

Right Move, Wrong Time – AirSial and the decline of Pakistan’s Domestic Airlines

Reading Time: 4 minutes AirSial became the third private domestic airline of the country in 2020. Inaugurated by the now deposed PM Imran Khan during a time of severe pandemic related lock-downs, AirSial has had a beginning fraught with turbulence. Though, just a few years ago, any company looking to…

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Online Cab Services

The Escalating Consumption of Online Cab Services: A Hostile Takeover of the Local Taxis? 

Reading Time: 4 minutes The first-ever online cab service was none other than Careem, which made its way from Dubai in 2015. Regardless of the initial skepticism by the locals, the service soon managed to plant strong roots as people solely opted for the cab instead of the alternative, which…

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