Leadership
From Labourer to 1.1 Million Followers: The Rise of Sharoz Pashtun
Sharoz Pashtun arrived in the United Arab Emirates in 2016 with no contacts and no capital. Ten years on, he commands an audience...
Trending Now
Ranked by reader interest over the past few days.
Investment
Pakistan’s Foreign Investment Rises as August FDI Jumps 80%
Pakistan recorded a significant increase in foreign direct investment during August, helping push cumulative net FDI for July-Augu...
Pakistan Stock Market Holds Above 170,000 as Investors Watch Global Developments
Pakistan’s benchmark stock index ended the week at 170,884.59 points, recording a weekly increase of 372 points, or 0.22%, as inve...
Markets & Economy
2026's Top 10 Profitable Business Opportunities in Dubai — And What It Really Costs to Enter
Dubai's economy is projected to grow 4.5 per cent in 2026, outpacing the IMF's 3.1 per cent global forecast. But the growth is not...
Markets & Economy
Pakistan Approves 200,000-Tonne Sugar Export as Industry Seeks to Clear Surplus Stocks
Pakistan's Economic Coordination Committee has approved the export of an additional 200,000 tonnes of sugar, with safeguards inten...
Markets & Economy
Pakistan’s Large-Scale Manufacturing Rebounds 3.03% in July
Pakistan's Large-Scale Manufacturing sector expanded 3.03% year-on-year in July 2026, while production increased 9.5% compared wit...
Markets & Economy
Pakistan Auto Loans Reach Rs393.3 Billion as Vehicle Financing Extends Growth Streak
KARACHI — Pakistan's vehicle financing market continued to expand in August despite a month-on-month decline in new vehicle sales....
Markets & Economy
Pakistan Stocks Rebound as KSE-100 Closes Above 170,000
The Pakistan Stock Exchange recorded a strong recovery on Friday, with the KSE-100 Index gaining 1,841.39 points, or 1.09%, to clo...
Investment
Pakistan’s Textile Exports Rise 5.55% to $3.38 Billion in First Two Months of FY27
Pakistan's textile and clothing exports increased 5.55% year-on-year to $3.379 billion during July-August 2026, while information...
Global Business
PSX Rebounds as KSE-100 Gains More Than 1,000 Points on Easing Oil Prices
The Pakistan Stock Exchange staged a strong recovery on Thursday, with the KSE-100 Index gaining 1,021.40 points, or 0.61%, to clo...
Markets & Economy
Pakistan Opens New Path for Solar and Wind Power with 400MW Competitive Auction
Pakistan is moving ahead with a new competitive electricity market mechanism, including an initial 400MW renewable-power auction a...
Markets & Economy
Pakistan Inflation Rises to 11.1% in August as Food and Energy Costs Put Pressure on Consumers
Pakistan's inflation rate increased to 11.1% year-on-year in August 2026, reversing the decline recorded in the previous two month...
Construction & Real Estate
Dubai home prices fall for the first time in five years
Dubai residential prices fell 1.7 per cent in August, the first annual decline in five and a half years, as developers hand over a...
Founder Stories
The Swat freelancer who built INUBIZ Marketing across two countries
Abdullah Shah built a digital agency in Mingora before founding Pashtun Global. What the public record shows, what rests on his ow...
Global Business
Pakistan Faces Growing LNG Supply Pressure as Hormuz Disruption Exposes Energy Vulnerabilities
Pakistan is facing heightened LNG supply risks following disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz, with Qatar and the UAE accountin...
Trade & Export
Karachi Port Shipping Connectivity Hits Record High, Strengthening Pakistan’s Global Trade Links
Karachi Port has recorded its strongest-ever liner shipping connectivity, with its Port Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (PLSCI)...
Markets & Economy
Ajman Property Goes High: Emirate Crosses Dh10.8 Billion as Rents Spike Up to 57%
Ajman recorded 6,815 property transactions worth more than Dh10.8 billion in the first half of 2026, while studio rents in central...
Investment
Pakistan Seeks Larger China Currency Swap as Islamabad Awaits US Financing Decision
Pakistan is preparing to strengthen its external financing options by seeking an expansion of its currency swap arrangement with C...
Construction & Real Estate
Saudi Arabia and Dubai Race Ahead With a New Generation of Supertall Towers
Several towers now planned or under development are set to rise far beyond the 500-metre mark, with Saudi Arabia pursuing projects...
Construction & Real Estate
Azizi enters Sharjah with Dh30bn Florence community
The developer’s first project outside Dubai at scale: 1,130 villas, 6,000 townhouses and 3,500 apartments around a 1.7 million sq...
Business Profiles
From television to real estate
Most celebrity business ventures rent out a name. Bakhtiar Khattak did something structurally different: he already owned the dist...
Founder Stories
Mirwais Azizi: the Afghan founder who built a Dubai property group
He founded the Azizi Group in 1989, established a private bank in Kabul in 2006 and built one of Dubai's more active property deve...