Honda Atlas Cars (Pakistan) Limited (HCAR) reported a strong financial turnaround in the first nine months of Market Year 2026 (9MFY26), driven by robust sales of its Honda HR-V Hybrid and renewed interest in the Honda City sedan. The company’s profit after tax jumped 117% to PKR 2.22 billion, compared with PKR 1.02 billion in […]
16,000 Jobs at Risk as Amazon Sends Layoff Email to Workers by Mistake
Amazon has sparked fresh anxiety among its workforce after an internal email revealing a new round of global job cuts was sent in error to employees at its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS). The message, which circulated internally on Tuesday, suggested that layoffs were imminent and that affected employees in the United States, […]
Dirty Job, Clean Profits: How a Dog Poop Business Took Off
A father of four in the United Kingdom has turned an unusual idea into a profitable side business by offering professional dog waste removal services — earning an estimated more than $32,000 annually from the venture. Kyle Newby, a 39-year-old builder from Derbyshire, launched his dog waste removal service, Pet Poo Pick, earlier this year […]
No Layoffs, Safety First: Arif Habib Outlines PIA’s One-Year Turnaround Plan
The new owners of Pakistan International Airlines have laid out an ambitious turnaround plan, acknowledging that the national carrier will continue to incur losses for at least one year before moving towards profitability. Speaking in an exclusive interaction, Arif Habib, founder of the Arif Habib Group, said that PIA currently employs around 9,000 people — […]
UBL Overtakes OGDC to Become Pakistan’s Most Valuable Listed Company
United Bank Limited (UBL) has climbed to the top of Pakistan’s stock market, becoming the largest listed company by market capitalisation after its valuation reached Rs1.28 trillion (USD 4.6 billion) on Tuesday. The surge allowed UBL to overtake Oil & Gas Development Company (OGDC), which now ranks second with a market capitalisation of Rs1.26 trillion […]