Managing Editor, Profit Magazine. He can be reached at [email protected]
FeaturedIt is low-value, far smaller an industry than that in India, and is actively being strangled by the government. But Pakistan’s white collar techies and tech-enabled services exporters may hold the key to the country's macroeconomic salvation
FeaturedHow educated is the Pakistani workforce, and what is it prepared for, especially in the age of AI?
FeaturedBy some measures, the Pakistani asset management industry is the largest it has ever been. By other measures, it has not even recovered its 2008 peak yet
FeaturedThe perception of Islamic banking is that it takes advantage of people’s faith. How high are the industry’s profits, and where do they come from?
FeaturedElectronic payments are gaining market share, but cash is not ceding ground either
FeaturedThe Dawood family takes a more direct approach to their shareholding in Engro, saving on taxes they probably should not have had to pay to begin with
FeaturedAt a time of political instability and a tentative economic recovery, the KSE-100 index has crossed a major milestone. What does the market's rally mean for Pakistan?
FeaturedWe talk in Pakistan as though we have an unchanging establishment, dominated by the military. Reality is far more complex, and changing very rapidly, driven by a changing economy
FeaturedWhat was once the dominant force in Pakistan’s political economy is on its last legs. What comes next is not yet known
FeaturedIf the entire energy supply chain is not privatized in short order, Pakistan will find its energy problems not going away any time soon
FeaturedChina has no use for Pakistan’s infrastructure. It must be built by Pakistanis, using Pakistani money, and for Pakistani needs.
FeaturedDistributed power generation is hitting the country’s grid, making the energy mix cleaner, but also making it harder to run the already unwieldy national grid