Opinion
Farooq Tirmizi
Managing Editor, Profit Magazine. He can be reached at [email protected]
Published Work(216 articles)
Opinion
Featured‘Luxury imports’ led P&G to start local manufacturing. Should we still stop the imports?
The company – along with other multinationals – started its business mainly by importing products it manufactures elsewhere before starting manufacturing of these products locally. What should that mean for Pakistan’s export-obsessed economic policy?
OpinionImports: necessary, and not evil
OpinionShooting ourselves in the foot
OpinionA welcome rollback on coal-fired power
FeaturedIs National Savings the right investment vehicle for you?
The government agency sells federal government bonds directly to individual investors and is a favourite among many savers, but some of its competitors are giving it a run for its money
OpinionWhy bother with ‘targets’?
OpinionRules to hold us accountable by
FeaturedHow to break Pakistan’s Dubai addiction
The rupture in relations between Pakistan and the UAE is bad – both for the country’s citizens and for the government – but it can also be an opportunity for Pakistanis to finally stop using Dubai as a financial haven
FeaturedFive rules to help you plan for a retirement income
The absence of a diverse enough set of options in Pakistan means that those nearing or in retirement have to carefully balance the need for diversification, beating inflation, and sufficient yields
OpinionA much-overdue reckoning
FeaturedThree reasons why ‘committees’ are a bad way of saving money
The age-old method is only marginally better than stuffing cash into a mattress in terms of returns, and is unfair to those who get the cash later
