The good ol’ Jackson
As one drove down the Native Jetty Bridge, the unpleasant ubiquitous stench of stale fish hit the nostrils. With high-axle vehicles rolling...
Gunning for capital growth
Introducing equity investment in Pakistan, Capventures brought $5 million as FDI to Pakistan from the UK, the UAE and Hong Kong –...
Profit: The year that was
The great land theft
By Farooq Tirmizi
If there is a single place that can be thought of as the foremost cathedral to free-market...
The great land theft
If there is a single place that can be thought of as the foremost cathedral to free-market capitalism, it is not the...
Chiniotis mean business!
Mushtaq Ahmad Yousufi, the greatest-ever Urdu language satirist, in one of his trademark quips said that Muslims of undivided India thrived only...
Our real estate and the Chinese
To be able to do away with the hassle of shifting rented houses now and again, Nouman Younus is in search of...
Over four years of PML-N, Pakistani exports take a major hit
By the end of 2016-17 fiscal year, export receipts have over the past four years on the bounce have been sliding big...
What’s wrong with public debt in Pakistan
The issue of public debt in Pakistan has received a lot of attention from every concerned quarter. They have been many debates,...
The Turnaround King
The career of a banker typically starts from an entry level position and consists of many shifts that include working at a...
A not so meaty affair
In what is so far the highest difference between floor price and strike price (Rs52) in the last five years, AlShaheer Corporation...
12 brilliantly simple… yet simply indigestible ideas for the Finance Minister
Every year around this time the same question starts being asked everywhere, ‘what are you expecting in this year’s budget?’. The answer...
Another trip to the IMF?
Pakistan has gone to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) many times for the ‘last time.’ This time it was for a 36-month...
Pakistan’s next economic crisis
Suppose for a minute that you are a globally focused investment manager based in London or New York. If you have been...