Reza Baqir’s salary and banking woes
We have some serious issues on our mind this week. Legacy banks are trying to keep up with all of the changing fads in...
The opportunity of dead capital
Economics has become a science of the loudmouth with numbers. Economists come on TV to show off that they have numbers and predictions. They...
Towards crisis
The country is now veering dangerously towards a combined political and economic crisis. The IMF talks have hit an impasse over the untargeted subsidies...
Distorted incentives, distorted economy
There is a running theme across many of the stories we cover in this week’s issue of Profit: how distorted incentives can completely transform...
Editor’s Note: An all-or-nothing bet
Those that the gods want to destroy, they first make promising. And promising is what Warid was when it entered the Pakistani telecom market....
A case of exploding tomatoes
The extreme fluctuations in prices of tomatoes amongst other staples over the last few weeks have induced a weird kind of panic. Yesterday the...
The catch 22 of working in a male-dominated profession
Men are promoted on potential, women on performance
Exchange Traded Funds: An Opportunity Lost?
Only four equity ETFs have been launched, and their market volumes have been dismal
Child Labour – End of a life before it begins
She was 11, shy and looked obviously very scared when I found her sitting on the floor of my living room with her aunt,...
Governance system for local governments – Part 2
Within the political dimension, the provincial governments should devolve the following functions completely to the local governments: one, school education up to matric. Two,...
Pakistanis don’t trust the PSX. They should
With the stock market looked at with suspicion, what investors need to understand is that fraud will always be out there, and being not having faith is just counterproductive.
The challenges at the end of the tunnel
More seasoned governments have failed at these end-of-term difficulties. Will the PTI do any better?
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This one is for you!
Foreign Direct Investment – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The sort of FDI we need and the sort we don't
Dear CEOs, please stop whining
One of the professional hazards of being a financial journalist in Pakistan is that when you get to meet and talk to CEOs, you...
