Leap Of Faith
A few months ago I took my head office team to a team building session at a nearby resort. Although I was heading the...
Do Pakistani businesses know how to diversify their business portfolios?
The question is not just whether major business groups in Pakistan know how to diversify. It also matters whether their diversification efforts have been good for them and for the country
The problem of revenue is bad tax policy, not cheating
Revenue generation is important but not top priority as in last 3 decades. Much effort and money has been spent in collecting taxes and...
Euphoria over Premier Class by PIA not substantiated by ground realities
For the PIA with total accumulated losses of Rs 247.403 billion as on 30 Sept 2015, ($2.356 billion) all this fanfare and euphoria about...
For the love of all that is holy, leave the rupee alone! (Editor’s Note)
We were almost there. After letting the rupee lose about a third of its value, albeit begrudgingly, there was hope that the Imran Khan...
Blitzscaling
An ill-defined and oft-abused word in the startup ecosystem is blitzscaling. Earlier this year,
Airlift shuttered its doors, leading to the inevitable questions about the...
Lessons from the fall of Airlift
AIrlift’s fall was inevitable. Once the darling of the Pakistani startup ecosystem, its downfall was a mixture of unfortunate circumstances and its own mistakes....
The need for farmer cooperatives in Pakistan
As the economy goes through a structural transformation, farmer cooperatives are more important than ever before
The economics of digital banks
Before the super-apps of today, there were banks. They provided a number of services under one roof, including payment, clearing, verification of third-parties, stores...
Editor’s Note: Fuel price populism
There is absolutely no subject over which the Pakistani media collectively loses its mind over more than fuel prices. No matter how miniscule the...
Literature and economy: Role of commercial organizations
Intuitively, the link between literature and the economy is not expressly apparent. Following an analysis of the two disciplines, my assertion is that these...
A proactive central bank… up to a point
The State Bank of Pakistan, it seems, does not want to leave anything to chance. Inflation numbers have started to tick downwards, but data...
What’s going wrong in q-commerce and what we can do about it
Quick Commerce (q-commerce) is “hot”. Having worked in the field as part of Munchies for quite a while now, I like to think I...
The fault in our auditing environment
ICAP can no longer in good faith act both as institutions and regulator
Could Pakistan be on the verge of an internet blackout?
The curse of slow internet speeds and complaints about it seem to be a daily ritual here in Pakistan. Open social media websites like...
