Pakistan’s Path to Prosperity: The Urgent Need for a Regulatory Framework in the Crypto Market
In an era of rapid technological advancements, Pakistan stands at a crossroads. As the global crypto market continues its meteoric rise, surpassing...
Pakistan’s cleantech conundrum: scaling the tech in an economy that is a wreck
The fallout of climate change is upon us and the startup space is rising to it with innovation
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...
Tackling the Multi-Headed Energy Hydra
Fixing one problem causes three more
Editor’s Note: The adult in the room?
If campaigns are conducted in poetry, and governing in prose, it appears that the Imran Khan Administration – at least insofar as...
Symptoms of distress
The state is sick and the infection has set in inside its economy. But could we lose everything else in the process too?
Should we have a Planning Commission?
Kh Asif with his caustic remark “if here had been a Planning commission then, Taj Mahal would not be built!’ I am...
Digital Distribution – The Case for Digitizing Pension Payments in Pakistan
Pension payments in Pakistan constitute one of the largest payouts at an institutional level in cash. With modern technology bringing a wave...
Exhausting the taxed
Pakistan has had a consistently low tax-GDP ratio for decades, staying below peer countries and barely touching 12 percent in a boom...
Dollar Doom Loop and Pakistan
The era of cheap money is over. The global financial crisis of 2008 led to an explosive growth in money supply with...
Not all banks!
Recently, I had an opportunity to read Profit Issue #113 and the cover story ‘The discriminatory hiring practices of Islamic Banks: Is...
The year in energy
The year 2017 was touted as one of development for the energy sector of Pakistan, with several energy projects progressing and also...
Did Pakistan win the Covid-19 weather lottery?
Ever since the coronavirus pandemic began its global assault in early 2020, scientists across the globe have been working against the clock...
Pakistan needs to get out of the comfort zone, end cycle of borrowing
Pakistan is stuck in a repeated cycle of borrowing to pay back money it already owes to other countries. The scary part - it seems like it has become too comfortable with it.
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...