The paradox of gas prices
How fixing prices destroys consumer welfare
Pakistan’s 2020 real estate prospects and challenges
Pakistan has been in a real estate rut since 2017. 2020 may be the year we break out of it, but the government will have to play its cards right
Twitter spats and the six day work week
It’s always going to be a busy week when the recently erstwhile finance minister gets into a twitter spat with the incumbent and his...
Our unsavoury grocery trip
I remember my mother used to say, “Eat a good meal first and then go to the grocery store.” I learnt the sagacity of...
Editor’s Note: ‘He’s a pleasure to work with’
In our edition dated June 10, 2018, Profit did an evaluation of the respective economic agendas of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan...
How do consultants, donors and Pakistani ministries solve problems?
The flood of 2010 showed me (I was Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commision then) how dysfunctional policy was in Pakistan and yet how...
What makes Pakistan plump for IMF time and time again?
Pakistan has been approaching International Monitoring Fund (IMF), intermittently, since 1988. The last programme was successfully completed during the period 2013-16. However, within a...
The economy of eating right
You don’t have to be wealthy to eat healthy… it’s all about getting the right information and advice
Dramatically transforming the way we travel
Have you ever imagined riding on a car for hire despite owning several vehicles? Or riding a plush vehicle without ever having to own...
Taken for a ride: Uber’s free ride wasn’t free after all
It was 9:07 pm and my thoughts raced like a tangled mess, loops of thread getting stuck at adjacent knots and reversing only to...
Technology Vs Crime
Technology has dramatically changed how we connect and socialize today. The associated communication revolution like communication mobility and social media revolution has impacted the...
The burden of over-regulation
In this edition of Profit, both our cover story and one of our main feature stories are about the financial services sector, and how...
Seth-ification ahoy!
Received wisdom told us that, given enough time, sophistication and exposure to best modern practices, family-run firms would transform into professionally run companies, with...
Staying out of power
The Cabinet has rejected PMUs but has no solution for DISCOs
2023-2024 Budget
The Budget 2023-2024 was presented under constraints coming from all directions, and posed an almost insoluble problem for the Finance Minister. The Budget had...
