How valuable is your bureaucracy?
For decades now the issue monetization of perks has been on the table. No action has been taken because the powerful secretaries who monopolize...
Time to deregulate oil prices
If there is one habit we wish the government of Pakistan would try to kick, it is the insane attempts to assert political control...
Defining Sethism
Besides the well-understood issues of capital constraints, budget deficits and lack of planning, the economy is chained by Sethism
In the world of cricket India is a bully, and Pakistan their only opposition
Massive economic potential is being wasted only because both India and Pakistan have highly politicised cricket boards
Editorial: No, this is not a financial crisis
Rising economic stress does not translate to being an ‘economic crisis’.
Anatomy of a Black Market
There is a dearth of foreign currency liquidity in the country, as the central bank tries to maintain an official inter-bank rate at artificially...
Will the real economy please stand up?
Is it the robust economy with one of the best performing stock markets in the world? Or is it the economy with ever dwindling...
The Pakistani meme that shook the world
On August of 1st, Muhammad Asif Raza went live on Facebook, as he sat with both new best friend Salman Ahmad Naqsh and ex-friend...
Did Pakistan win the Covid-19 weather lottery?
Higher average temperatures and more sunlight may have allowed Pakistan in its fight against the coronavirus. But what will winter bring?
Pakistan’s ticking pension time bomb
The government must change its pension plans unless it wants to buckle under the weight of pension liabilities
Editor’s Note: The state of the State Bank
If the KASB Bank’s own valuation was correct, then it actually was sold for a song by SBP. If the auditors’ valuation was correct, then was SBP sleeping on the job when it let things get so bad at KASB?
The trader’s dilemma
The trading community and the government came to some semblance of an agreement on tax issues recently, after months of simmering tensions nearing a...
Good corporate governance should demand better CEO accountability
In most Pakistani organizations, performance management gets worse the higher one climbs the greasy pole. Boards and shareholders should learn about and be thorough in evaluating top management
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 miracle called the HBL PSL
The HBL PSL rose from unlikely beginnings to become a mainstay of the international franchise cricket calendar. In many ways it is a miracle that comes from belief. It must be emulated.
