Pakistan wins over Amazon: De-coding another dream
There was celebration all over the country when Commerce Advisor Abdul Razak Dawood tweeted that Pakistan will before long be added to...
The fault in our auditing environment
ICAP can no longer in good faith act both as institutions and regulator
Dr Hafeez Shaikh’s scorecard
Despite the less than warm welcome he received from everyone, Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has left the economy better than he found it
eCommerce Awards 2021 – How, Why & What’s Next
Pakistan’s eCommerce industry is tiny! The global average for eCommerce transactions as a percentage of total retail is in the 15% range...
An open letter to the chief blocking officer at the PTA
Who knew that in the age of technology, solutions exist that negate the need to blanket ban apps just so a few sociopaths can’t coordinate their desire to channel the devil while he’s locked up? Public affairs teams need to step up their game or hire a local expert to represent them
Exchange Traded Funds: An Opportunity Lost?
Only four equity ETFs have been launched, and their market volumes have been dismal
What the frenzy over Clubhouse reminds us about brand strategy
In the New York Times Bestseller “The Four” by Professor Scott Galloway of the NYU Stern School of Business, the trillion-dollar valuation...
How a public-private partnership model will achieve import deletion
If the government hears PAAPAM out, their automotive model can work for Public sector bodies and corporations
Break the monopolies!
Can shortsighted governments deliver the one-step economic reform agenda Pakistan needs for the long term: Eradicate monopolies and cartels, in both, the public and private sector?
Here’s how we fix Pakistan’s SOE problem
Privatization or legislation, we must address the root of the problem
Tackling the Multi-Headed Energy Hydra
Fixing one problem causes three more
Pakistan needs to fix its electricity network. Here’s one way
Technology must be on the forefront of how we choose to deal with this problem
Provincial subjects and their discontents
For all of the good it has done, the 18th amendment has not been properly utilized and implemented by the provinces, particularly in the case of taxation and labour welfare
Rebuild Karachi
The city’s decline may have much to do with a lack of political ownership, but the situation cannot be allowed to continue. The way out is for the business community to step up with a common agenda
The lucrative business of being white in Pakistan
If you’re white and your career isn’t going anywhere, Pakistan is your second lease on life