The SBP has failed to manage its own investments. How can it manage Pakistan’s?

The story of SEPL is a story of inefficiency, contradictions, and the typical problems of public companies in Pakistan

Daraz.pk : Let it live or let it die?

Rumour has it that Alibaba wants to buy Daraz.pk from Rocket Internet for $150 million (approx Rs 1500 crores). If the transaction...

Why do Pakistani businesses fail at innovation?

As a society, our culture wants us to conform and follow a laid-down path in life. Innovation requires breaking out of this which means facing our worries about failure, criticism, and the potential negative impact on our careers

The risky math underlying Sehat Sahulat Program

Theoretically it should work, but the math behind the program is worrying

Why have MNCs left Pakistan? And what will it take for the Saudis, Chinese and the others to stay?

As I look at the business headlines these days, they are full of potential investors from countries like Saudi Arabia and UAE...

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...

“Lahore L’hore ay” – but is Lahori culture good for business?

Lahore seems to have some natural advantages when it comes to business. Why is Karachi still far ahead? It’s all about the culture.

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

Are our economic managers flying blind?

The Dismal Science is also an inexact science, yes. But our horrible statistics departments have made it look like astrology

Why Fauji Meat is the smartest decision made by the Fauji group in decades

The worst way to think about a profitable investment strategy – whether it be as an individual investor or as a CEO...

Demystifying Pakistan’s high electricity prices

Despite increasing installed capacity and diversifying the generation mix prices are rising… and here’s why

Kill transactions, kill economic growth

Shopping malls are empty, consumer businesses are reporting losses in double digits, people are losing jobs while new ones are not available,...

The fault in our auditing environment

ICAP can no longer in good faith act both as institutions and regulator

A blueprint for Pakistan’s public sector companies beyond privatisation exists 

Loss-making Public Sector Enterprises (PSE) and privatisation have been a national obsession for the last three decades. Successive governments, military and civil,...

The lopsided market structure of the automobile industry

Cars are supposed to go down in value. Here they are a fixed asset.