No better time than now, to move back!
I moved back to Lahore close to the end of 2015, with a heavy heart, worried about the lack of attractive digital-business...
Startup failures in Pakistan and the role of founders
My perspective as a founder who has seen both success and failures in his journey may help some of the critics see things in a different light
Child Labour – End of a life before it begins
She was 11, shy and looked obviously very scared when I found her sitting on the floor of my living room with...
The Return of the Stay at Home Mom!
While all the other little girls played with Barbies and doll houses, this peculiar one dreamt of the stars and the galaxy...
Can the sun be taxed?
Like all good things must come to an end, sales tax has been imposed on solar panels.
FinTech – shaping the future for the better
Pakistan may be late to the party, but that doesn’t mean it’s even close to last call
News bites — Khan saab’s glorious U turn, Advice for Miftah Ismael, Chopping education and more
The Great U Turn
He came. He saw. He left. After leading a frenzied mob all the way from Peshawar to Islamabad to...
The what-ifs of Pakistan’s oil and gas segment
There is no single person to blame – everyone has had a subpar showing.
Can coalitions push through reforms?
There is a generally held belief in Pakistan, especially among many within and around the corridors of power, that the country needs...
The problem of revenue is bad tax policy, not cheating
Revenue generation is important but not top priority as in last 3 decades. Much effort and money has been spent in collecting...
Exports, exports, and more exports – attracting the right kind of FDI
There needs to be more discussed about why Pakistan is not attracting export oriented FDI
The Fault in our Firms
Do audit practices add to the vows of a Chartered Accountancy Trainee?
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...
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,...
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