Google’s plans to build a more inclusive internet beyond Covid-19
Between 2015 and 2020, more than 1.5 billion people began using the internet for the first time. Another billion more are set to join...
What it means to build a team
"No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team." - Reid Hoffman
Team...
Balance for better: Are women’s networks really needed?
Ideally, we’re all part of the human race. We all have equal possibilities in the world based on our abilities and desire. We all...
The culture of safety
In the aviation industry, safety is a given, right? Wrong, especially in Pakistan
The Groundhog Day conundrum – is the economy stuck in a loop?
Well what if there is no economy. There wasn’t one before
Does your portfolio suffer from home bias?
Investors’ resounding preference for their home markets remains one of the great puzzles of the investment world
Where are the opportunities for the poor?
Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced the Ehsas program for poverty alleviation — an admirable step. But more than government aid the poor need...
A scary summer ahead – this week in Pakistan’s business and economics twittervers
The PTI has upped the ante once again and mounting pressure on the existing government. With huge increases in oil prices the overall economy...
For inspiration for the future, we need only look at the past
What will Pakistan look like in 75 years? There is one version of events that, even if ambitious, can serve as an aspiration at...
Why Pakistan needs a national digital authentication app
In the process of solving old problems, we cannot afford to create new ones
Our exchange rate policy
The rupee declined sharply against the US dollar during intraday trading Wednesday and no explanation and little rationale has been provided by the central bank or...
The meaning of culture
“I came to see during my time at IBM that culture is not just one aspect of the game, it is the game. In...
An annoying blend of oddities!
Commercial business activity, encompassing all economic and monetary pursuits, from delivering a newspaper to managing a multimillion rupee company in Pakistan, is perhaps like...
DMing for price and praying at Data Sahib
There is much to talk about this week, beginning with the classic question of why instagram stores insist on having you “DM for price.”...
Our manufacturing opportunity
For the last 5 months, I have undertaken the arduous task of renovating my home. Much to the discomfort of family members, I have...
