Explainer: Pakistan’s twin deficits and how can they be contained?
A vicious cycle leads to these “twin deficits” which is an increase in consumption of imports, reduction in savings and an increase in foreign capital injection single-handedly deteriorates the current account balance
Can Changan do for sedans what KIA did for SUVs?
The Alsvin is popular, cheap, and a quality buy. Will it be enough?
Recovering exports
Other economic shortcomings, however, have cast a shadow over the Khan government’s pandemic response
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
The need for farmer cooperatives in Pakistan
As the economy goes through a structural transformation, farmer cooperatives are more important than ever before
An all you need to know guide for how to reopen large businesses
The do's and the don'ts
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...
Rooting for the uprooted
If we look at today's tech driven world, there are thousands of very successful Sheikh Chillis around us. Sheikh Chilli was a dreamer not a loser!
200 million people and zero unicorns
A successful Pakistani Silicon Valley entrepreneur opens up about building
the next great startup in Pakistan
Pakistan’s auto industry has a bright future. Here’s why
Cautious optimism for the auto industry in 2024: Understanding the driving forces
What’s going wrong in q-commerce and what we can do about it
Quick Commerce (q-commerce) is “hot”. Having worked in the field as part of Munchies for quite a while now, I like to...
The Bitcoin Craze: Should you jump in?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 3 years, chances are you must have been acquainted with the recent...
The economics of digital banks
Before the super-apps of today, there were banks. They provided a number of services under one roof, including payment, clearing, verification of...
Pakistanis don’t trust the PSX. They should
With the stock market looked at with suspicion, what investors need to understand is that fraud will always be out there, and being not having faith is just counterproductive.
Russia, Ukraine, and Pakistan
On the economic front, Khan’s strategy has two core goals - providing relief and boosting popularity.