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...
Russia, Ukraine, and Pakistan
On the economic front, Khan’s strategy has two core goals - providing relief and boosting popularity.
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...
Will Dar recognise the limits of his power?
For the past 20 years every finance minister that Pakistan has had (with the exception of Hafeez Shaikh) has pushed the economy...
The need for farmer cooperatives in Pakistan
As the economy goes through a structural transformation, farmer cooperatives are more important than ever before
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.
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!
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
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
Three eCommerce ideas gaining mainstream traction in Pakistan
The pandemic led boom in eCommerce has changed a lot
There’s a right way to develop Gwadar
Pakistan’s geoeconomic pivot must weigh heavily towards the oceans
A cruel summer ahead
There are lessons that we can take from the past.
“No, I don’t see myself in your seat in 5 years time”
Growing up in the 70s, whenever we were asked what we would like to do as an adult, the very obvious response...
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...
How valuable is your bureaucracy?
For decades now the issue monetization of perks has been on the table. No action has been taken because the powerful secretaries...