Hopium – I: How Pakistan needs to rethink its energy planning
A deregulated oil and gas sector with a revamped pricing strategy is the way forwardÂ
Pakistan’s ticking pension time bomb
The government must change its pension plans unless it wants to buckle under the weight of pension liabilities
Foreign Direct Investment – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The sort of FDI we need and the sort we don't
Break the monopolies!
Can shortsighted governments deliver the one-step economic reform agenda Pakistan needs for the long term: Eradicate monopolies and cartels, in both, the public and private sector?
Hopium – II: How Pakistan needs to rethink its planning
Pakistan needs disruptive changes, a deregulated business environment, and SOE reform if its economy is to grow
Defining Sethism
Besides the well-understood issues of capital constraints, budget deficits and lack of planning, the economy is chained by Sethism
The risky math underlying Sehat Sahulat Program
Theoretically it should work, but the math behind the program is worrying
Traditional banking globally is changing. Will Pakistani banks pay attention?
Banks ignore the rising trends against their traditional operating models at their peril
Can Changan do for sedans what KIA did for SUVs?
The Alsvin is popular, cheap, and a quality buy. Will it be enough?
The Fault in our Firms
Do audit practices add to the vows of a Chartered Accountancy Trainee?
2021: What just happened? What comes next?
A year that started off very strong is ending on a starkly different note. Where will the next year take us?
Indexing the sun
The reduction in capital costs associated with solar energy and consequent drop in generation cost on a per kilowatt-hour (kWh) basis has...
Price Fixing
The government is obsessed with fixing prices, whether that be of the most basic staples, fuel, or medicine – it wants to...
Here’s how we fix Pakistan’s SOE problem
Privatization or legislation, we must address the root of the problem
Yes, the rich are getting richer. But could that also explain our inflation problem?
The conspicuous consumption led inflation in Pakistan