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...

Three eCommerce ideas gaining mainstream traction in Pakistan

The pandemic led boom in eCommerce has changed a lot

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

How Pakistan can avoid the “Dutch Disease”

Should the country soon find itself awash in hydrocarbon wealth, how it chooses to manage that surplus will be critical

There’s a right way to develop Gwadar

Pakistan’s geoeconomic pivot must weigh heavily towards the oceans

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...

How depositors lose out on Islamic savings accounts

The increase in interest rates to almost all-time high levels, coupled with a super tax on bank profits, as well as an...

A cruel summer ahead

There are lessons that we can take from the past.

A guide to ending tax evasion in Pakistan

No issue in Pakistan currently attracts as much attention as that of tax evasion. On one hand, we have the people of...

“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...

Air pollution and traffic-related mobility in Pakistani cities

Conversations about curbing air pollution are seasonal and limited to momentary solutions

The fortune at the bottom of the digital pyramid

It is time to recognise that access to the internet being equitable is good for business

A primer on refinery margins

To a casual observer, refining is a boring and largely commoditized business often exposed to volatility in commodity prices.  During the last...

Floods 2022: Early Assessment of Infrastructure Destruction

The great floods of 2022 have wreaked havoc across the length of the Indus river, wherein at a particular point, the river...

The start-up culture is causing Pakistanis (& Wapistanis) to dream

Rising inflation, declining foreign reserves, energy shortages, political instability – These  headlines make a grim reading for any investor. But in all...