A decade lost: The fault in our capital markets
The business of an exchange (whether equity, or commodity, or any other) has been completely upended by technology. Trading pits have been...
Flipping the script
Devolving political and economic powers to local level can treat what ails Pakistan’s fledgling economy
The SBP’s rising credibility issue
Justifying its actions has taken a toll on the central bank
Putting women at the center of Asia’s pandemic recovery
Bridging the gender divide is crucial to economic recovery and prosperity
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
Traditional banking globally is changing. Will Pakistani banks pay attention?
Banks ignore the rising trends against their traditional operating models at their peril
Time to think
Pakistan is celebrating 75 years of independence. A country made free not by revolution but by reason is undergoing one of the...
Paper cut
Commodity prices don’t increase in isolation, they mostly move in tandem. Just like the butterfly effect wherein a butterfly fluttering its wings...
Taken for a ride: Uber’s free ride wasn’t free after all
It was 9:07 pm and my thoughts raced like a tangled mess, loops of thread getting stuck at adjacent knots and reversing...
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...
Pakistan looking into the sun
Pakistan entered the realms of solar power generation as late as in the year 2012, a very delayed development for a country...
Nutritionally Challenged Pakistan?
It is said that we are what we eat, and data tells us that Pakistanis are not eating enough, and not eating...
Can the sun be taxed?
Like all good things must come to an end, sales tax has been imposed on solar panels.
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...
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...