Between a school and an ice-cream shop

How much does waiting in an air conditioned car cost when picking up your kids from school, and is there a better option?

Miftah in the middle

With two fronts to fight on, and two months left in his term (unless renewed), the candy magnate finds himself in the fight of his life to save the country from default

Asking the wrong questions

Where is the dollar headed to? Should I buy a car now before it gets expensive? Is the economy out of the...

For the love of all that is good, leave Miftah alone!

Petrol prices should never be politicised. But for them to be politicised within one's own party is a new kind of wacky

A dark winter

The Russian invasion of Ukraine created a ripple effect in the energy markets as the largest producer of energy in the world...

The less travelled road to managing the external financing gap 

The global economy is passing through a perfect storm. The commodity super-cycle has led to record high prices of essential imports. On...

Taxing the financialisation of automobiles

The lopsided market structure of automobiles was discussed in this space a few months back in which we hypothesised that automobiles have...

Trouble at the power plants

In the last few weeks, there have been a slew of reports about plant failures and power assets going offline one after...

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...

Can Ms Marvel be the superhero Pakistan needs to finally go mainstream?

A lot has been said about cultural representation in the media. I’m assuming this is the last place you would expect discourse...

Fixing the Oil Conundrum

Pakistan consumes more than 21 million tonnes of petroleum products, of which roughly 80% are imported, while the remaining is refined locally. ...

Think about energy security

Energy price volatility has shocked and awed the world, unleashing a wave of inflation and pain on hundreds of millions of citizens....

Prepare for default

Crises evolve at an exponential pace. Much like a herd of animals spooked by the scent of a nearby predator, once markets...

Cash is still king

Currency in Circulation currently hovers around PKR 7.64 trillion, coming down from a peak of Rs 8 trillion in May 2022, following...

The Fault in our Firms

Do audit practices add to the vows of a Chartered Accountancy Trainee?