The bad economics of cross-subsidising fuel
A bad idea that should be shelved, at least, for the time being
For inspiration for the future, we need only look at the past
What will Pakistan look like in 75 years? There is one version of events that, even if ambitious, can serve as an...
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....
FinTech – shaping the future for the better
Pakistan may be late to the party, but that doesn’t mean it’s even close to last call
The challenges at the end of the tunnel
More seasoned governments have failed at these end-of-term difficulties. Will the PTI do any better?
An open letter to the chief blocking officer at the PTA
Who knew that in the age of technology, solutions exist that negate the need to blanket ban apps just so a few sociopaths can’t coordinate their desire to channel the devil while he’s locked up? Public affairs teams need to step up their game or hire a local expert to represent them
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...
Millions of homes have been destroyed. Could we rebuild them with solar rooftops?
As of September 8, 2022, a total of 1.74 million homes have either been partially or fully destroyed across Pakistan during the...
Why isn’t the PTA worried about the data of Pakistani citizens being misused?
As Pakistanis’ digital footprint grows, so do the threats to the confidential details of its citizens. Without data protection laws in place, bad actors in India may be able to misuse Pakistani citizens’ private data that they should not even have access to
It’s takes two to tango
Progressive Banking and Business Community
The fault in our auditing environment
ICAP can no longer in good faith act both as institutions and regulator
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...
Learning from history: How to protect Pakistan from Amazon’s antitrust practices
The sellers need to remember that Amazon is not just an opportunity, it is the competition
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?
Where there’s a way, there’s no will
The economy of Pakistan has been trapped in a boom-bust cycle for the last two decades, wherein the duration between boom and...