Shooting ourselves in the foot
Let us start out by stating the painfully obvious: there is absolutely no scenario in which Pakistan becomes a developed country, or...
Editor’s Note: SBP’s Hotel California
It doesn’t make sense. Just doesn’t.
Here are three banks that are clearly up for sale. Three solid banks, with great fundamentals, not...
Dear banks – It’s time to go ‘digital first’
The talk of a digital Pakistan is not just talk. We do not say this because there has been some seismic shift...
If you’re not paying for journalism, you’re paying to not have journalism
Quality is the staple product of this stapled product. Or so we think. As do you, if reader feedback is to be...
Editor’s Note: What will PTI’s economic policy look like
So it happened at last. The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf, after 22 years of struggle, has finally managed to win an election, albeit with...
2023-2024 Budget
The Budget 2023-2024 was presented under constraints coming from all directions, and posed an almost insoluble problem for the Finance Minister. The...
Hands off the 18th Amendment, Asad Umar!
When he came into office as federal finance minister, we warned Asad Umar not to rely too much on the civil servants...
Avoiding Babylon
In the next decade, something monumental will happen. Somewhere either in a noisy Lahore suburb, a quiet village in interior Sindh, or...
A Zardari masterclass
For the past few months, Asif Ali Zardari has been camped in Lahore. And he hasn’t been sitting idly twiddling his thumbs...
A tale of two entrepreneurs (Editor’s Note)
This week, Profit chronicles the tale of two men who are in some ways a study in contrasts: one who is at...
Hop, Hop and Away!
Hussain Dawood is one of the richest men in Pakistan. However If one were to ask from exactly which business did he...
Editors Note: Passing the baton
She’s going to be the fourth Tapal to run the tea empire. The odds are against Mehvish Tapal. At least statistically speaking....
The most worrying chart (Editor’s Note)
There is one chart that gives us a heart attack every time we look at it: one that shows Pakistan’s average income...
In the world of cricket India is a bully, and Pakistan their only opposition
Massive economic potential is being wasted only because both India and Pakistan have highly politicised cricket boards
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This one is for you!