Editor’s Note: Why data journalism is struggling in Pakistan
This week, Profit will include two, seemingly contradictory ideas. We are replacing our “News Briefings” section with a “News in Numbers” section, where we...
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 in the...
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 more than...
Editor’s Note: The state of the State Bank
If the KASB Bank’s own valuation was correct, then it actually was sold for a song by SBP. If the auditors’ valuation was correct, then was SBP sleeping on the job when it let things get so bad at KASB?
If the economy has any chance of surviving, the political instability must end
The first indications that a hung parliament will cause economic tremors in Pakistan have become apparent. An announcement from the IMF made it clear...
The burden of over-regulation
In this edition of Profit, both our cover story and one of our main feature stories are about the financial services sector, and how...
Editor’s Note: Moving the national debate
Elections have consequences, as commentators in mature democracies are wont to say, and perhaps none more so than those in a republic that is...
Rules to hold us accountable by
Over the past week, Profit faced a bit of criticism from one of the subjects of a story that we did. The story had...
Tipping point
The country is standing at a critical tipping point and it’s most important decision making centre is in complete disarray. The economy is still...
On the economy’s new ‘technocratic’ caretakers
PM Kakar’s cabinet will be in the driving seat for the foreseeable future. To do any good they must hold fast to their limitations
Losing confidence
The government has done the right thing to approach the Supreme Court regarding its allegations of “horse trading” in the run up to the...
Editor’s Note: The great chasm
The median age of Pakistan is less than 24 years. Ours is one of the youngest countries in the world, and one governed by...
All for one, one for all
We cannot bring ourselves to recount the brutal and vicious manner in which the coal miners in Balochistan from the Hazara community were abducted...
Last mile to the IMF
Matters have advanced rapidly with the IMF since the government took the difficult decisions on the fuel price adjustments and the budget, although there...
But what if the virus doesn’t go away?
Then we'll just have to call in the "helicopters".
