Why bother with ‘targets’?
Of all the bad habits the government of Pakistan has, perhaps one of the worst is the one picked up by the...
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...
Editor’s Note: The dangers of misinformation
It used to be that companies would hire public relations firms to manage their image in the media by trying to put...
Editor’s Note: The cost of borrowing
In his first speech to his fellow citizens as the Prime Minister-elect of Pakistan, Imran Khan stated his desire to have Pakistan...
After the deal
In its latest monetary policy statement the State Bank of Pakistan decided to keep the discount rate unchanged. The policy rate has...
Interbank bloodbath
We are now in the danger zone. The interbank market is operating on borrowed dollars just to make routine trade related payments....
Editor’s Note: Outsourcing: What is it good for?
If there is one theme that dominates this issue of Profit, it is unquestionably outsourcing. Our cover story explores Pakistan’s miniscule business...
Time is of the essence
Rivers of gold. That's what media mogul Rupert Murdoch once said about the classifieds section in newspapers.
Now, though I am definitely no...
Absurd demands from would-be autocrats
The news that the government of Pakistan plans to demand that social media giants such as Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, etc. set up...
Getting our act together
It was only a matter of time, we suppose. Last week, the United States joined the European Union in banning Pakistan International...
Shake-up at a start-up
The exit of Daraz’s CEO doesn’t just mean a shake-up there, but shows how start-ups need to double down
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...
Editor’s Note: The adult in the room?
If campaigns are conducted in poetry, and governing in prose, it appears that the Imran Khan Administration – at least insofar as...
Freedom of conscience must be protected by the law
There are two big problems with the statistic that 97% of Pakistanis are Muslim: the first is that it assumes that all...
Dragging it out
The prolonged uncertainty that has engulfed the country since the opposition’s move to table a no-confidence resolution against the Prime Minister needs...