The wrong kind of governing
You can always trust the government of Pakistan to take a look at a problem created by the private sector in the...
Editor’s Note: The clear (lack of) strategy
By now, it is abundantly clear that the Imran Khan Administration has no clear strategy for reviving the economy, let along introducing...
Editor’s Note: Fuel price populism
There is absolutely no subject over which the Pakistani media collectively loses its mind over more than fuel prices. No matter how...
Editor’s Note: Moral cowardice
For a minute there, we had hope.
To anyone who has hoped for a more tolerant Pakistan, where a person is judged not...
Editor’s Note: Encouraging entrepreneurship
Why is Silicon Valley in California and not anywhere else in the world? Why was the world’s biggest hub of innovation founded...
Editor’s Note: ‘He’s a pleasure to work with’
In our edition dated June 10, 2018, Profit did an evaluation of the respective economic agendas of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and...
A proactive central bank… up to a point
The State Bank of Pakistan, it seems, does not want to leave anything to chance. Inflation numbers have started to tick downwards,...
Editor’s Note: Time to test the energy policy
Long before he ever became finance minister, Asad Umar had begun formulating what would eventually become the energy policy of the Imran...
Editor’s Note: An all-or-nothing bet
Those that the gods want to destroy, they first make promising. And promising is what Warid was when it entered the Pakistani...
Breathing room to act
After months of speculation, at least we know where Pakistan stands: by the skin of our teeth, the country remains connected to...
Editor’s Note: The fourth factor
In his now seminal tome The Wealth of Nations, Scottish economist Adam Smith posited that there were three major factors of production...
Continued myopia on energy policy
Long term policy planning is hardly something that the government of Pakistan is known for. Indeed, the short-termism is what often lands...
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...
Losing confidence
The government has done the right thing to approach the Supreme Court regarding its allegations of “horse trading” in the run up...
Dime-store Democracy
There is an election around the corner we hear. This Thursday all of the country’s registered voters will have the opportunity to...