The Fault in our Firms
Do audit practices add to the vows of a Chartered Accountancy Trainee?
Defining Sethism
Besides the well-understood issues of capital constraints, budget deficits and lack of planning, the economy is chained by Sethism
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...
The opportunity of dead capital
Economics has become a science of the loudmouth with numbers. Economists come on TV to show off that they have numbers and...
Creativity can be a brand’s greatest asset. Here is how to wield it
Kantar research has shown Pakistani audiences want to see certain themes in their adverts. Here are some of the takeaways
The paradox of gas prices
How fixing prices destroys consumer welfare
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...
Fixing the Oil Conundrum
Pakistan consumes more than 21 million tonnes of petroleum products, of which roughly 80% are imported, while the remaining is refined locally. ...
Bet on Pakistan. There will be rich returns
There is much that Pakistan has going for it. But faith in it will be repaid.
Onecoin: Cryptocurrency for the gullible
Our society seems to be fascinated with credulity and self-delusion. I first noticed this back in 2013, when “Engineer” Agha Waqar came...
Stocktaking of power sector challenges in NEPRA State of Industry Report
NEPRA released its State of Industry Report 2022 (SIR) on 30th September, 2022. This year's addition is particularly significant due to multiple...
Foreign Direct Investment – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The sort of FDI we need and the sort we don't
Return of the Stay-at-Home-Mom – Part 2
A few weeks ago I told you a story of a dreamer, since then I have received a lot of messages from...
The smog will worsen. It doesn’t have to
We are not condemned to live in this hell forever. Measures can and must be taken
The challenge of inflation
Inflation remains a near and a future challenge.