Tackling the Multi-Headed Energy Hydra

Fixing one problem causes three more

What made the startups click in Pakistan?

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. – Jack Welch

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...

2020 – An obituary

As we say goodbye to the year, we will remember it mainly for the massive disruption it brought. 

The case against a six-day work week

After a week-long constitutional crisis, a new government is finally in place.  One of the first decisions taken was a rushed one,...

Changing how Pakistanis commute and think about commuting

This February marked a decade of Lahore’s BRT service. But what can we learn from the past to better our mass transit future?

Record inflation and the journey there

Little can be achieved from fixating on when the rot started to set in. What is needed is a focus on where we stand and what can now be done

Pakistan’s 2020 real estate prospects and challenges

Pakistan has been in a real estate rut since 2017. 2020 may be the year we break out of it, but the government will have to play its cards right

Why Fauji Meat is the smartest decision made by the Fauji group in decades

The worst way to think about a profitable investment strategy – whether it be as an individual investor or as a CEO...

The problem of revenue is bad tax policy, not cheating

Revenue generation is important but not top priority as in last 3 decades. Much effort and money has been spent in collecting...

The lopsided market structure of the automobile industry

Cars are supposed to go down in value. Here they are a fixed asset.

The economics of digital banks

Before the super-apps of today, there were banks. They provided a number of services under one roof, including payment, clearing, verification of...

Renting out the agricultural sector

There are two major changes taking place in Pakistan’s agriculture sector as we speak. The first is the recent decision of the...

Editor’s Note: Immovable, like set cement

A cat might have nine lives but Dewan Group’s Dewan Yousuf seems to have thirteen. And counting. The banks, to whom he owes...
Fertilizer sector

Pending subsidy payments on the import of DAP

Most individuals are well aware of the current state of the government, given the release of this year’s budget and the conditions...