Beware of Bancassurance
Bank staff prey on the vulnerable, who just want to park their funds in a safe investment product, and only later find out that they are underwater
Explainer: Pakistan’s twin deficits and how can they be contained?
A vicious cycle leads to these “twin deficits” which is an increase in consumption of imports, reduction in savings and an increase in foreign capital injection single-handedly deteriorates the current account balance
Lessons from the fall of Airlift
AIrlift’s fall was inevitable. Once the darling of the Pakistani startup ecosystem, its downfall was a mixture of unfortunate circumstances and its...
Corrupting power
Pakistan’s energy crisis remains an issue that several governments have failed to tackle during their reign over the nation. The state of...
Leadership in business
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”...
The remarkable life and tragic death of Airlift
Airlift’s highs were dizzying and its lows were tragic. But what are the lessons we can learn from it?
What it means to build a team
"No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team." -...
Customer experience – chai, culture, and happy customers
A company striving for greatness has to look no further than the happiness of its customers
Not just birds and bees, also dollars and rupees
For women the concept of earning a steady income and eventually making smart investments for one’s personal self has never been a question worth addressing.
Home sweet home
As the world changes, it pivots and zooms into our homes, which now play a much bigger role in our lives.
2020 – An obituary
As we say goodbye to the year, we will remember it mainly for the massive disruption it brought.
Pakistan’s Basic Billionaires
How the wealthy elite in Pakistan remains unimaginative with their use of capital, and why that is holding the nation back
The only constant is change
The old adage, “the only constant is change” is truer today than perhaps ever before. Businesses are grappling with inflation, economic instability,...
A decade lost: The fault in our capital markets
The business of an exchange (whether equity, or commodity, or any other) has been completely upended by technology. Trading pits have been...
How (not) to induce market failure
Once in surplus, pricing structures of no economic sense mean there is now a shortage.