Hot N Cold (The SBP’s Version)
The SBP has been moody lately. They’ve been changing their mind constantly, releasing confusing monetary policy statements, and have failed to communicate...
What imperils the mobile phone industry?
Another day another industry raising its voice about issues it is facing with regards to doing business in Pakistan. It is a...
Winter is coming for the startups
“Winter is coming. We know what’s coming with it.” This line from the television show Game of Thrones, which is based on...
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...
Cutting through red-tape with e-residency
Estonia is the first country in the world to establish ease of business through e-residency, and Pakistanis may benefit from it
FBR and Regulatory Technology
A licensing regime built around e-Intermediaries by FBR can help the Board in transcending its technological and resource constraints
How (not) to induce market failure
Once in surplus, pricing structures of no economic sense mean there is now a shortage.
Disrupt or Be Disrupted
The human mind is trained to visualise linear developments and finds it difficult to estimate exponential possibilities which emanate from technology. Such...
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...
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...
Editors Note: Passing the baton
She’s going to be the fourth Tapal to run the tea empire. The odds are against Mehvish Tapal. At least statistically speaking....
Not all banks!
Recently, I had an opportunity to read Profit Issue #113 and the cover story ‘The discriminatory hiring practices of Islamic Banks: Is...
Budget 2021: Treating online marketplaces as retailers is a disaster waiting to happen
The proposed amendment to the Sales Tax Act puts undue burden on online marketplaces, and will have larger implications for ‘Digital Pakistan.’
The opportunity cost of energy subsidies
A subsidy on fuel and electricity treats one-bike households the same as homes with multiple cars.
The most worrying chart (Editor’s Note)
There is one chart that gives us a heart attack every time we look at it: one that shows Pakistan’s average income...