“Look Ma, no profits!”

Farooq Tirmizi, our contributing editor isn’t too confident about the viability of Daraz.pk, as is plain to see in his write-up on...

The less travelled road to managing the external financing gap 

The global economy is passing through a perfect storm. The commodity super-cycle has led to record high prices of essential imports. On...

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

Where there’s a way, there’s no will

The economy of Pakistan has been trapped in a boom-bust cycle for the last two decades, wherein the duration between boom and...

Taking the fight to the big boys

In this issue we narrate the interesting times in Pakistan’s digital ad industry through a case study on one of its leading...

Dear banks – It’s time to go ‘digital first’

The talk of a digital Pakistan is not just talk. We do not say this because there has been some seismic shift...

Where are our cities?

  Why do Pakistani official circles still like to maintain Pakistan is a rural country? Every pronouncement of government, at the cabinet table...

No, Prime Minister, the problem is you (Editorial)

The premiership of Imran Khan is what happens when the collective wisdom of upper middle class drawing rooms in Pakistan comes to...

Build the future, not the past

Business owners longing for things to return quickly to what they were in pre-Covid-19 days may be on the wrong side of history

200 million people and zero unicorns

A successful Pakistani Silicon Valley entrepreneur opens up about building the next great startup in Pakistan

Pakistan’s Stock Market: No pandemonium, for the moment

  Imran Khan is not the only one celebrating ‘Yom-e-Tashakkur’, many at the stock market are doing the same. The Pakistan Stock Exchange...

With Raast, context is Key

Raast by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has received a lot of excitement and interest from the financial payments industry, particularly...

Provincialization of electricity distribution companies

Restructuring only way to achieve optimal efficiency

Let’s Shutdown the MBA program

In a world spurred by technology, where specific skills are more in demand, the MBA is a waste of time and money

For inspiration for the future, we need only look at the past

What will Pakistan look like in 75 years? There is one version of events that, even if ambitious, can serve as an...