Pakistan needs to get out of the comfort zone, end cycle of borrowing
Pakistan is stuck in a repeated cycle of borrowing to pay back money it already owes to other countries. The scary part - it seems like it has become too comfortable with it.
How (not) to induce market failure
Once in surplus, pricing structures of no economic sense mean there is now a shortage.
The 13th idea
In the run up to the federal budget, there are many points of view in the market of ideas for the government...
Anatomy of a Black Market
There is a dearth of foreign currency liquidity in the country, as the central bank tries to maintain an official inter-bank rate...
The paradox of gas prices
How fixing prices destroys consumer welfare
What’s going wrong in q-commerce and what we can do about it
Quick Commerce (q-commerce) is “hot”. Having worked in the field as part of Munchies for quite a while now, I like to...
Leap Of Faith
A few months ago I took my head office team to a team building session at a nearby resort. Although I was...
Flipping the script
Devolving political and economic powers to local level can treat what ails Pakistan’s fledgling economy
Powerful smog
Earlier this month the PM2.5 levels in Lahore went beyond 1,000 micrograms per cubic meter, which is 30 times more than the...
The fortune at the bottom of the digital pyramid
It is time to recognise that access to the internet being equitable is good for business
Why isn’t the PTA worried about the data of Pakistani citizens being misused?
As Pakistanis’ digital footprint grows, so do the threats to the confidential details of its citizens. Without data protection laws in place, bad actors in India may be able to misuse Pakistani citizens’ private data that they should not even have access to
Pakistanis don’t trust the PSX. They should
With the stock market looked at with suspicion, what investors need to understand is that fraud will always be out there, and being not having faith is just counterproductive.
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...
How depositors lose out on Islamic savings accounts
The increase in interest rates to almost all-time high levels, coupled with a super tax on bank profits, as well as an...
The economy of eating right
You don’t have to be wealthy to eat healthy… it’s all about getting the right information and advice