Editor’s Note: Of a lack of imagination and unsold shirts
Pakistan’s retail market. Sound out anyone, not just within the country, but also abroad, you’ll hear the same optimism about it. “135...
A deadly crossroads
The country is now standing on a very dangerous precipice and more than ever before requires the highest quality decision making at...
2020 – An obituary
As we say goodbye to the year, we will remember it mainly for the massive disruption it brought.
Political will or bad policy and reform design?
Reform remains an elusive and little understood concept in Pakistan. The word is seldom used on TV. It is used even less...
Name’s matter, even in the stock market
"Whats in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" - Romeo & Juliet
Shakespeare...
TikTok was just unbanned. How long do you give it?
The audio-video based social media app has gone from banned to unbanned over and over again
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...
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....
Fiscal Federalism
Let me start with a question. What does the first article of the Constitution say? Is it about Islam, democracy or fundamental...
Of Councils and Chambers
Do various business lobby groups operating in Pakistan represent the rentier economy?
There is an IMF standby agreement, but what next?
Solving our balance of payments challenge
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...
Reconfiguring the economy
Stuck in a low-growth loop
Financial inclusivity: Where does Pakistan stand?
Pakistan is a lower middle-income economy, located in the heart of South Asia, with a GDP estimated at $284 Billion (2016), and...
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...