Paper cut
Commodity prices don’t increase in isolation, they mostly move in tandem. Just like the butterfly effect wherein a butterfly fluttering its wings...
A Freu-Darian slip of the tongue?
An Ishaq Dar shaped shadow hangs over Miftah Ismail and all of us
Failing to communicating
Clarity and consistency. These are two of the most important elements of crisis communications, especially during an economic crisis. Given the fact...
Slow rockets and fast feathers: Why exports fall fast but increase slowly after exchange rate changes
There’s no exportable surplus.
That is the typical response you get from private sector and policy makers alike when you ask why Pakistani...
Sit down, Mr Dar!
For a number of weeks, now former finance minister Ishaq Dar has been providing unsolicited input into the economic decision-making of the...
A primer on refinery margins
To a casual observer, refining is a boring and largely commoditized business often exposed to volatility in commodity prices. During the last...
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...
Interbank bloodbath
We are now in the danger zone. The interbank market is operating on borrowed dollars just to make routine trade related payments....
Corporate lies
“A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on.”- Terry Pratchett
Organizations have to constantly deal with...
The global financing crunch is here. How will it impact Pakistan?
What do turbulence in the global economy and the plunge in tech valuations imply for Pakistan’s emerging startup ecosystem? Let us evaluate....
A cruel summer ahead
There are lessons that we can take from the past.
Can coalitions push through reforms?
There is a generally held belief in Pakistan, especially among many within and around the corridors of power, that the country needs...
Corporate updates
Pakistan’s first ever pet food donation platform by Waggles
Pakistan's first premium natural pet food brand - Waggles - launches its donation platform...
A scary summer ahead – this week in Pakistan’s business and economics twittervers
The PTI has upped the ante once again and mounting pressure on the existing government. With huge increases in oil prices the...
The case for E-bikes
We’ve all heard the saying. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, you teach a man how...