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...
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
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.
Trouble at the power plants
In the last few weeks, there have been a slew of reports about plant failures and power assets going offline one after...
The last days of Governor Baqir
"His term is about to end and we will not retain him," said Khawaja Muhammad Asif while speaking about Dr Reza Baqir’s...
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....
Pakistan’s hordes of unskilled IT labourers
Most of Pakistan’s IT exports are based on low-value IT related services. Investment in the right education can change that
Dear reader, we’ll be talking in lakhs and crores from now on
Forgive us for how long this has taken, but we did put a lot of thought into this decision. From now on...
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...
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...
Reza Baqir’s salary and banking woes
We have some serious issues on our mind this week. Legacy banks are trying to keep up with all of the changing...
The whitespace in the $2 billion advertising industry of Pakistan
The urge to create relatively demanded goods along with services is the most challenging task out there.
For the love of all that is good, leave Miftah alone!
Petrol prices should never be politicised. But for them to be politicised within one's own party is a new kind of wacky
The no-confidence vote inspires little confidence
A narrow segment of elites across institutions are engaged in a cynical, Machiavellian war where there is neither honor nor a greater purpose