Traditional banking globally is changing. Will Pakistani banks pay attention?

Banks ignore the rising trends against their traditional operating models at their peril

Air pollution and traffic-related mobility in Pakistani cities

Conversations about curbing air pollution are seasonal and limited to momentary solutions

Here is why our IT “exports” are not what Umar Saif wants you to think

Most of our IT exports are service based, and even within that a lot are not highly skilled services. 

Dissenting note: Here is what the government might be thinking 

The criticism around the government's recently unveiled IT Export Policy is premature, primarily because there is a lack of information. The 18-page...

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

Distribution woes again!

It’s not just a battle between the rich and the poor. There is also a conflict between the employees and their employers

Finding meaning in fungibility

How foreign assistance fuels much more than just tanks and public sector spending

Yes, the rich are getting richer. But could that also explain our inflation problem?

The conspicuous consumption led inflation in Pakistan

Foreign Direct Investment – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The sort of FDI we need and the sort we don't

Transitioning away from a cash economy

What's wrong with extremely high levels of cash in our economy, and what needs to be done to fix this.

Living on the edge

Pakistani start-ups face a difficult future as international venture capital funds dry up

Re-orienting consumption

Fixing the imported fuel problem

Reconfiguring the economy

Stuck in a low-growth loop

Governance system for local governments – Part 2

Within the political dimension, the provincial governments should devolve the following functions completely to the local governments: one, school education up to...

In the world of cricket India is a bully, and Pakistan their only opposition

Massive economic potential is being wasted only because both India and Pakistan have highly politicised cricket boards