Demographic liability
It’s very difficult to educate hungry children
Traditional banking globally is changing. Will Pakistani banks pay attention?
Banks ignore the rising trends against their traditional operating models at their peril
Hopium – II: How Pakistan needs to rethink its planning
Pakistan needs disruptive changes, a deregulated business environment, and SOE reform if its economy is to grow
What’s up at the stock market? A rebuttal
What’s up at the stock market? Contrary to recent opinion, its share prices and market sentiment
A checklist for CMOs interested to export with Amazon
The advertising industry in Pakistan is shifting focus to digital marketing in eCommerce, transforming the retail industry, and the way in which...
Reconfiguring the economy
Stuck in a low-growth loop
Dragging it out
The prolonged uncertainty that has engulfed the country since the opposition’s move to table a no-confidence resolution against the Prime Minister needs...
Cooling the economy
For more than a year now, we have been hearing the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) tell us about how well the...
Losing confidence
The government has done the right thing to approach the Supreme Court regarding its allegations of “horse trading” in the run up...
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...
2023-2024 Budget
The Budget 2023-2024 was presented under constraints coming from all directions, and posed an almost insoluble problem for the Finance Minister. The...
Hopium – I: How Pakistan needs to rethink its energy planning
A deregulated oil and gas sector with a revamped pricing strategy is the way forward
Record inflation and the journey there
Little can be achieved from fixating on when the rot started to set in. What is needed is a focus on where we stand and what can now be done
Startup failures in Pakistan and the role of founders
My perspective as a founder who has seen both success and failures in his journey may help some of the critics see things in a different light
Interest rate hiked
The State Bank of Pakistan’s Monetary Policy Committee on Wednesday increased the benchmark interest rate 100 basis points, to 21 percent, in...