Risk of restrictions looms large over troubled retail sector
Elevated inflation and the ongoing economic crisis in Pakistan appear to have badly hit consumers and businesses alike. After experiencing several economic...
Security and diplomacy – where do we stand?
With the country in political chaos, facing the challenges will be even more difficult.
Can the industrial package compete with Roshan Digital Accounts in attracting dollars?
The returns offered on Roshan Digital Accounts are too lucrative for a Non resident Pakistani to opt for anything else.
A much-overdue reckoning
If the news of the ban on Pakistani citizens getting new visas to the United Arab Emirates are true – and early...
Break the monopolies!
Can shortsighted governments deliver the one-step economic reform agenda Pakistan needs for the long term: Eradicate monopolies and cartels, in both, the public and private sector?
Why can’t we compete in global markets?
Why are Pakistani businesses unable to compete in the global markets? What is it that inhibits them from breaking through overseas? As...
Winter is coming for the startups
“Winter is coming. We know what’s coming with it.” This line from the television show Game of Thrones, which is based on...
Time to think
Pakistan is celebrating 75 years of independence. A country made free not by revolution but by reason is undergoing one of the...
Cash is still king
Currency in Circulation currently hovers around PKR 7.64 trillion, coming down from a peak of Rs 8 trillion in May 2022, following...
Nutritionally Challenged Pakistan?
It is said that we are what we eat, and data tells us that Pakistanis are not eating enough, and not eating...
How valuable is your bureaucracy?
For decades now the issue monetization of perks has been on the table. No action has been taken because the powerful secretaries...
Not just birds and bees, also dollars and rupees
For women the concept of earning a steady income and eventually making smart investments for one’s personal self has never been a question worth addressing.
A cruel summer ahead
There are lessons that we can take from the past.
The cost of surplus power
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi recently said that the country would experience an electricity surplus in the region of 2,400-3,400 MW by...
FBR and Regulatory Technology
A licensing regime built around e-Intermediaries by FBR can help the Board in transcending its technological and resource constraints