Editor’s Note: Encouraging entrepreneurship
Why is Silicon Valley in California and not anywhere else in the world? Why was the world’s biggest hub of innovation founded...
Editor’s Note: The dangers of misinformation
It used to be that companies would hire public relations firms to manage their image in the media by trying to put...
Editor’s Note: The evolution of Pakistani business education
Pakistanis, particularly graduates of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) in Karachi, are fond of pointing out that IBA was the first...
Pakistan needs to get out of the comfort zone, end cycle of borrowing
Pakistan is stuck in a repeated cycle of borrowing to pay back money it already owes to other countries. The scary part - it seems like it has become too comfortable with it.
Finding cigar butts
Last week must have shaken the faint-hearted. KSE-100 Index declined by 4.4%, the Pakistan rupee depreciated to a record low of Rs131 (-5%)...
Getting it right
Pakistan has decided to go to the IMF for a bailout. Presumably this long-awaited and much-delayed decision has been taken after exhausting all other options.
We have come a long way, the wrong way!
There was a time, not too long ago, when mankind exhibited a remarkable level of intelligence. It was a time when technology...
Editor’s Note: Policy Reversals
There is no clearer indication that the current administration has absolutely no clue what they are doing on matters of fiscal policy...
Editor’s Note: ‘He’s a pleasure to work with’
In our edition dated June 10, 2018, Profit did an evaluation of the respective economic agendas of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and...
Editor’s Note: Moral cowardice
For a minute there, we had hope.
To anyone who has hoped for a more tolerant Pakistan, where a person is judged not...
Rooting for the uprooted
If we look at today's tech driven world, there are thousands of very successful Sheikh Chillis around us. Sheikh Chilli was a dreamer not a loser!
Editor’s Note: The adult in the room?
If campaigns are conducted in poetry, and governing in prose, it appears that the Imran Khan Administration – at least insofar as...
Editor’s Note: The cost of borrowing
In his first speech to his fellow citizens as the Prime Minister-elect of Pakistan, Imran Khan stated his desire to have Pakistan...
Editor’s Note: What will PTI’s economic policy look like
So it happened at last. The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf, after 22 years of struggle, has finally managed to win an election, albeit with...
Editor’s Note: PIA’s turnaround effort
It is no secret that Pakistan’s state-owned enterprises are almost invariably badly run, but even by the Government of Pakistan’s atrocious standards,...