Pakistan wins over Amazon: De-coding another dream
There was celebration all over the country when Commerce Advisor Abdul Razak Dawood tweeted that Pakistan will before long be added to...
Why Jeffrey Sachs is wrong about Reko Diq
It started with the usual leftie / “anti-imperialism is the ultimate moral good” crowd. An article written by American economist Jeffrey Sachs...
Other People’s Money, the best kind of money
Sitting on other people’s money till next Monday can net you a tidy sum. That can be good and bad
Can RAAST usher in the promised fintech revolution?
On Thursday, February 3, the State Bank of Pakistan instructed banks to provide free person-to-person (P2P) payments services under Raast, the country’s...
The catch 22 of working in a male-dominated profession
Men are promoted on potential, women on performance
Editor’s Note: Why data journalism is struggling in Pakistan
This week, Profit will include two, seemingly contradictory ideas. We are replacing our “News Briefings” section with a “News in Numbers” section,...
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: The fourth factor
In his now seminal tome The Wealth of Nations, Scottish economist Adam Smith posited that there were three major factors of production...
Making the internet work for all
Sometimes, in order to gain more control over a situation, you have to let things go. That is most certainly the case...
Editor’s Note: Moving the national debate
Elections have consequences, as commentators in mature democracies are wont to say, and perhaps none more so than those in a republic...
Editor’s Note: Fuel price populism
There is absolutely no subject over which the Pakistani media collectively loses its mind over more than fuel prices. No matter how...
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...
There’s a right way to develop Gwadar
Pakistan’s geoeconomic pivot must weigh heavily towards the oceans
Our exchange rate policy
The rupee declined sharply against the US dollar during intraday trading Wednesday and no explanation and little rationale has been provided by the central...
Why a Master Data Management project is the way to go
If we can protect our data and do this right, everyone from businesses to govt departments will win