It’s takes two to tango
Progressive Banking and Business Community
Provincialization of electricity distribution companies
Restructuring only way to achieve optimal efficiency
Flipping the script
Devolving political and economic powers to local level can treat what ails Pakistan’s fledgling economy
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...
Secure your financial future – Retail Investing
How to secure your financial future is one of the most important questions on everyone’s mind. Many of us save some portion...
Defining Sethism
Besides the well-understood issues of capital constraints, budget deficits and lack of planning, the economy is chained by Sethism
Pakistan’s economy under Musharraf
Economic achievements in difficult circumstances during former president Pervez Musharraf‘s regime are dismissed outright because of abhorrence of the military rule, imposition...
Where there’s a way, there’s no will
The economy of Pakistan has been trapped in a boom-bust cycle for the last two decades, wherein the duration between boom and...
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.
How the HBL PSL became a reason to believe in Pakistan
Take a look around you. It isn’t a pretty picture, is it? The country is teetering on the edge of default, the...
How depositors lose out on Islamic savings accounts
The increase in interest rates to almost all-time high levels, coupled with a super tax on bank profits, as well as an...
Framing policies for a digital economy
We are starting a new chapter in banking reforms. I want to praise the recent developments and the future evolution of digital...
Musharraf and a river in Pakistan
Denial is a river in Egypt. Your military dictators are not your saviours
Chicken and affordable protein
The price of broiler chicken has increased to more than Rs 400 per kg lately, largely due to supply chain constraints, and...
Borrowing from the public
The sovereign remains the biggest borrower in the country, making up more than 70 percent of all banking assets, either borrowing directly,...