Sunday, January 18, 2026

Under the wings of the great Jack Ma

Bykea Founder and Daraz Co-Founder Muneeb Maayr’s memoir of his time with Jack Ma – Founder and CEO AliBaba Group

The challenges at the end of the tunnel

More seasoned governments have failed at these end-of-term difficulties. Will the PTI do any better?

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

What made the startups click in Pakistan?

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. – Jack Welch

Startups should be looking at debt, not just VC funding

Three years ago, I met another venture investor in Jakarta to talk about startups in emerging markets. We spoke about various sectors and business...

The opportunity cost of energy subsidies

A subsidy on fuel and electricity treats one-bike households the same as homes with multiple cars.

Renting out the agricultural sector

There are two major changes taking place in Pakistan’s agriculture sector as we speak. The first is the recent decision of the Lahore High...

Punjab’s changing urban reality requires empowered local governments

Changing demographics mean the Punjab is transforming into a new iteration of the province. Its governance must be left to the hands of local representatives

Tapping into the Green Climate Fund

Pakistan is suffering from one of its worst natural calamities. In all the pain and agony, a viral video of a small boy provides...

Explainer: Pakistan’s twin deficits and how can they be contained?

A vicious cycle leads to these “twin deficits” which is an increase in consumption of imports, reduction in savings and an increase in foreign capital injection single-handedly deteriorates the current account balance

The evolving middle-east geopolitical chessboard

U.S. President Joe Biden this week travels to the Middle East where he will meet leaders of Israel and nine Arab States, including Saudi...

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 bank or...

Time to deregulate oil prices

If there is one habit we wish the government of Pakistan would try to kick, it is the insane attempts to assert political control...

Seth-ification ahoy!

Received wisdom told us that, given enough time, sophistication and exposure to best modern practices, family-run firms would transform into professionally run companies, with...