Saturday, January 17, 2026

Growth on paper, stagnation on ground

Pakistan’s economic survey reveals more spin than spark

Fixing pay and pensions

250 million people exist to pay the salaries of government employees

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 right enough!...

The decline of centralized grids

For over a century, centralized electricity grids have been the backbone of global energy infrastructure, enabling large-scale power generation and distribution to homes, businesses,...

Losing the forest for the cheese

Staying true to the tradition of groundhog day, the first material step that the incumbent government took to stall a depreciating PKR was an...

Correcting market failure

This publication is generally in favour of free markets, which in practice can often mean an opposition to what we view as unnecessary or...

Price Fixing

The government is obsessed with fixing prices, whether that be of the most basic staples, fuel, or medicine – it wants to meddle in...

200 million people and zero unicorns

A successful Pakistani Silicon Valley entrepreneur opens up about building the next great startup in Pakistan

Pakistan’s ticking pension time bomb

The government must change its pension plans unless it wants to buckle under the weight of pension liabilities

A Freu-Darian slip of the tongue?

An Ishaq Dar shaped shadow hangs over Miftah Ismail and all of us

Astounding damage to agriculture needs immediate response

In terms of agriculture alone, the damages could total between $1.7 and $2.9 billion for major agricultural products across the four provinces

Why Pakistan needs a national digital authentication app

In the process of solving old problems, we cannot afford to create new ones

Can the monetary system ever say Bella Ciao?

Is Dali's mask the only difference between central bankers and Money Heist members?

Blitzscaling

An ill-defined and oft-abused word in the startup ecosystem is blitzscaling. Earlier this year, Airlift shuttered its doors, leading to the inevitable questions about the...

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 digital payments...