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...
