Why ban Tinder?
Banning Tinder changes nothing, except giving its ‘halal’ competitors an edge.
Editor’s Note: Moral cowardice
For a minute there, we had hope.
To anyone who has hoped for a more tolerant Pakistan, where a person is judged not...
2020 – An obituary
As we say goodbye to the year, we will remember it mainly for the massive disruption it brought.
Sit down, Mr Dar!
For a number of weeks, now former finance minister Ishaq Dar has been providing unsolicited input into the economic decision-making of the...
South Africa eyeing to fulfil Pakistan’s rising demand for coal
CAPE TOWN: A decade ago South Africa sent the bulk of its coal exports to Europe, a market now disappearing right before...
How Pakistan can avoid the “Dutch Disease”
Should the country soon find itself awash in hydrocarbon wealth, how it chooses to manage that surplus will be critical
Putin’s lunch
There is no denying that Prime Minister Imran Khan faced a difficult decision this week when President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces...
Continued myopia on energy policy
Long term policy planning is hardly something that the government of Pakistan is known for. Indeed, the short-termism is what often lands...
Distorted incentives, distorted economy
There is a running theme across many of the stories we cover in this week’s issue of Profit: how distorted incentives can...
Taking the menace of gas theft head on
UFG is theft of natural gas that makes up a whopping 51 per cent of the total gas lost
Third World, pause. Time for an agenda reset
Is there a silver lining to the Covid-19 pandemic?
Pakistan’s high-stakes crypto experiment
It seems Pakistan is going full steam ahead on Crypto. Can regulation catch up to adoption?
Good corporate governance should demand better CEO accountability
In most Pakistani organizations, performance management gets worse the higher one climbs the greasy pole. Boards and shareholders should learn about and be thorough in evaluating top management
Gaslight at the end of PSX tunnel
The week ending on October 14 had been precarious for the PSX and investors as political tensions gave the market a good...
TikTok is a data collection service pretending to be a social network
Instead of banning it every few months, the PTA needs to come up with a proper censorship framework