Wednesday, December 24, 2025

A dark winter

The Russian invasion of Ukraine created a ripple effect in the energy markets as the largest producer of energy in the world was suddenly...

Demystifying Pakistan’s high electricity prices

Despite increasing installed capacity and diversifying the generation mix prices are rising… and here’s why

Promoting Made in Pakistan

The latest July-Oct 2025-26 trade numbers show that our current account deficit has surged by 255% YoY. Imports have multiplied. Exports have not increased....

Time is of the essence

  Rivers of gold. That's what media mogul Rupert Murdoch once said about the classifieds section in newspapers. Now, though I am definitely no Pakistani Murdoch,...

The Fault in our Firms

Do audit practices add to the vows of a Chartered Accountancy Trainee?

Dramatically transforming the way we travel

Have you ever imagined riding on a car for hire despite owning several vehicles? Or riding a plush vehicle without ever having to own...

The Return of the Stay at Home Mom!

  While all the other little girls played with Barbies and doll houses, this peculiar one dreamt of the stars and the galaxy and her...

What options does Shehbaz have?

How can he stabilise an economy on the brink while building traction with voters at the same time?

Tax Refunds: To obtain or not to obtain, and if so, how?

Benjamin Franklin famously said that "n this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." His words are as true...

A Stanford academic, Twitter, and Pakistan’s exports

We need to increase Pakistan’s exports, and it doesn’t quite matter where we approach the problem from

Traditional banking globally is changing. Will Pakistani banks pay attention?

Banks ignore the rising trends against their traditional operating models at their peril

Time to think

Pakistan is celebrating 75 years of independence. A country made free not by revolution but by reason is undergoing one of the worst crises...

Why Jeffrey Sachs is wrong about Reko Diq

It started with the usual leftie / “anti-imperialism is the ultimate moral good” crowd. An article written by American economist Jeffrey Sachs provocatively titled...

In the world of cricket India is a bully, and Pakistan their only opposition

Massive economic potential is being wasted only because both India and Pakistan have highly politicised cricket boards

Home sweet home

As the world changes, it pivots and zooms into our homes, which now play a much bigger role in our lives.