What options does Shehbaz have?

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

Floods 2022: Early Assessment of Infrastructure Destruction

The great floods of 2022 have wreaked havoc across the length of the Indus river, wherein at a particular point, the river...

The paradox of gas prices

How fixing prices destroys consumer welfare

Pakistan’s auto industry has a bright future. Here’s why

Cautious optimism for the auto industry in 2024: Understanding the driving forces

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...

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...

It’s takes two to tango

Progressive Banking and Business Community

How (not) to induce market failure

Once in surplus, pricing structures of no economic sense mean there is now a shortage.

The last days of Governor Baqir

"His term is about to end and we will not retain him," said Khawaja Muhammad Asif while speaking about Dr Reza Baqir’s...

Mr Chief Minister, please rest! 

Mohsin Naqvi is a one-man army. Should we not have some sympathy for this overworked hero and relieve some of his burdens?

Does your portfolio suffer from home bias?

Investors’ resounding preference for their home markets remains one of the great puzzles of the investment world

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...

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

Disrupt or Be Disrupted

The human mind is trained to visualise linear developments and finds it difficult to estimate exponential possibilities which emanate from technology. Such...

Competition is overrated

Not the silver bullet many argue it is