Reconsider the IMF programme
The government’s position at the time immediately preceding the last IMF program was understandably cramped as election year compulsions ruled out passing high oil...
Bull season at the market
At the Pakistani bourses, this last fortnight the bull-run remained steadfast. And as a consequence, the figures looked most promising. In three sessions of...
Significance of consumer psychology
Consumer behaviour binds together marketing issues like communication, identity, social status, decision-making, mental, and physical health. Study of how consumers behave plays a very...
Untapped potential
As the global power pendulum slowly begins to swing away from the western-dominated order, all eyes are on the new ‘centre of gravity’ in...
Shifting sands of world economy
A few decades ago, the multinational corporations were making a swift expansion in to the emerging markets. Economists around the world were talking of...
Price vs value
Pakistan’s economic woes seem unending. With macro variables in a nightmarish slump and the growth rate still not rebounded from last year’s flood, the...
Trade with thy warring neighbour
In political science, the essence of peace between two nations in conflict builds up once steady trade relations develop between them. In the Indo-Pak...
Fear feeds on itself
Last week in my article ‘Europes existential crisis’ I said Europe is on the brink of a major disaster and it would result from...
High on potential, low on value
Suicide bombings, assassinations of top Pakistan is one of the leading countries in the world when it comes to the export of raw animal...
Protecting regional linkages
Contemporary global economic trends have indeed demanded closer linkages with other nations within one’s region. Tactics used to enhance regional ties have included the...
The economics of peace in Afghanistan
Suicide bombings, assassinations of top Afghan leaders, brutal attacks on Charikar and other places close to Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, and a rapid increase in...
Issues in investing in listed stocks
Many people, including some ulama, are of the view that buying and selling shares of the companies through a stock exchange is not acceptable...
Watch, wait and be vigilant
Our stock market sometimes reacts in ways that are irrational, but then perhaps most markets behave in that manner once in a while. Even...
Appreciating SMEs
Not to question the country’s financial managers’ competence, but it is troubling to note official neglect of the SME sector, to say the least....
Commerce anywhere, anytime
Billions of people are using mobile phone and handheld wireless devices worldwide. Global shipments of mobile phones (and other wireless devices) have surpassed shipments...
Back to our founding fathers
There is very little doubt amongst historians and academics that Pakistan’s struggle for independence was chiefly fought by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the councils...
Trade underdevelopment
Trade targets are a matter of simple statistics. Look at the present year figure, calculate the average growth rate in the last few years...
