Zong and Manchester Unite(d)
Zong has pulled a rabbit, a rhinoceros and an illustrious elephant out of the proverbial hat owing to its collaboration with Manchester United and...
The year that was
The economies around the world faced some indomitable challenges during the year 2011. The international economy had not yet recovered from the 2008 crisis...
Spirit of capitalist recklessness
Humans love adrenalin. We like our cars fast, we like our planes faster, we love the thrill, we love how the heart beats against...
Very visible ‘arms’ of the govt
In the recent episode of almighty IMF summoning esteemed members of the government, assurances were exchanged with respect to the restructuring of the Trading...
Hard work and economic growth
Many would say that working for long hours results in better output, and that it can utilise human resources in a more useful manner....
Dollar enters the nervous nineties
It’s good news for exporters, bad news for everyone else. Reaching record high levels, the Pakistani Rupee – US Dollar exchange rate has breached...
Most eligible public transport in town
Yes, you read the title correctly; it is about the most eligible public transport in town and not the most eligible bachelor in town....
Islamic Investment Funds
Is it about time that Islamic investment funds start screening out the companies doing business with the countries that are not friendly towards Islam...
Foreign pullout eases for a bit
The pattern in the last few sessions at Pakistan’s bourses, mainly at Karachi’s KSE-100 index, has been rather predictable. Up a few notches and...
Asia, the dark horse
It is indeed ironic, and no one might have predicted this, that in times of need, the developing world will come to the rescue...
Time for hard but necessary decisions
With privatisation of sick public sector enterprises (PSEs) off the table and the trade gap widening, the government’s fiscal space is going to come...
Flying with cockroaches
Our nation is afflicted with a severe crisis. It is one that threatens the very existence of those that inhabit this land of the...
Improving the HD indicators
It seems that the current political developments which are capricious have overshadowed the findings of the recently released UNDP report on the Human Development...
Blog for business
Blogs have become a new ecommerce buzz. Marketers are blogging for organisations, products, ideas and or for other goals and achieving. A business blog...
Let euro enter teenage!
Albeit knowing the fact that global financial markets are prone to financial bubbles, the recent European sovereign debt crisis has been, due to its...
Rewriting economic theory
Travelling up on the small mountain train to take a good view of Hong Kong from the Victoria Park is indeed a very thrilling...
Questioning the delusion of prior knowledge
Can the present generation avert an economic armageddon by questioning the economic paradigms they were taught?
Economic policy making has failed us. The global economic...
