SOEs in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh
State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are a common feature in the economic landscapes of developing countries such as Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. The performance of these SOEs has been a topic of…
The dream of a digital Pakistan
In today’s rapidly evolving world, digital transformation has become a necessity. Pakistan is no exception to this. The need for digital transformation is driven by the increasing reliance on technology,…
E-commerce and its potential in Pakistan
The year 2023 could see Pakistan’s e-commerce market reach a revenue of US$6.4 billion, growing annually at 6.23 percent. By 2021, the market had hit US$4.2 billion, ranking Pakistan 46th…
Pakistan towards the journey of digital revolution
The digital transformation of economies across the globe is accelerating with ever-increasing pace. Disruptive technologies and emerging customer expectations are pushing the telecom industry for advanced solutions of high speed…
‘The year of telecommunication’
Bell to Broadband is a Tale of Telecomm-unication. The beginning of modern telecommunications in the nineteenth century is marked by the invention of telephone by Alexander Graham Bell which initiated…
A food authority
State regulatory mechanisms in Pakistan currently extend to a range of critical commodities and services, such as drugs, electricity, oil, gas, telecommunications, media, aviation, money and chemicals, which are governed…
Pakistan’s cybersecurity regime
THE recent Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules upend, among other fundamental rights, privacy and free speech safeguards ensured by the Constitution. Our current cyber legal landscape forces data subjects…
Pakistan’s economic transformation
Let’s be ahead of the curve and start thinking about a post-Covid-19 world in which the economic landscape is more resilient; less debt trapped; and can generate required financial resources.…
Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunication: Rationalisation of institutions – III
There is a need to carry out due diligence and rationalisation of all ministries under the federal government and their many subsidiaries with the objective of ensuring that the public…
Pakistan’s taxation crisis
The contours of Pakistan’s taxation crisis are well known by now. Only 0.3pc of the population pays income tax and files a tax return — one of the lowest ratios…
