SECP accelerates technology-driven solutions
Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) conducted an online survey to obtain feedback about its services delivery and to seek out suggestions from its stakeholders. Though an…
Corporate governance and accountability: reform SECP
In recent weeks debate over corporate political spending gained attention after Jahangir Khan Tareen, a prominent politician, industrialist and the secretary general of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, has been accused of using…
eGovernment: SECP’s eServices greatly help business entities
During most part of the last decade, the SECP enjoyed a very good reputation for innovative and productive use of information technology at national and international levels. The untiring efforts…
Corporate governance and SECP: Forcing out the bad
In today's world, the concept of corporate governance has attracted an extraordinary public attention. A topic that not too long-ago, dismissed as a fad limited to the halls of academia,…
The battle for SECP
For last few months print and electronic media have been reporting on alleged fraudulent activities of two stock brokers. The media campaign depicts a battle between the two who are…
An economy built on debt
Pakistan is an investment-starved country. The ways and means to attract investment are not working well. The Board of Investment (BOI) has utterly failed to attract investment into the country.…
Climate finance in RoB
PAKISTAN’S climate crisis demands massive policy reforms and substantial financial resources to build national resilience. While the government is committed to achieving ambitious targets through its 2025 NDCs, the institutional…
Whistleblowing and accountability
The ultimate dream of any law-abiding citizen is to live their life with fairness, dignity, and integrity. These are reasonable and basic expectations in any civilised society, and when the…
Cancer’s unspoken grief
Every year on World Cancer Day (which falls today), I find myself listening again to the national conversation on cancer, to its reassurances, its optimism, its insistence that we are…
Tokenisation and its impact
Pakistan is considering the issuance of digital government bonds. This shift in the management of public debt promises several benefits, including faster settlement and lower risk. It facilitates auditing and…
