State’s role in business
The level of debate and public discourse on economic issues in Pakistan follows a binary path. For example, you can either be a supporter of privatisation or an opponent. There…
The business start-up
The region's most dynamic yet neglected land, Pakistan, has started to pave its way to the world economy by rendering its first major and highly successful business delegation on the…
Business as usual
Almost every member of the small group of hajis that I formed an acquaintance with seemed to have paid a slightly different rate for the pilgrimage package we had purchased.…
Economic development tools: attracting investment, business and talent
To understand how to develop prosperity within the economies, economic development managers know their tools, frameworks and required practices. In every dimension, economic development has become more complex and challenging.…
Disaster ahead
WE are heading towards a shipwreck. But there seems to be no realisation of the impending calamity, with the warring political forces refusing to pull back from the precipice. While…
Why not directly elect a tycoon?
STAND-UP comedian Kunal Kamra has made a stimulating point about the growing venality of Indian politics, chiefly the way it has evolved over the last decade. Kunal’s point, which he…
Towards industrial policy 2.0 -Part – II
The foreign exchange earnings from jute exports which originated from former East Pakistan were pre-empted for allocation to industrialists in what was then West Pakistan. A number of observers have…
Corporate Chanakya
Recently someone forwarded me a video clip on WhatsApp in which Jaspal, a renowned motivational speaker from India, was speaking about growth, progress and success in the context of the…
Reasons for economic insolvency [Part – II]
The rise of western Europe started with the Renaissance, a remarkable period in world history, which began in 14th-century Italy and later spread to other countries. Italian city state Florence,…
East Asia’s inclusive growth model [Part – I]
Almost thirty years ago the World Bank produced a seminal report, ‘The East Asia Miracle’, which captured the essence of the success stories of eight economies in East Asia (Japan;…
