The business of investing
https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/05/29/the-business-of-investing/
Good corporate governance should demand better CEO accountability
https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/04/24/good-corporate-governance-should-demand-better-ceo-accountability/
Let’s shutdown the MBA
https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/04/03/lets-shutdown-the-mba-program/
What has Uber given us?
It's all about a bit of convenience for those who can afford it The buzz-word "uberization" is supposed to be driving the business world today with the entire world hunting for the next industry ripe for Uber-type disruption. And why not? Without any doubt, Uber has created huge wealth for its founders and investors and employs some really smart people.…
Never stop learning!
No matter what you have achieved in life, the day you stop learning more, you might as well be dead If you have accomplished a lot in your life - in your career or otherwise - you may feel the pressure of becoming someone who is expected to have all the answers - about everything. Many of us fall into…
Think…if you want to make real money
Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossibleAlbert Eistein Someone recently asked me if I make any money ! It was a strange question which left me searching for an answer. How does one make money, I wondered. If the question was about me getting paid to meet my expenses then I do get it and the response…
Understanding Life..
Some treasures from my sister’s brave soul Samina Saad, October 1961 - February 2021 Self-help literature places a lot of emphasis on ‘finding your purpose’. The coronavirus pandemic recently snatched away my elder sister who was very dear and close to me. The tragedy leaves me looking at life through a very different lens. As I re-visit what Samina Saad…
Break the monopolies!
Can shortsighted governments deliver the one-step economic reform agenda Pakistan needs for the long term: Eradicate monopolies and cartels, in both, the public and private sector? Big business in Pakistan is excited. The government has provided various stimuli and planning wheels are in motion to invest and expand in sectors like real estate, steel, cement and textiles. Wonderful? Perhaps. Shortsighted?…
Rebuild Karachi
The city’s decline may have much to do with a lack of political ownership, but the situation cannot be allowed to continue. The way out is for the business community to step up with a common agenda. Cities have a big role to play in national and global economies. According to a Mckinsey report on urbanization, “The world is in…
2020 – An obituary
As we say goodbye to the year, we will remember it mainly for the massive disruption it brought This is my last article for 2020 -- and what an extraordinary year has it been. It came, it destroyed so much of what we knew and how we lived. Now it is going away with vaccines on their way in and…