Existential threats: Stop and redressal (I) on November 30, 2020Something is generally considered as an existential threat, when it is massive in scale such as climate change or nuclear surface. An existential threat can be a threat to something that is not actually alive, such as a business, a technology, or even a country. Joe Biden, the President-elect of USA called President Donald Trump […]
The CNIC imbroglio on October 29, 2019Mathematics is defined as “science dealing with numbers.” When you hear your favourite song, have you ever realised what is common in numbers and music and how are numbers used to create the music you enjoy? However, every number plays an important role in our life. Almost everything we do involves numbers; be it calling […]
The cost of refund through bonds on June 11, 2019Governments create frameworks in which people do their business. Any amendment in rules and regulations of this framework compel businesses to change the ways they operate. Two major areas where a change affects the business directly are economic and legal policies. The most important component of an economic policy is the taxation system. Not only […]
Cost of refunds by bonds on May 31, 2019Governments create frameworks in which people do their businesses. Any amendment in rules and regulations of this framework compel businesses to change the ways to operate their business. The two major areas wherein any change affects the business directly i.e.economic and legal policies. Most important component of economic policy is the taxation system. Not only […]
SECP — a regulator or manager of listed companies? on February 20, 2018A company incorporated under the Companies Act 2017 acts through two bodies of people ie its shareholders and its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors are incharge of the internal management of the Company’s business and are responsible for ensuring that the Company meets its statutory obligations. The directors are effectively the agents of […]
Sack race, textile industry and subsidies on December 6, 2017I recently read an article about the futility of subsidising certain sectors of the economy, especially the textile sector which immediately reminded me of the sack race which we used to play in primary and high school. What does the sack race have to do with the subsidy and what is the analogy between the […]
Any silver lining to the impending water crisis? II on October 11, 2017The Indus Water Treaty between Pakistan and India was signed on 19 Sep 1960 whereby India shall not store any water of, or construct any storage works on, the Western Rivers ie River Chenab, Jhelum and Indus. Under Article III of the Treaty, Pakistan shall have the right to unrestricted use of the western rivers […]
Any silver lining to the impending water crisis? I on October 10, 2017The annual monsoon rains and occasional floods in Pakistan are reminiscent of Samuel Coleridge’s predicament; simultaneously one feels guilty visualising the women in Thar carrying water pitchers on their head for hundreds of meters in the blazing sun, juxtaposed with lawns being watered in Pakistan’s cities. Once a water-surplus country with large quantities of water-resources […]
Any silver lining to the impending water crisis? I on October 10, 2017The annual monsoon rains and occasional floods in Pakistan are reminiscent of Samuel Coleridge’s predicament; simultaneously one feels guilty visualising the women in Thar carrying water pitchers on their head for hundreds of meters in the blazing sun, juxtaposed with lawns being watered in Pakistan’s cities. Once a water-surplus country with large quantities of water-resources […]
Deceptive marketing and regulatory framework on September 22, 2017David Ogilvy, known as the father of advertising said “Never write an advertisement which you wouldn’t want your family to read. You wouldn’t tell lies to your own wife. Don’t tell them to mine”. The world’s first newspaper ad was published in 1650, offering a reward for 12 stolen horses and the first agency to […]