GCU’s annual play takes the audience on an enthralling journey through time on July 12, 2023Recently, the Government College Dramatics Club (GCDC) presented a compelling stage play that took the audience on an enthralling journey through time. Focusing on the life of Tipu Sultan, a prominent ruler of the subcontinent, the play explored his complex relationship with the British, immersing spectators in the spirit of a bygone era and connecting […]
2021 and the business world on January 30, 2021The transition to New Year of 2021 was marked, universally, with a strong sense of hope that the world will return back to normal or at least start to. With new strains of virus spreading all around the world and another wave of lockdowns and restrictions, at least the first few months of 2021 looks […]
2020: Annus Horribilis? on December 25, 2020Economic and Geopolitical Analyst; Global Oil Market Analyst When Queen Elizabeth II used the words Annus Horribilis i.e. horrible year, in her Christmas address in 1992 she (or others) couldn’t have realized that things can get as bad as 2020. Starting in December 2019, patients of this mysterious disease, a modern world version of The […]
A knowledge based lockdown on November 11, 2020The fact that COVID19 is here to stay and that we shouldn’t let our guards down so early is quite blatant by now (or at least it is expected to be so). All around the world we are facing what is being termed as the anticipated Second Wave of Coronavirus. Cases in the U.S. hit […]
China: Post COIVD19 on October 29, 2020COVID-19 is still around and , for a foreseeable future, will be. Economies, that were devastated, now buckle up for a second wave -expect more stimulus packages. The global economic recovery has at its best stalled, plateaued – expect another sell off. Google Mobility Data remains the same over weeks, suggesting no activity as people […]
Government digitization – What needs to be done on August 16, 2020In the previous article, we discussed why we need to digitalize government transactions. This time we will try to explore how to do this. It is worth mentioning first, the reason why most such efforts fail. Most governments approach digitalization (similar to but broader, than digitization) from the top-down, and the inside out. Meaning, first […]
Need to introduce efficiency in government transactions on June 27, 2020Long queues, never-ending waiting time, bureaucratic red tape and officials waiting for their palms to be greased – these are some of the attributes that can be associated every time we want to renew our license, get new electricity/gas connections and other administrative transactions involving the government. Inefficiencies and delays dominate government transactions. If we […]
Pakistan and Coronavirus on May 20, 2020“The world will never be the same;” the “normal economy isn’t coming back;” and businesses “will have to change permanently,” these are a few of the phrases that one comes across on the internet nowadays. Verily, the impacts of Coronavirus cannot be understated. It doesn’t matter whether you are the largest economy in the world […]
Coronavirus: global economy and its recovery on May 7, 2020If on the one hand global health infrastructure have been choked due to COVID-19, the international economy suffers in tandem -may be a tad more with grim and far reaching consequences. Bourses all around the world have shed the weight they accumulated over a decade ago (U.S. stock market is a case in point), job […]
Accountability and backlash on February 2, 2020Economic growth, documentation and accountability don’t have a recently formed connection. The process of international trade and the period of “coming of the corporations” such as Dutch VOC, and British EIC, had begotten the cash-catching “middlemen”. They ride the waves of protectionism and globalization alike, with equal equanimity and ease; mastering the art of profiteering. […]