Zahra Anum

Setting our women up for success

‘She’s the first woman, she will not fail; because if she fails, we close the doors’ Published 18 Feb, 2019 07:10am

‘KMC to suffer Rs42m loss’

In one sense the anti-encroachment drive has been a good thing since it focused on an unaddressed, long standing issue. Published 10 Dec, 2018 07:15am

When diversity is more profitable

In Naya Pakistan, will the largest minority in the world finally be able to achieve financial security? Updated 03 Dec, 2018 09:53am

First 100 days: Opinion of business houses

The first 100-days of the new government are about to end. What have been their best and worst policy decisions? Updated 26 Nov, 2018 08:43am

Doing good while making money: the opportunity in clean technology

"My personal motto is do good, have fun, make money. And I don’t think those three things are in conflict." Updated 19 Nov, 2018 08:58am

Nutrition: on the slippery slope of inefficiency

The terms ‘multi-sectoral’ and ‘capacity building’ are being bandied about in... Published 15 Oct, 2018 07:02am

Market titbits

Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, July 23rd, 2018 Published 23 Jul, 2018 07:33am

Change skips education

THE new PPP slogan is indicative of the priority all political parties seem to have assigned education in the ... Published 09 Jul, 2018 06:04am

Pharma needs a dose of research

“A lot of drugs are so priced out of the market that companies find them impossible to produce." Updated 02 Jul, 2018 09:30am

Popping the property bubble at last

Real-estate market correction in Pakistan is long overdue. Housing, over the past three decades, has become expensive... Published 19 Jun, 2018 07:26am

Lofty goals, bad timing for first digitial policy

As policy becomes legislation, issues of data protection and content regulation must not be relegated to back burner. Updated 28 May, 2018 12:26pm

Our feeble war on malnutrition

It is high time the government looked outside the traditional models and leveraged new and innovative projects. Updated 16 Apr, 2018 09:26am

Obsolete laws and women in the workplace

DESPITE an overarching legal framework that aims to encourage female participation in the workforce, Pakistani... Published 19 Mar, 2018 07:03am

What are provinces pitching at seventh JCC?: Nothing beyond Gwadar for Balochistan

For work on CPEC projects to continue smoothly, the belief is that the initiative is benefiting only a select few areas Updated 20 Nov, 2017 09:38am

The one thing our economy needs the most: a direction

“Our focus as a country has to move from day-to-day management of the economy ... Published 11 Sep, 2017 07:55am

Of misplaced expectations

The reality of the job market differs from the types of educational degrees people go for. Updated 14 May, 2017 09:46am