Category: Business
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Myret Zaki on collapse of Dollar and fall of US Economy
Myret Zaki is senior financial journalist at Le Temps since 2001. Born in Cairo in 1973, she grew up in Switzerland. A bachelor in political science at the American University in Cairo, she obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Business School of Lausanne in 1998. Ms. Zaki gave an interview to Swissinfo.ch,…
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Unjust taxation
A Karachi businessman recently had a heart attack when he got a notice from the Income Tax department to pay a huge sum as income tax. It seems that his mobile phone bills alone had averaged more than fifty thousand rupees a month, even though his declared income had been only four hundred thousand rupees…
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How to Run a Restaurant Successfully
In my opinion, the first thing is what is usually seen as the least important, and that is parking space. There are restaurants where the food is very good and the prices are very reasonable, but it becomes very difficult for families to come to the restaurant as there is insufficient parking. Many people, before…
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Apple becomes the biggest tech company beating Microsoft
Apple, the maker of stylish iPods, iPhones and iPads, has pushed past arch-rival Microsoft, the computer software giant, to become the world’s most valuable technology company this week based on market worth. It has been the latest milestone in the renaissance of the maker of the iPods, ready to shock the world with its iPad…
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Should Late Night Call Packages be banned?
Almost all the cellular companies in Pakistan are offering attractive late night call package…
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Restaurants in the West displaying fake Halal signs
Halal meat in the west is a lot more expensive than regular meat from western farms. If restauran…
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Stocked Stocks
I’ve come to realize and believe in my gut that we cannot and should not prevent the ongoing fail…
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The case of Khanani and Kalia
Munaf Kalia and Javed Khanani, directors of Khanani and Kalia International (KKI), the largest Fo…
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Alcohol Exports Bring $220 Million To Pakistan
Pakistan earned $220mn on export of 0.3mn tonnes of alcohol up to October 31 while another 50,000…
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Modus Operandi of Islamic Banks
Let’s say someone is dying of thirst and does not have water to drink. You tell him that you have…