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Wednesday December 06, 2023
Zafar Masud
Zafar Masud

  • November 10, 2023

    Transforming the lives of small & medium businesses

    A worker operates a machine preparing fabric at the Kohinoor Textile Mills in Lahore on July 20, 2023. — AFPThe Small and Medium-Sized...

  • October 04, 2023

    IFIs at a crossroads

    In October, as the world’s attention turns toward Morocco for the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund , it...

  • May 08, 2023

    It is ‘all in’ fiscal account: Part I

    The economic challenges facing Pakistan today are daunting and the roadmap for enhancing wealth and prosperity for the 230+ million citizens needs...

  • September 04, 2022

    Mentoring the youth

    Under my leadership, it remains a strategic priority to position the as having the risk appetite of a public-sector organization, coupled with...

  • May 23, 2021

    Anniversary of tragic PK 8303 crash

    One year on, the single biggest facet that keeps me traumatized about the crash is the fact that this entire fateful ordeal resulted in the loss of...

  • October 26, 2020

    PK8303: ‘but why...’ -- the plane crash survivor’s account

    After my God gave me this strength and put the trust of my possible survival in me, I didn’t say any prayers or recited anything, despite the fact...

  • October 25, 2020

    PK-8303: ‘but why...’ — the plane crash survivor’s account

    After my God gave me this strength and put the trust of my possible survival in me, I didn’t say any prayers or recited anything, despite the fact...

  • February 04, 2020

    Exchange Parity: ‘The Pugio’

    There has been a considerable debate on currency management for a while. The pendulum of currency swung between defending currency to supposedly...

  • February 03, 2020

    Exchange Parity: ‘The Pugio’

    There has been a considerable debate on currency management for a while. The pendulum of currency swung between defending currency to supposedly...

  • January 27, 2020

    Stockholm Syndrome

    Let’s first begin to understand what’s Stockholm Syndrome. “It’s a psychological response wherein a captive begins to identify closely with...