Stories by Mutaher Khan
The final piece remaining is the detailed regulatory framework.
Updated 07 Sep, 2026 07:21am
For now, satellite broadband has limited ability to help bridge the connectivity gaps
Updated 31 Aug, 2026 08:11am
Loans to SMEs crossed Rs1tr for the first time in FY26, surging by an impressive 37pc over the preceding period.
Published 10 Aug, 2026 06:04am
Steep tariffs on fibre and network equipment undermine the foundations of a truly digital economy.
Updated 15 Jun, 2026 09:47am
Shift even a tenth of the Rs54tr domestic stock out of banks and into retail hands at a yield just 150 basis points cheaper, and the annual saving runs into the region of Rs80bn.
Published 08 Jun, 2026 07:15am
While demand-side incentives are great at developing depth in the mortgage markets, home ownership is a supply problem as low-cost
Published 01 Jun, 2026 08:09am
In 2025, the campaign’s coverage increased fivefold in volume over 2024; this year nearly double that number of markets are covered.
Published 25 May, 2026 07:50am
Trade execution remains inside the supervised intermediary; fiat entry and exit become visible at the banking layer, allowing for a better audit trail.
Updated 27 Apr, 2026 09:53am
Total accounts are a poor way to truly measure inclusion; a better approach is to look at relative numbers
Published 13 Apr, 2026 09:09am
It is still early, and the retail economy has barely been scratched, but the right ingredients seem to be in place to move towards
Published 30 Mar, 2026 07:29am
At roughly 750 MHz post-auction, Pakistan has crossed the lower-middle-income country average for the first time.
Updated 16 Mar, 2026 10:22am
The relative safety of emerging market workers stems largely from their concentration in primary industries, which already...
Published 02 Mar, 2026 07:02am
While advances remain stagnant, the sectoral mix is broadly unchanged, with industrial and services sectors dominating.
Published 02 Feb, 2026 07:12am
As the global venture capital world inches upward in dollar value, the race is not particularly suitable for a developing country.
Updated 12 Jan, 2026 09:57am
In FY24, SOEs recorded cumulative revenues of Rs13.5 trillion, doubling from FY21 levels.
Updated 29 Dec, 2025 07:30am
The National SME Policy 2021 had set a target of Rs800bn in financing for 700,000 borrowers by FY23; two years past that
Published 01 Dec, 2025 06:19am
In FY25, 21.7pc of all retail transactions processed through scheduled banks were digital — a record increase of 8.21 percentage points compared to the previous year.
Updated 17 Nov, 2025 07:41am
The choice between economic opportunity and respiratory health shouldn’t define a generation’s future, yet for now, it remains Pakistan’s harsh reality.
Updated 22 Sep, 2025 12:01pm
There were more fund transfers in a day through peer-to-peer transactions than through peer-to-merchants in the first quarter of the year.
Published 15 Sep, 2025 06:29am
Almost 141.5m total financial accounts have been opened in Pakistan between FY17 and FY24, of which two-thirds were branchless.
Updated 21 Jul, 2025 11:39am
