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Mutaher Khan

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Startup funding — tough, but not terrible

Percentage changes are usually quite deceiving as they have a great ability to make metrics look better or worse than they are in reality. Consider...

14.01.2025 10

Dawn Business

Mutaher Khan

Pakistan ranked second by the duration of shutdowns in 2024 at 1,861 hours behind only Myanmar

Any Pakistani regularly interacting with foreigners has probably learned the art of navigating difficult questions, be they about the state of our...

31.12.2024 9

Dawn Business

Mutaher Khan

Welcome to the Stone Age: Pakistan ranked second by the duration of shutdowns in 2024 at 1,861 hours behind only Myanmar

Any Pakistani regularly interacting with foreigners has probably learned the art of navigating difficult questions, be they about the state of our...

31.12.2024 8

Dawn Business

Mutaher Khan

Digital banks — a matter of scale vs value

For much of its history, Pakistan has struggled to provide even the most basic financial services to its citizens, as evidenced by the grand sum of...

02.12.2024 5

Dawn Business

Mutaher Khan

With the return of the tax on failing to meet the minimum threshold of advances to deposits ratio, banks have gone on a lending spree

For businesses around the world, quarter ends are usually a busy season. Sales teams are rushing to pump orders, marketing departments are trying...

04.11.2024 2

Dawn Business

Mutaher Khan

Missing the mark — financing clean sectors

More than two years have passed since the floods of 2022, but the affected communities still remain helpless, and progress is quite muted. Of the...

21.10.2024 3

Dawn Business

Mutaher Khan

From cash to clicks as digitisation increases

Over the last few years, Pakistan’s banking has reaped massive profits on the back of the sovereign’s ever-growing fiscal needs. In the process, it...

14.10.2024 3

Dawn Business

Mutaher Khan

The hollow boom of the financial sector

Around the world, financial services professionals — particularly some variety of bankers — are known for their haughtiness. Prestigious schools,...

16.09.2024 10

Dawn Business

Mutaher Khan

Pakistani fintech startup PostEx raises $7.3m in pre-series A funding

PostEx, a fintech startup, has announced that it raised $7.3 million in pre-series A funding round, which provides startups the necessary capital...

20.08.2024 10

Dawn Business

Mutaher Khan

The cost of cutting connectivity

A smart person learns from the mistakes of others, while the simpleton only learns by committing those same mistakes firsthand. Or so the saying in...

19.08.2024 10

Dawn Business

Mutaher Khan

Egypt’s MNT-Halan takes on microfinance bank market

When it comes to foreign investments, Pakistan has a rather limited pool of suitors. Early on, it was the US, followed by a brief affair with the...

05.08.2024 10

Dawn Business

Mutaher Khan

Govt investment in IT, hardware neglected amid AI boom

Every tech bro has spent a good part of their life explaining to others the virtues of software: how it is globally scalable, doesn’t need as many...

29.07.2024 6

Dawn Business

Mutaher Khan

Electronic payments skyrocket in first quarter

Digital wallets truly excelled at onboarding freelancers, doubling to 184,516 by March.

22.07.2024 1

Dawn Business

Mutaher Khan