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Afshan Subohi

  • Assistant Editor Business, Dawn
United Kingdom
As seen in: Dawn, Pakistan Defence, Qantara.de, Asia News Network (ANN), Dawn News, Humenglish, synergyzer.com

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Afshan Subohi’s Biography

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Economic journalist since 1985. Been primarily associated with daily Dawn all my work life. Was appointed Business Editor Dawn in 2001. Currently Editor weekly Business and Finance magazine. Writing on a regular basis every week since 2002 covering a wide range of economy related topics. Work on informal economy and unconventional topics earned some attention. Mobilized the newspaper's team of economic writers to publish Special reports on subjects such as the one published on Oct 11, 2001, a m…

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Reforming returns on deposits

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By Afshan Subohi
| Dawn Verified
Wealthy Pakistani savers who value both capital security and instant access to their funds were rattled by the recent regulatory change allowing banks to stop paying a guaranteed minimum return on deposits exceeding Rs10 million. Other large depositors with longer investment horizons are also likely reassessing their options as the prospect of lower returns pushes them towards higher-yield, and potentially higher-risk, alternatives.
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Unprepared for artificial intelligence

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By Afshan Subohi
| Dawn Verified
It is no longer a matter of choice: artificial intelligence (AI) has arrived. While the world acknowledges its transformative potential, even experts and business leaders in advanced economies are still grappling with its full implications and remain far from confident of managing them. Pakistan, still at an early stage of digitisation with weak, fragmented data systems, appears largely unprepared.
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Economic gains of FIFA

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By Afshan Subohi
| Dawn Verified
There is an enduring irony: Pakistan manufactures some of the footballs that captivates nearly a quarter of the world’s population, about 1.5 billion stadium spectators, television viewers and digital audiences, during the five-week FIFA World Cup, yet has never produced a team capable of qualifying for the tournament despite the sport’s growing popularity.
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