Pakistan’s Tech Story in Three Chapters: TRG’s Unicorn Bet, the Steady Mastery of Systems Limited, and the Quiet Confidence of Gaditek
“Pakistan’s Tech Story in Three Chapters: TRG’s Unicorn Bet, the Steady Mastery of Systems Limited, and the Quiet Confidence of Gaditek” · Musings Musings Faizan Siddiqi Industrial Policy May 2026 Industrial Policy. Listed Technology. The AI Decade. “Pakistan’s Tech Story in Three Chapters: TRG’s Unicorn Bet, the Steady Mastery of Systems Limited, and the Quiet … Read more
The Slow Collapse
Pakistan media and technology · independent analysis · may 2026 TheSlowCollapse. Pakistan’s news industry is sitting on 111 million potential readers, a diaspora wiring $38.3 billion home every year, and the most influential audience in the country living on X. They are reaching almost none of them. Here’s the data. Here’s why. Here’s what they … Read more
Potential Higher Monetization in Aisle A
From Masalas to Spice Shakers, Can our Spice Blends go Main Stream? I have wondered for the longest time why Shan, National and to some degree Falak do not compete in the seasoning grinder and or shaker market to try and be more mass market and potentially also diversify some products into the higher revenue … Read more
Local Cloud Is the Sovereign Answer We Can’t Ignore
blog.chinookstrategy.com March 10, 2026 · Digital Sovereignty & Platform Economics Analysis · Pakistan Telecom & Digital Infrastructure Local Cloud Is the Sovereign AnswerWe Can’t Ignore When Iranian drones hit Amazon’s Gulf data centers, they didn’t just knock servers offline. They ended an illusion, and opened a $4.5 billion window for Pakistan’s telcos to build something … Read more
The Silent Storm: AI Is About to Eat Traditional Businesses in the Global South & GCC
I just spent the last 30 days on the road away from Canada to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Dubai spending time with founders from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Myanmar, and every corner of the global south. Every single one of them was cautiously optimistic about the future. Smiling. Talking growth. Common thread..”next year … Read more
Pakistan’s Software Export Board: A Legacy Trap in the AI Era
In Pakistan’s noisy tech streets freelancers doing midnight sprints around power cuts, startups scrimping to keep servers alive, founders flying to meet clients because local procurement rarely buys from them. The Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) sits like an institutional fossil. Founded in the dial up era to “promote Pakistan’s IT industry,” it still evaluates … Read more
The Unfair Crusade Against Pakistan’s Freelancers: Why Taxing Remote Workers Threatens a Thriving Digital Economy
In Pakistan’s booming IT sector, a troubling narrative has emerged: large outsourcing firms, while channeling profits through tax-optimized foreign subsidiaries, are pushing to dismantle the tax incentives that empower the country’s freelancers. These companies argue that their locally taxed employees face an unfair burden compared to freelancers, who benefit from a 0.25-1% tax rate on … Read more
THE BUILDER-GENERAL: A NATION’S LAST, DIGITAL STAND
Once upon a time… Pakistan stood at a fork in the road where its growing youth, restless digital entrepreneurs, and globally dispersed talent saw glimpses of a future more connected, more efficient, and more fair. But the systems around them were still drowning in paper trails, power outages, and policies built for another century. Every … Read more