The ‘Doing Business project, launched in 2002, looks at Domestic Small and Medium-sized companies and measures the regulations applying to them through their life cycle. The project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level. By gathering and analysing comprehensive quantitative data to compare business regulation environments across economies and over time.

The ‘Doing Business‘ project aims to also advance private sector development by motivating reforms which contribute to the overall business regularity environment in Pakistan. 

Pakistan’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ ranking is calculated from two major cities: Lahore (35%) & Karachi (65%).

Out of 10 indicators, the following indicators come under the Federal domain:

    • Getting Credit
    • Getting Electricity
    • Protecting Minority Investors
    • Paying Taxes
    • Trading Across Borders
    • Resolving Insolvency

Out of 10 indicators, the following indicators come under the Provincial domain:

    • Starting a Business (partially)
    • Enforcing Contracts
    • Getting Electricity (partially)
    • Paying Taxes (partially)
    • Construction Permits
    • Registering Property

                     Fundamentals of Ease of Doing Business                      Reforms Agenda is Based on five pillars

Automation
And

Digitization

Integration of
Government

System

Adopting
Best

Practices

Transparency
of

Information

Stakeholders
Engagement

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