Excessive regulations hurdle to foreign investment
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Islamabad:Despite improvements on Ease of Doing Business (EODB) index, massive, costly and time-consuming business regulations at the federal, provincial and local level still appear to be the major stumbling block in the way of attracting the foreign direct investment (FDIs) and businesses to flourish. To achieve the substantial FDI inflows and help thrive the businesses, especially the small enterprises, the government needs to rationalize the excessive business regulations. This was the crux of the thoughts expressed by experts during a meeting titled “Better business Regulatory Environment: Way forward for Pakistan” and organised by the Sustainable Development Policy...