Doing business in Pakistan 2021

Created during the partition of India in 1947, Pakistan is strategically located to become Asia’s premier trade, energy and transport corridor. It is also the gateway to the energy rich Central Asian States, the financially liquid Gulf States and the economically advanced Far Eastern tigers. This strategic advantage alone makes Pakistan a marketplace teeming with possibilities.

Apart from this, fifty five percent of Pakistan’s population is below the age of 19, which bodes well for long- term sustainable economic growth. Pakistan has a strong middle class. A large part of the workforce is proficient in English, hardworking and intelligent. Pakistan possesses a large pool of trained and experienced engineers, bankers, lawyers and other professionals with many having substantial international experience. The consumer market in Pakistan is growing at a very fast pace as reflected by tele-density which has now reached more than 150 million. Interestingly in the global financial crisis, Pakistan’s economy has shown resilience to the shocks and has maintained global and regional patterns and has performed better than some of the neighbouring countries. International Reports of repute have shown that Pakistan ranks ahead of regional countries.

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