91% of Pakistanis Say Doing Business in Country Is Difficult: Survey

ISLAMABAD: A recent survey has found that 91% of Pakistanis consider doing business in the country difficult, with respondents identifying taxation, limited access to financing, energy costs, regulations and corruption among the major challenges facing businesses. According to the survey conducted by the Institute of Public Opinion Research (IPOR), the complicated tax system emerged as…

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Raja Nasir Abbas Questions Poverty Definition, Criticises Budget in Senate Debate

Senate Opposition Leader Raja Nasir Abbas strongly criticised the government’s economic policies during a Senate session, questioning official poverty benchmarks and the broader direction of the federal budget. Referring to commonly cited poverty estimates, Raja Nasir Abbas remarked that it remained unclear “which Aristotle” had determined that a person earning Rs280 per day could not…

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