{"id":50795,"date":"2019-03-27T09:38:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T04:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=50795"},"modified":"2019-03-27T09:38:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T04:38:23","slug":"boi-expects-pakistans-ease-of-doing-business-ranking-to-improve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/boi-expects-pakistans-ease-of-doing-business-ranking-to-improve.html","title":{"rendered":"BoI expects Pakistan\u2019s \u2018Ease of Doing Business\u2019 ranking to improve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Board of Investment (BoI) expects Pakistan\u2019s Ease of Doing Business ranking to fall below the 100 mark this year, a news source reported. The World Bank is expected to release the new rankings in its annual report in May.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/boi-directed-to-bring-investment-to-balochistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BoI directed to bring investment to Balochistan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Currently, the BoI is evaluating the performance of ease of doing business reforms recently introduced in Karachi and Lahore. Subsequent reports will be presented before the cabinet for discussion, and then submitted to the World Bank for approval.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/proposal-for-sez-submitted-to-boi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Proposal for SEZs submitted to BOI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A BoI official said that the government wants Pakistan\u2019s ranking improved from its current 136<sup>th<\/sup> position to below 100 in the coming year. This change is expected to usher in enhanced prospects for foreign and local investment, and promote economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>In the last World Bank report, Pakistan had ranked 26 in checking insolvency, and 53 in protecting minority investors among the 190 countries surveyed.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-anticipates-pakistan-to-become-usd-2-trillion-economy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WB anticipates Pakistan to become USD 2 trillion economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Pakistan was ranked 173 under the \u2018paying taxes\u2019 indicator. Its rank was equally lower in indicators like provision to electricity, property registrations, contracts enforcement, and trading across borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Board of Investment (BoI) expects Pakistan\u2019s Ease of Doing Business ranking to fall below the 100 mark this year, a news source reported. The World Bank is expected to release the new rankings in its annual report in May. Read:\u00a0BoI directed to bring investment to Balochistan Currently, the BoI is evaluating the performance of ease of doing business reforms recently introduced in Karachi and Lahore. Subsequent reports will be presented before the cabinet for discussion, and then submitted to the World Bank for approval. Read:\u00a0Proposal for SEZs submitted to BOI A BoI official said that the government wants Pakistan\u2019s ranking improved from its current 136th position to below 100 in the coming year. This change is expected to usher in enhanced prospects for foreign and local investment, and promote economic growth. In the last World Bank report, Pakistan had ranked 26 in checking insolvency, and 53 in protecting minority investors among the 190 countries surveyed. Read:\u00a0WB anticipates Pakistan to become USD 2 trillion economy However, Pakistan was ranked 173 under the \u2018paying taxes\u2019 indicator. Its rank was equally lower in indicators like provision to electricity, property registrations, contracts enforcement, and trading across borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":50796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11082],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-50795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-pakistan-ranking-for-ease-of-doing-business-to-improve"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BoI expects Pakistan\u2019s \u2018Ease of Doing Business\u2019 ranking to improve - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Board of Investment (BoI) expects Pakistan\u2019s Ease of Doing Business ranking to fall below the 100 mark this year, a news source reported.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/boi-expects-pakistans-ease-of-doing-business-ranking-to-improve.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BoI expects Pakistan\u2019s \u2018Ease of Doing Business\u2019 ranking to improve - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Board of Investment (BoI) expects Pakistan\u2019s Ease of Doing Business ranking to fall below the 100 mark this year, a news source reported.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/boi-expects-pakistans-ease-of-doing-business-ranking-to-improve.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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