Overview
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a high-level review on Friday and directed officials to speed implementation of the Ease of Doing Business Act, 2025 and related policy measures.
- Officials told the meeting that work has been completed on 558 reform items across a seven‑phase programme, with 71 measures implemented and 272 under active implementation.
- The government asked international third parties to validate the reforms and ordered a comprehensive implementation report to be prepared and submitted as soon as possible.
- Reform delivery and the jobs created by the measures will be given significant weight in performance evaluations of officers in the relevant ministries and agencies.
- Officials say the programme is expected to cut compliance costs and save businesses an estimated Rs468.7 billion while simplifying services through digitisation, statutory decision deadlines and deemed approvals.