Digital FDI Initiative Pakistan 2025

Factors companies consider important when investing in new digital activities in Pakistan FIGURE A2 Source: Azure Knowledge, 2023 Least important (up to 4) 5 6 7 8 9 Most importantCopyright and patent laws to protect intellectual property Freedom of access to foreign websites Laws making e-agreements legal Ease of receiving licence for digital activities National innovation policy Consumer protection laws Company law that permits new business models Cybersecurity regulations Data privacy regulations Support with access to capital%% %% %% %% % %%Contract law to protect agreements29 2745 13 35 6 77 9 21 32 11 23 2427 26 10 18 26 18 72 11 51 14 5 2421 30 25 25 27 29 14 8 5 22 2525 23 2319 10 727 23 27 30 11 20 6 731 18 7 6 25 6 23 4 8 2 3 3 Ease of ICT regulations Requirements to monitor third-party content National security regulations Competition policy and regulations Liberalization of local presence requirements Requirement for source code disclosure Ease of restrictions on online content Venture capital rules and regulations Presence of data localization requirements%% %% %% %% %%Free flow of cross-border data30 28 21 21 198 614 11 5 6 5 35 4511 15 18 26 11 25 2519 19 19 23 18 16 17 11 11 3 20 5 3825 25 17 16 25 28 16 1122 15 10 74 22 26 22 13 30 12 615 21 16 13 33 4 25 3 10 6 624 18 31 46 8 9 Digital FDI Initiative: Digital FDI-Enabling Project in Pakistan 32