Pakistan's economic trajectory continues to raise alarm as signs of corporate retreat and business insecurity multiply. The decision by P&G to exit Pakistan and Philip Morris to delist from the PSX reflects a deepening loss of confidence in the country's governance and economic management. When multinationals that have long operated in volatile conditions begin to scale down or withdraw, it indicates that the business climate has become untenable even for the most resilient investors.

This decline in confidence coincides with a disturbing resurgence of street-level criminality. The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry has issued a high-alert advisory following a rise in extortion threats to members of the business community. Reports of traders receiving bullets alongside extortion sli

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