Govt has no business to do business, says Yousaf Raza Gilani

The government should have no business doing business, Senate Chairman Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani said in an address to a conference on Wednesday. Over 70 presidents of different chambers of commerce and industry, ambassadors and diplomats attended the gathering. In keeping with the “right man right job principle”, the government must play the role of a regulator instead of running businesses and leaving business to businessmen, the Senate chairman said. Mr Gilani claimed that economic indicators had started picking up over the last few months “thanks to the new government’s business-friendly decisions”. He described political stability as unavoidable for ease of doing business.