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Economic performance is one of the key factors for the growth of the country’s economy, which will only be affected by the Investment Climate (IC), and it will help the private sector to create different opportunities for employment, which will completely cut down the poverty alleviation from the country. The research aim is to know about the IC in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and merged areas and is planned to improve programs, policies, and regulatory reforms of the KP government, which is crucial for the betterment of developing private sectors and the data included in the cost of doing business, labor market, business governance, financial sector, investment level, and regulatory environment. This research shows the IC of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and merged areas by using cross-sectional data of about 37 people from formal and informal sectors, and the nature of this research is qualitative. Furthermore, factors of IC are infrastructure, labor skills, regulatory governance, institutions, and access to finance. It was concluded that a restricted IC would lead the country to poverty. Furthermore, the results of this research were quietly different from the other studies. The basic issues in the development of organizations, which can also be based for further in-depth analysis for the future, are border clearance & price competitiveness, custom duties & tax registration, basic utility issues, financial inclusion, law enforcement & local administration, financial & operational issues, training & development, Policymakers will get to know from the study findings that how to enhance firm productivity and IC which will automatically add value to the country sustainable growth.