 Dear students, in this module, we are going to discuss the role of multinational corporations in maintaining the global stratification. Multinational corporations or MNCs are large corporations that operate in multiple countries and often have significant political and economic power. Multinational companies are political organizations or political agencies and they also continue their economic activities but have a very far-off political impact on any society. Multinational companies that work in more than one country are performing their economic activities. That is why their interconnectivity is very strategic and not only their political setup has a special role. In fact, we can determine how the financial activity there can be influenced. Multinational corporations play a significant role in global stratification by exploiting the resources and labor in less developed countries and influencing the political and economic policies. Multinational companies have to make their key focus a benefit for themselves. They are not forced to look into the context of any country and see how they can exploit their moral or ethical values without functioning. In fact, their major focus is to produce such economic activity through which they can earn more profit. In this globalized world, they have a very hajjmonic position, a very strategic position. If they take their investment out of any country or threaten them that they will not invest in your country, then this is considered a heavy financial loss for that country. Low-income countries have to make such favorable policies that these MNCs may potentially benefit and they may not only invest in that country, but they can continuously generate economic activity in that country. But the biggest loss of this is the local economy, the people associated with that local economy. Especially when they exploit the cheap labor, exploit raw material, and sell the commodities that they produce in their countries, then they will have to make a lot of profit. There are many multinationals corporations working in Pakistan, however, they have been criticized for their role in perpetuating inequality and exploiting the resources and cheap labor, and particularly in the field of textile and agriculture sector. There are many multinational organizations like Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Nestle, Toyota, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola. All these multinational companies are functioning in Pakistan, but it's a food for thought for you. You can see that any MNC is functioning in Pakistan in a way and what is the role of this economic activity or investment on the overall GDP of Pakistan, and more important is how the Pakistani government makes relatively favorable policies for them, and whether those policies are especially for ordinary people who are exploitative for small business people. So, it's a food for thought for you.