Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives
Ministry of the Government of Pakistan
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The Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives (Urdu: وزارت منصوبہ بندی ترقی و خصوصی امور , abbreviated as MoPD) is headed by the Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives, who must be a member of Parliament of Pakistan. The minister is also deputy chairman of Planning Commission of Pakistan. The administrative head of the Ministry is the Planning and Development Secretary of Pakistan.
- Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister
- Armaghan Subhani, Minister of State
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| Formed | 2013 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Pakistan |
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| Website | www |
Planning Commission of Pakistan
The main division under the ministry is the Planning Commission of Pakistan which responsible for financial and public policy development institution of the Government of Pakistan. The Planning Commission undertakes research studies and state policy development initiatives for the growth of national economy and the expansion of the public and state infrastructure of the country.
Vision 2025
The Vision 2025 is the country's long–term development blueprint which aims to create a globally competitive and prosperous country providing a high quality of life for all its citizens.[1][2][3]
Priority areas
- Integrated energy[4]
- Modernization of infrastructure
- Institutional reform and modernization of the public sector
- Value-addition in commodity producing sectors
- Export promotion
- Water and food security
- Private sector-led growth and entrepreneurship
- Climate action
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics is a post-graduate research institute, and a public policy think tank located in the vicinity of Islamabad, Pakistan.[5]
Pakistan Planning and Management Institute
The Pakistan Planning and Management Institute (PPMI) is a division of the Planning Commission. The main objectives of PPMI are to improve technical and analytical skills and enhance expertise of the federal, provincial and district governments' officers through training in areas of Project Management, Social development and application of information technology in project management.[6]
Federal Drought Emergency Relief Assistance (DERA) Unit
The function of DERA Unit is to facilitate the implementation of the project in the drought-hit areas of all the four provinces and coordinate activities carried out in the provinces to mitigate the effects of drought.[7]
National Fertilizer Development Centre
The National Fertilizer Development Centre (NFDC) was set up by the government in 1977. With the help of foreign funding NFDC studies all fertilizer-related problems from the supply source to the farmers' fields, with a view to helping in the formulation of Government policies and their implementation and to give support to other institutions.[8][9]
List of Ministers
| N° | Federal planning minister | Term of office | |||
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| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | |
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Ahsan Iqbal | June 7, 2013 | July 28, 2017 | 4 years, 51 days |
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Ahsan Iqbal (additional charge) |
September 15, 2017 | May 31, 2018 | 258 days |
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Shamshad Akhtar (caretaker) |
June 5, 2018 | August 18, 2018 | 74 days |
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Khusro Bakhtiar | August 20, 2018 | November 18, 2019 | 1 year, 90 days |
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Asad Umar | November 19, 2019 | April 10, 2022 | 2 years, 142 days |
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Ahsan Iqbal | April 19, 2022 | August 10, 2023 | 1 year, 113 days |
| 7 | Muhammad Sami Saeed (caretaker) |
August 17, 2023 | March 4, 2024 | 200 days | |
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Ahsan Iqbal | March 11, 2024 | Incumbent | 2 years, 163 days |