Official statements, public updates and development news from the Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives.
Islamabad, September 21, 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal, while presenting the September 2026 Monthly Development Update (MDU), said that Pakistan had made significant progress in restoring economic confidence and strengthening the foundations of ...
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ISLAMABAD, September 19, 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal chaired a multi-party consultative session on civil service reforms, bringing together political leaders, policy experts and sectoral stakeholders to build broad-based ownership of a long-te...
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ISLAMABAD, September 18, 2026: Pakistan has recorded a significant decline in polio cases, from 74 in 2024 and 31 in 2025 to four in 2026, while positivity in environmental surveillance samples has fallen below 10 per cent. The progress was reported at a meeting of the Prime Minister’s Committee ...
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ISLAMABAD, September 18, 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has said that Pakistan’s future economy must be driven by knowledge, technology, innovation and exports, stressing that the country’s youth must develop the ability to transform their kn...
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Islamabad, September 16, 2026 : Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has said that the launch of Quantum Valley Pakistan “Shaping Pakistan’s Innovation & Technology Future” marks the beginning of a new journey for Pakistan towards technological advance...
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URUMQI, CHINA, 15 September 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Professor Ahsan Iqbal, has proposed the establishment of an SCO Digital Governance and AI Capacity-Building Network to connect governments, civil-service academies, universities, research institutio...
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URUMQI, CHINA 15th September 2026: Speaking today at the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Digital Economy Forum in Urumqi, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal, outlined a transformative digital roadmap aimed at propelling Pakistan into ...
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Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, September 14, 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal, currently on an official visit to China to attend the SCO Digital Economy Forum 2026, today addressed the Ministerial-Level Closed-Door Meeting on SCO Digital Economy Cooperat...
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Islamabad, September 11th, 2026 : The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) met today under the chairmanship of the Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Ahsan Iqbal. The meeting reviewed and considered a range of developm...
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Islamabad, September 10, 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal, chaired a high-level meeting on the Export Acceleration, Production, Quality, Innovation and Brand Mission, the first of the eleven National Economic Missions under URAAN Pakistan , aimed ...
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Islamabad 9th September 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal held a meeting with Sam Waldock, Development Director at the British High Commission in Islamabad, and discussed Pakistan’s development priorities, institutional reforms and bilateral coope...
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Islamabad, 4th September 2026: Pakistan must convert the largest sector of its economy into a high-value export engine, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said on Friday, as he called on the agriculture sector to move from raw commodity shipments to value-...
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