Press Releases

24 September 2026

I Will Recommend to Prime Minister the Establishment of Faisalabad Expo Centre Next Year if Bus...

FAISALABAD, September 24, 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has urged the Faisalabad business community to commit to increasing t...

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22 September 2026

Ahsan Iqbal Calls for Education and Research-Driven Transformation to Meet Challenges of Knowle...

Islamabad, September 22, 2026 : Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday said that the world was passing through a rapid knowledge ...

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22 September 2026

Ahsan Iqbal Calls for Greater Youth Participation in National Development

Islamabad, September 22, 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday said that young people must be made key stakeholders in nat...

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21 September 2026

Political Differences Should Be Resolved Through Parliament and Courts, Says Ahsan Iqbal

Islamabad, September 21, 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal, while presenting the September 2026 Monthly Development Update (MDU),...

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19 September 2026

Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal Leads Multi-Party Consultation on Civil Service Reforms

ISLAMABAD, September 19, 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal chaired a multi-party consultative session on civil service reforms, b...

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18 September 2026

Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal Formally Launches Nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign, Reaffirm...

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 surveil...

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18 September 2026

Digital technology skills to enable Pakistan to compete in global markets: Ahsan Iqbal

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,...

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16 September 2026

Quantum Valley Pakistan to Open New Pathways for Youth, Startups and High-Tech Businesses, says...

Islamabad, September 16, 2026 : Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has said that the launch of Quantum Valley Pakistan “Shaping Pakist...

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15 September 2026

Ahsan Iqbal Proposes SCO Digital Governance and AI Capacity-Building Network

URUMQI, CHINA, 15 September 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Professor Ahsan Iqbal, has proposed the establishment of an SCO Digital Govern...

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15 September 2026

Uraan Pakistan Powered by Tech Surge: Ahsan Iqbal Unveils Digital Roadmap at SCO Forum

URUMQI, CHINA 15th September 2026: Speaking today at the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Digital Economy Forum in Urumqi, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Planning, Develop...

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14 September 2026

Ahsan Iqbal Calls for Stronger SCO Cooperation in Digital Economy and AI

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 S...

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11 September 2026

CDWP Seven Clears Projects Worth Rs. 116 Billion Under Uraan Pakistan Initiative: Ahsan Iqbal

Islamabad, September 11th, 2026 : The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) met today under the chairmanship of the Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiati...

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