Press Releases

24 September 2026

I Will Recommend to Prime Minister the Establishment of Faisalabad Expo Centre Next Year if Business Community Ensures 20% Increase in Exports: Ahsan Iqbal

FAISALABAD, September 24, 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has urged the Faisalabad business community to commit to increasing the city’s exports by 20 percent, assuring that the government would, in consultation with the Prime Minister, pursue t...

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22 September 2026

Ahsan Iqbal Calls for Education and Research-Driven Transformation to Meet Challenges of Knowledge Revolution

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 revolution and only those nations that made knowledge and research the foundation of their development would be able to ...

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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 national decision-making and development discourse, as decisions taken today would have the greatest impact on the future o...

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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), said that Pakistan had made significant progress in restoring economic confidence and strengthening the foundations of ...

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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, bringing together political leaders, policy experts and sectoral stakeholders to build broad-based ownership of a long-te...

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18 September 2026

Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal Formally Launches Nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign, Reaffirms Resolve to Eradicate Virus

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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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, technology, innovation and exports, stressing that the country’s youth must develop the ability to transform their kn...

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16 September 2026

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

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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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 Governance and AI Capacity-Building Network to connect governments, civil-service academies, universities, research institutio...

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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, Development, and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal, outlined a transformative digital roadmap aimed at propelling Pakistan into ...

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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 SCO Digital Economy Forum 2026, today addressed the Ministerial-Level Closed-Door Meeting on SCO Digital Economy Cooperat...

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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 Initiatives and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Ahsan Iqbal. The meeting reviewed and considered a range of developm...

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