Press Releases

Ahsan Iqbal Sets Export Acceleration as First Priority under 11 National Economic Missions of URAAN Pakistan

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 ...

Ahsan Iqbal, UK Development Director Discuss Development Priorities

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...

Govt, Agriculture Sector to Develop High-Value Export Roadmap; Minister Ahsan Iqbal Calls for Shift from Raw Commodity to Value-Added, Certified and Branded Exports

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-...

Makkah Accord Can Become Foundation for Strategic Security, Economic Cooperation and Development: Ahsan Iqbal

Lahore 3rd September 2026 : Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Prof. Ahsan Iqbal has said that the Makkah Accord between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye represents an important step towards collective deterrence and regional stability, while its long-term signific...

Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal Directs Fast-Track Implementation of 100MW Solar Project in GB

Islamabad 2nd September 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal chaired the second meeting of the Prime Minister’s Committee constituted to review the development concerns of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and formulate actionable recommendations for acceleratin...

Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal’s 150th Birth Anniversaries, 500 Years of Mughal Empire: Ahsan Iqbal Calls for National Campaign to Promote Historical Awareness Among Youth

Islamabad, 31st August 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal, while chairing a meeting on commemorative activities marking the 150th birth anniversaries of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Muhammad Iqbal, as well as the 500th anniversary of t...

CDWP Approves Five Development Projects Worth Rs. 60.259 Billion Under URAAN Pakistan: Ahsan Iqbal

Islamabad, August 30th, 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 development ...

مفتی عبدالرحیم کی وفاقی وزیر منصوبہ بندی پروفیسر احسن اقبال سے ملاقات، تعلیمی اصلاحات اور قومی ترقی کے لیے دینی و عصری تعلیم کے امتزاج پر گفتگو

Pakistan’s time to Move from Stabilization to Transformation: Ahsan Iqbal

Islamabad 28 August 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Prof. Ahsan Iqbal, while addressing a visiting delegation of Harvard Business School MBA students, said that Pakistan’s central economic challenge is to convert macroeconomic stability into sustained growt...

Committee Reviews Multiple Financing Options for Rohri-Multan Section; Third-Party Feasibility Study Directed

ISLAMABAD, August 28, 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal, while chairing a meeting of the committee constituted on the directions of the Prime Minister to explore financing options for the Rohri-Multan section of the ML-1 project, said that upgradati...

Ahsan Iqbal warns of water weaponization under Indus Waters Treaty, outlines multi-front push on minerals, AI and geoeconomics

ISLAMABAD 25th August 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has said India has unilaterally held the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, describing it as the first instance in modern history of water being weaponized and creating a serious new security cha...

Pakistan’s Fiscal Deficit Falls to 2.6%, Lowest in Two Decades: Ahsan Iqbal

Islamabad 22 August 2026: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said that Pakistan’s economy had entered a phase of greater stability, but stressed that stability was not the final destination and that the next priority was to translate macroeconomic stabil...