Press Releases

Planning Minister vows No Leniency for May 9 arsonists, pays tribute to martyrs

Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal expressed his strong condemnation of the May 9 attacks on state buildings and military installations in several cities of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Sindh. Speaking at the "Takreem-e-Shuhada Convention" held at the con...

CDWP clears 15 development projects worth 249.21b

The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has cleared 15 development projects worth Rs 249.21 billion during its meeting held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal. ...

Planning Ministry recently approved Rs 400m for this institute

Islamabad will soon have a state-of-the-art film academy, the National Film Production Institute (NFPI), which was recently approved by the Ministry of Planning Development. The project, which aims to provide professional training in various fields of filmmaking, acting, production, camera and ci...

Planning Ministry authorizes Rs72b in 4th quarter of 2022-23 under PDSP

The Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives has authorized Rs 72 billion for various Ministries/Division in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year (2022-2023) under Public Sector Development Program PSDP which is 100 billion more as compared to the previous year of (2021-22). ...

Ahsan Iqbal felicities newly-appointed chairman NDRC Reiterates the implementation on the Belt & Road initiative, CPEC

Federal Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal sent a letter to China's newly-appointed Chairman National Development & Reform Commission (NDRC) Zheng Shanjie, congratulating him and expressing his commitment to continue implementing the Belt and Road initiative and the ...

وفاقی وزیر منصوبہ بندی وترقی پروفیسر احسن اقبال کی زیر صدارت ٹاسک فورس برائے افرادی وسائل اور سکلز ڈیولپمنٹ کا پہلا اجلاس

Narowal all set to host National T-10 match on May 28

District Narowal is all set to host the National T-10 match at Narowal Cricket Ground on May 28 with the soft opening of the Narowal Sport City. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif is likely to be a Chief Guest. The decision was taken on Thursday during a meeting to finalize the arrangements of the f...

Ahsan-Women-Development Women’s active participation imperative for national development: Ahsan Iqba

Minister for Planning and Development Professor Ahsan on Thursday said the required goals of national development and prosperity could not be achieved without the active participation of women, which constituted almost 50 percent of the country’s total population. Chairing a meeting here, he sa...

Federal, provincial govts agree to develop National Action Plan to address Pakistan’s Out of School Children Crisis

To address the issue of Out-of-School Children (OOSC) in Pakistan and maximize the enrollment of school age children across the country, the Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives, the Ministry of Federal Education & Professional Training, and all provincial governments have agreed t...

Special Task Force established to review pay scale system for HR recruitment in HEIs

The Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives on Tuesday established a special Task Force to review the Pay Scale System for human resource (HR) recruitment in Higher Education Institutions HEIs. The purpose of this task force is to develop an improved pay scale system that will attrac...

فاقی حکومت نے اردو کو بطور قومی زبان نافذ کرنے کی کوششیں تیز کردی 78.186 ملین روپے کی لاگت سے نیشنل لینگونچ پروسسنگ لیبارٹری کا پی سی ون منظور اردو زبان کے فروغ کے لئے حکومت ہر اقدامات اٹھا رہی ہے، وفاقی وزیر منصوبہ بندی احسن اقبال

وزارت برائے منصوبہ بندی ترقی اور خصوصی اقدامات نے اردو کو بطور قومی زبان نافذ کرنے اور فروغ دینے کے لیے "نیشنل لینگویج پروسیسنگ لیبارٹری این ایل پی ، لیب کے قیام کی من...

China Exhibition & Trading Center completes within six months

The China Exhibition and Trading Center has been completed in a record time of 6 months at Gwadar Port worth $12 million. The announcement was made on Friday. The project was launched in November 2022 on the direction of Federal Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal fo...