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| Formed | July 8, 1952; 73 years ago (1952-07-08) |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Pakistan |
| Headquarters | Islamabad,Pakistan |
| Annual budget | See (2014 Federal Budget) |
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| Website | www.pc.gov.pk |
ThePlanning Commission (denoted asPC) (Urdu:ماموریہِ منصوبہ بندی پاکستان) is afinancial andpublic policy development institution of theGovernment of Pakistan. The Commission comes underMinistry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives The Planning Commission undertakes research studies and state policy development initiatives for the growth ofnational economy and the expansion of the public and state infrastructure of the country in tandem with theMinistry of Finance (MoF).
Since 1952, the commission have had a major influence and role in formulating thehighly centralized andplannedfive-year plans for the national economy, for most of the20th century in Pakistan. Although the five-year plans were replaced byMedium Term Development Framework, the commission still played an influential and central role in the development of the programme. Furthermore, the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) also placed under the domain of the planning commission. The commission's authoritative figures includes aChairman who is thePrime Minister, assisted by thedeputy chairman, and a science advisor.
Other officials of the commissions includesPlanning and Development Secretary of Pakistan; Chief Economist; Director of thePakistan Institute of Development Economics; Executive director of Policy Implementation and Monitoring (PIM); and members for Social Sectors, Science and Technology, Energy, Infrastructure and Food and Agriculture.[1]
Prime MinisterLiaquat Ali Khan established an independent institution, a Development Board (DB), in theMinistry of Economics Affairs (MoEA) in 1948.
Finally, in 1953 Prime ministerKhawaja Nazimuddin decided to give commission to an institution that was set up on 18 July 1953. Ultimately,Zahid Hussain, formerGovernor ofState Bank of Pakistan was appointed its first deputy chairman and two other members.[2]
This is the list of the former deputy chairmen of the planning commission of Pakistan.[3]
This is the list of the history of all Chief Economists of Pakistan.[4]
The Vision 2025 is the country's long–term developmentblueprint which aims to create a globally competitive and prosperous country providing a high quality of life for all its citizens.[5][6][7] Mr. Ahsan Iqbal, Minister Planning and Dr. M. Nadeem Javaid, advisor to Minister prepared Vision 2025 by carrying out wider consultations with line ministries, provincial governments, civil society and business community. National Economic Council approved it in July 2014, subsequently a PSDP Project was created named "High Impact Initiative of Vision 2025" to implement it across the various tiers of the Government. Dr. Asif Chishti from Harvard University was called in to lead as Director General owing to his diverse experience in corporate and public sector in over 96 countries and territories.
The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, is apost-graduate research institute, and a publicpolicy think tank located in the vicinity of Islamabad, Pakistan.[9]
The Pakistan Planning and Management Institute (PPMI) is one of the divisions of the Planning Commission. The main objectives of PPMI are to improve technical and analytical skills and enhance expertise of the federal,provincial anddistrict governments’ officers through training in areas ofProject Management,Social development and application of Information Technology in Project management.[10]
The function of DERA Unit is to facilitate the implementation of the project in the drought-hit areas of all thefour provinces and coordinate activities carried out in the provinces to mitigate the effects of drought.[11]
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