Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal Thursday said that government has decided to include only those development projects in its annual development program for the next fiscal year, which would be aligned with the Uraan Pakistan Program.
Addressing a press conference, the minister said that the process of strict scrutiny for the developmental projects was initiated in order to ensure the use of resources on such developmental projects, which would help create more job opportunities for sustainable economic growth and social prosperity.
He resolved for maintaining transparency and judicious use of national resources to avoid the cost escalation of developmental projects, adding that a Hotline, and an effective evolution & monitoring unit has been established within the Planing Ministry for effective monitoring of developmental projects as well as tapping the leakages.
“We have also established an effective coordination mechanism with our development partners and shared our priorities with them to align them with these priorities to carry forward the development goals of the government”, he remarked. Professor Ahsan Iqbal further informed that government was also working with provincial governments on Uraan Pakistan Program and different workshops were also held, to ensure appropriate use of national resources to attain sustainable economic growth and development.
