The Planning Commission (denoted as PC) ( ur, ) is a

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and

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development institution of the

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of Pakistan. The Commission comes under Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms. The Planning Commission undertakes research studies and state policy development initiatives for the growth of national economy and the expansion of the public and state infrastructure of the country in tandem with the

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(MoF). Since 1952, the commission have had a major influence and role in formulating the highly centralized and planned five-year plans for the national economy, for most of the

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in Pakistan. Although the five-year plans were replaced by

Medium Term Development Framework The Medium Term Development Framework ( ur, ) (denoted as MTDF), is a policy measure programme of the Government of Pakistan drafted by the Ministry of Finance, Economic Coordination Committee and the Planning Commission of Pakistan, formulated ...

, the commission still played an influential and central role in the development of the programme. Furthermore, the Public Sector Development Programmes (PSDP) also placed under the domain of the planning commission. The commission's authoritative figures includes a

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who is the

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, assisted by the

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, and a science advisor. Other officials of the commissions includes

Planning and Development Secretary of Pakistan The Planning and Development Secretary of Pakistan (Urdu: ), also referred to as Secretary P&D, is the Federal Secretary for the Ministry of Planning and Development. The Secretary P&D plays a key role in the country's economic planning and devel ...

; chief economist; Director of the

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; executive director of Policy Implementation and Monitoring (PIM); and members for Social Sectors, Science and Technology, Energy, Infrastructure, and Food and Agriculture. , the chairman is

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, Mr.

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and the current deputy chairman is Dr. Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan, a senior ranking officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service.

History

Liaquat Ali Khan Liaquat Ali Khan ( ur, ; 1 October 1895 – 16 October 1951), also referred to in Pakistan as ''Quaid-e-Millat'' () or ''Shaheed-e-Millat'' ( ur, lit=Martyr of the Nation, label=none, ), was a Pakistani statesman, lawyer, political theoris ...

established an independent institution, a Development Board (DB), in the Ministry of Economics Affairs (MoEA) in 1948. Finally, in 1953, Prime minister

Khawaja Nazimuddin Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin ( bn, খাজা নাজিমুদ্দীন; ur, ; 19 July 1894 – 22 October 1964) was a Pakistani politician and one of the leading founding fathers of Pakistan. He is noted as being the first Bengali to ha ...

decided to give commission to an institution that was set up on 18 July 1953. Ultimately, Zahid Hussain, former

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was appointed its first deputy chairman and two other members.

List of Deputy Chairman Planning Commission

This is the list of the former deputy chairmen of the planning commission of Pakistan. # Zahid Hussain, 1953 – 1958 # G. Ahmed, 1958 – 1959 # Mumtaz Hassan Khan, 1959 – 1961 # Said Hasan, 1962 – 1966 # M. M. Ahmad, 1967 to 1969 # M. H. Soofi, 1969 to 1970 # Mahboob Ullah Rashid, 1970 – 1971 #

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, 1971 – 1973 # Prof. Khurshid Ahmad, 30-08-1978 to 21-04-1979 #

Mahbub ul Haq Mahbub ul Haq ( ur, ; ) was a Pakistani economist, international development theorist, and politician who served as the Minister of Finance of Pakistan from 10 April 1985 to 28 January 1986, and again from June to December 1988 as a careta ...

, 07-03-1982 to 13-04-1983 # V. A. Jafary, 22-09-1985 to 10-07-1986 # A G N Kazi, 10-07-1986 to 23-08-1993 # Saeed Ahmed Qureshi, 24-08-1993 to 30-06-1994 # Qazi M. Alimullah, 01-07-1994 to 05-11-1996 # Dr. Hafiz Pasha, 12-11-1996 to 12-08-1998 #

Ahsan Iqbal Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary (; born 28 March 1959) is a Pakistani engineer and politician who is serving as the Secretary General of Pakistan Muslim League (N). He is a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. Previously, he was ...

, 13-08-1998 to 12-10-1999 # Dr. Shahid Amjad, 27-07-2000 to 08-08-2003 # Engr. Dr. M. Akram Sheikh, 15-03-2004 to 07-05-2008 # M. Salman Faruqui, 09-05-2008 to 28-11-2008 # Sardar Assef Ahmed Ali, 29-11-2008 to 13-01-2010 # Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad, 15-01-2010 to 31-04-2010 # Dr. Nadeem ul Haque 01-05-2010 to 07-06-2013 #

, 08-06-2013 to 28-07-2017 #

Sartaj Aziz Sartaj Aziz ( ur, ; born 7 February 1929) is a Pakistani economist and a strategist, having previously served as the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan, member of the federal cabinet as the ''de facto'' Minister for For ...

, 13-08-2017 to 31-05-2018 #

Khusro Bakhtiar Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar (; born 7 July 1967) is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Pakistan's Federal Minister for Industries & Production. Previously, he has served as Federal Minister of Economic Affairs, Federal Minister of Nat ...

, 20-08-2018 to 01-08-2019 # Dr. Jehanzeb Khan, 01-08-2019 to present

Vision 2025

The Vision 2025 is the country's long–term development

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which aims to create a globally competitive and prosperous country providing a high quality of life for all its citizens. Vision 2025 Director: Dr Asif Chishti

Priority Areas

* Integrated Energy * Modernization of Infrastructure * Institutionalreform and modernization of the public sector * Value-addition in Commodity Producing Sectors * Export promotion * Water and food security * Private sector-led growth and entrepreneurship

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, is a post-graduate research institute, and a public policy think tank located in the vicinity of Islamabad, Pakistan.

Pakistan Planning and Management Institute

The Pakistan Planning and Management Institute (PPMI) is the one of the division of Planning Commission. The main objectives of PPMI are to improve technical and analytical skills and enhance expertise of the federal, provincial and

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governments’ officers through training in areas of

Project Management Project management is the process of leading the work of a team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project documentation, created at the beginning of the development process. T ...

Social development Social development can refer to: * Psychosocial development * Social change * Social development theory * Social Development (journal) * Social emotional development * Social progress or social regress The word decadence, which at first meant ...

and application of Information Technology in Project management.

Federal Drought Emergency Relief Assistance (DERA) Unit

The function of DERA Unit is to facilitate the implementation of the project in the drought-hit areas of all the four provinces and coordinate activities carried out in the provinces to mitigate the effects of drought.

References

External links

Official Website

National Fertilizer Development Centre

Centre for Rural Economy

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
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