The Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives ( ur, , abbreviated as MoPD) is headed by the Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives, who must be a member of

Parliament of Pakistan The Parliament of Pakistan ( ur, , , "Pakistan Advisory Council" or "Pakistan Consultative Assembly") is the federal and supreme legislative body of Pakistan. It is a bicameral federal legislature that consists of the Senate as the upper ...

. The minister is also deputy chairman of Planning Commission of Pakistan. But currently, a different deputy chairman is appointed, Jahanzeb Khan. The administrative head of the Ministry is the

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 develo ...

Planning Commission of Pakistan

The main division under the ministry is the Planning Commission of Pakistan which responsible for financial and

public policy Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to solve or address relevant and real-world problems, guided by a conception and often implemented by programs. Public p ...

development institution of the Government of Pakistan. 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.

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.

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 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.

National Fertilizer Development Centre

The National Fertilizer Development Centre (NFDC) was set up by the Government in 1977.With the help of foreign funding NFDC studies all fertilizer-related problems from the supply source to the farmers' fields, with a view to helping in the formulation of Government policies and their implementation and to give support to other institutions.National Fertilizer Development Centre , SCIENCE Pakistan
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External links

Ministry of Planning and Development

National Fertilizer Development Centre

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

References

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Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...