Government and economic policy updates.
ISLAMABAD — Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Pullin Baloch and Senator Sana Jamali from Balochistan held a bilateral meeting with Chairman of the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC), Engr. Qamar-ul-Islam Raja, at NAVTTC Headquarters in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD — Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme (PMYP), Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan, chaired a high-level meeting of the National Coordination Committee to review implementation progress and align inter-ministerial efforts for the National Youth Employment Policy (NYEP).
ISLAMABAD — The Prime Minister’s Youth Programme (PMYP) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the DAMAN (Development, Awareness & Management of Natural Resources) Organization to accelerate youth empowerment, technical skills development, and sustainable employment opportunities across Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD — Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Prof. Ahsan Iqbal has emphasized that Pakistan must move beyond short-term macroeconomic stabilization to focus on sustained transformation, declaring that real prosperity can only be earned through productivity, innovation, and global competitiveness.
KARACHI — Industry leaders, regulators, and international financial experts gathered at the Pakistan Banking Summit 2026 (PBS’26) to address key challenges and opportunities in transforming Pakistan’s priority sectors, including agriculture, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and low-cost housing.
ISLAMABAD — Demonstrating a commitment to empowering youth from all educational backgrounds, Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme (PMYP), Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan, personally presented a laptop to a talented madrassa student from Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
ISLAMABAD — In a bid to bolster youth development and maximize Pakistan’s tourism potential, Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme, Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan, met with Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, Prime Minister’s National Coordinator on Tourism, to formulate a collaborative strategy focusing on youth empowerment and sustainable tourism.
ISLAMABAD — As Pakistan marks its 79th Independence Day, the federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing national growth through education and human capital development, aligning with the vision of the nation’s founder, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Reflecting Quaid-e-Azam’s core conviction that education is essential to the survival and economic strength of the state, the government, led by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and steered by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Prof. Ahsan Iqbal, is implementing targeted educational investments under the national economic transformation framework, #URAANPakistan.
KARACHI — At the second edition of the Pakistan Banking Summit 2026 (PBS’26), Saleem Ullah, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), underscored the pivotal role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and agricultural financing as core drivers of Pakistan’s sustainable economic development.
KARACHI — The second edition of the Pakistan Banking Summit 2026 (PBS’26) successfully convened in Karachi, bringing together banking executives, financial regulators, policy experts, and international leaders to shape the future of Pakistan’s banking and economic landscape.