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| September 13, 2008 | Saturday | Ramazan 12, 1429 |
Five-year plan panel meets today
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The Planning Commission has convened the first roundtable panel meeting on Saturday to set priorities for the next five-year development plan.
Finance Minister Syed Naveed Qamar will preside over the meeting. The government last week constituted a panel of economists to assist the commission in preparing the five-year development plan.
The panel is headed by Dr Hafiz A. Pasha, a former adviser to the prime minister and currently dean of the Beaconhouse University. He will be assisted by Dr Amjad Rashid, vice-chancellor of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE).
The panel includes former commerce minister Dr M Zubair Khan, Dr Akhtar Hassan Khan, Professor Dr Akmal Hussain and Dr Kaiser Bengali.
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