PM Imran establishes National Development Council
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Prime Minister Imran Khan has established a National Development Council (NDC), including Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Chief of Army Staff as members, it emerged on Tuesday.
According to a notification from the Cabinet Secretariat, the council, to be convened at the Prime Minister's Office, shall comprise the following members:
- Prime Minister - Chairman
- Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs - Member
- Federal Minister for Finance/Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance - Member
- Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform - Member
- Federal Minister for Commerce/Advisor to the Prime Minister on Commerce, Industries & Production and Investment - Member
- Chief of Army Staff - Member
- Provincial Chief Ministers, Prime Minister of AJ&K and Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan (on invitation) - Members
- Any additional minister/head of strategic body (on invitation) - Members
- Secretary to the Prime Minister - Member
- Secretary, Foreign Affairs Division - Member
- Secretary, Finance Division - Member
- Secretary, Planning, Development & Reforms Division - Member
- Additional Secretary, Prime Minister's Office - Secretary Council
The terms of reference of the NDC, outlined in the notification, state that the council shall set policies and strategies for development and "formulate and tailor policies to achieve accelerated economic growth".
The council shall also be responsible for approving long-term planning in relation to national and regional connectivity.
Furthermore, it shall set out guidelines for regional cooperation.
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Jun 18, 2019 09:33pm
This is amazing,So instead of the cabinet directing policy, it is now this supra parliament committee that will decide without bothering to answer any questions about how or why decisions were made. Meanwhile the humongous cabinet keeps taking their ministerial paycheck without any contribution whatsoever.
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Jun 18, 2019 09:38pm
I want to know: will newly established National Development Council (NDC) be able to get all looted money from corrupt politicians, dishonest bureaucrats, dishonest businessmen and publish who looted how much money through different means? And, what happened to all loans taken fro IMF during the last 10+ years, and, how and where the money spent together with how much each major project cost the nation etc?
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Jun 18, 2019 09:42pm
Where is the money in budget allocation for this council? Just another hogwash activity to fool ordinary people of the country.
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Jun 18, 2019 09:49pm
So that was the country needed all this time, a new council.
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Jun 18, 2019 10:10pm
Still clueless.Hired alot of professional.Many council were established. Nothing contribution has emerged. Disappointing.
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Jun 18, 2019 10:13pm
Finally a government who thinks of the masses.
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Jun 18, 2019 10:14pm
Economic Growth Policies can best be described by growth centric economists, while the planning commision itself has been missing its chief economist for a year and a basic accountant as finance minister turned out to be a disaster. More members in invitation should have the requisite education and experience in articulating economic growth policies.
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Jun 18, 2019 10:15pm
Country is heading to right direction, within next 20 to 30 years Pakistan will emerge as economic giant, provided imran continues.
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Jun 18, 2019 10:15pm
How many councils you are going to establish. What to previous councils for economic and development. Nation want to see work on ground. Your result zero so far.
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Jun 18, 2019 10:24pm
In the name of development all possible nonsense is done rather than doing the only thing that's required- free market capitalism.
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Jun 18, 2019 10:30pm
More positive economic planning by Khan! Good luck...
Gordon D. Walker
Canada
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Jun 18, 2019 10:37pm
Prime Minister Imran Khan has established a National Development Council so he can be clued in on how business and industry functions and economic growth comes about. He needs to know.
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Jun 18, 2019 10:43pm
A very very positive step.
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Jun 18, 2019 10:53pm
Committees committees and committees only!
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Jun 18, 2019 10:54pm
All posts here are heavy weight. It is a good initiative also. but first of all you need money which is not have in sufficient amount. So one thing you do to reduce the corruption and it will bring the investment for the development.
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Jun 18, 2019 11:09pm
How many councils each week does he set up?
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Jun 18, 2019 11:25pm
What is he trying to develop? ????
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Jun 18, 2019 11:33pm
More waste of money.
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Jun 18, 2019 11:35pm
let’s hope they deliver
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Jun 18, 2019 11:35pm
PM Khan is a smart man and included the most importabt people for long term planning. This will cement the civilian-military relations for the development of Pakistan.
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Jun 18, 2019 11:44pm
another institution????
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Jun 18, 2019 11:44pm
We all know establishment is deciding economy policies from past 10 months, now its official nothing new.
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Jun 18, 2019 11:54pm
Khan is developing infrastructure to get us on the right track, the opposition never did anything like this.
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Jun 19, 2019 01:06am
Dear Captain, Bigger Government is not always better government. There is already a lot of unnecessary duplication.
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Jun 19, 2019 01:31am
He should have done this in the first month of his government. After he has been trying to get into this business for 20 years.
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Jun 19, 2019 03:49am
The order of members refutes all lies by pmln and ppp. Conspiracy theories shouldn't nurture anymore in Pakistan.
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Jun 19, 2019 03:57am
Another committee which means no concrete action.
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Jun 19, 2019 04:19am
It was interesting to note that the Chief of Army Staff is a member of the newly establishes National Development Council (NDC). Wonder what economic expertise he will bring to the NDC to formulate and tailor policies to achieve accelerated growth! Doesn’t he already has enough on his plate to worry about any way?
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Jun 19, 2019 04:35am
National development council should include businessmen, entrepreneurs and technical expert, not the bureaucrats.
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Jun 19, 2019 08:17am
Khan appears a tired old nan, weary of the job, but this guy has heart and will
prevail... The country is depending on it!
Gordon D. Walker
Canada
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Jun 19, 2019 08:26am
He had better be right this time.
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Jun 19, 2019 10:28pm
He's the one. Khan is the only one who can get the country back on track of prosperity. His honesty, stubbornness and refusal to give up is what will save Pakistan.
He just needs time, Rome was not built in a day, and Rome was never looted for years by Zardari and Sharifs.
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