Year Book

2013-14

Government of Pakistan
Planning Commission
Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform
March 2015

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In the Name of Allah

The Most Beneficent
The Most Merciful

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 1
FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................ 2
MAJOR INITIATIVES ................................................................................................ 5
PART-I NATIONAL PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ................................ 21
PERFORMANCE OF THE ECONOMY .....................................................................23
FISCAL DEVELOPMENTS ......................................................................................31
CONTRIBUTION IN THE EXTERNAL SECTOR.........................................................35
REVIEW OF ANNUAL PLAN 2013-14 ....................................................................39
PUBLIC SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME .................................................41
PART-II SECTORAL ACTIVITIES............................................................................... 47
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ...................................................................................49
POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND MDGS ....................................................................55
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ...............................................................................67
EDUCATION .........................................................................................................73
PHYSICAL PLANNING AND HOUSING ..................................................................77
SOCIAL WELFARE AND WOMEN DEVELOPMENT ................................................81
POPULATION .......................................................................................................87
HEALTH................................................................................................................99
NUTRITION ........................................................................................................105
TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS .............................................................................109
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ....................................117
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ...........................................................121
GOVERNANCE ...................................................................................................127
MASS MEDIA, CULTURE, SPORTS, TOURISM AND YOUTH ................................131
MANUFACTURING .............................................................................................133

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COMMERCE .......................................................................................................137
MINERAL ...........................................................................................................141
ENERGY WING ...................................................................................................143
PUBLIC INVESTMENT AUTHORISATION ............................................................149
MANPOWER ......................................................................................................151
MONITORING AND EVALUATION ......................................................................165
ECONOMIC APPRAISAL .....................................................................................169
EMPLOYMENT AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT ........................................................171
PLAN COORDINATION .......................................................................................175
PART-III AUTONOMOUS BODIES/ATTACHED DEPARTMENTS ............................. 181
PAKISTAN PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE .....................................183
PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS .....................................185
NATIONAL FERTILIZER DEVELOPMENT CENTRE ................................................191
NATIONAL LOGISTICS CELL ................................................................................195
PART-IV ANNEXURES .......................................................................................... 199
ANNEXURE-A .................................................................................................20199
ANNEXURE-B .....................................................................................................199
ANNEXURE-C .................................................................................................21199

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FOREWORD
The submission of the Year Book of the Division is a legal obligation, which
has to be actualised in due course. The Book has been prepared in
pursuance of the Rules of Business 1973 as per its Sub-rule 2 of Rule 25. This
Book of the Planning Commission/Ministry of Planning, Development and
Reform covers details of its activities, achievements and progress spanning
the preceding financial year 2013-14. Besides this, it also carries write-ups
encompassing programmes and targets outlined, and the extent of their
materialisation in the given period. In order to further substantiate it, all
sections of the Ministry have tabulated relevant statistics. Hence, the Book
carries ample information, which can be useful for the academicians,
research scholars, stakeholders and others.
It is certainly an honour for me to present the Book to those, especially the
intelligentsia, who might be interested in having an insight into the working
of the Ministry and its contribution to the socio-economic development of
the country.
I take this opportunity to thank all the Economic and Technical Sections,
project wings, autonomous bodies and the Year Book Review Committee of
the Ministry. Also, ex-Member (Development Communication) Ms Ayesha
Javed Eirabie, Plan Coordination Section led by Dr Muhammad Afzal and
Editor (Dev Com) Aamer Waqas deserve appreciation for their respective
contributions.
As one cannot and must not claim perfect finality for any institutional
document, suggestions for further improvement would be highly-valued.

Hassan Nawaz Tarar

Secretary
Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform
Islamabad
March, 2015

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INTRODUCTION
The government has decided to revamp and restructure the Planning
Commission to further improve its working for the economic and social
development of the country, and to act as the apex think-tank for the
government in the context of adjusting to the new realities and challenges,
including the recognition of private sector, civil society, media, information
technology, impact of globalisation, devolution and the National Finance
Commission (NFC) award on economic policy, design and formulation. The
Commission will move to a new paradigm of Participatory and Collaborative
Planning involving the Parliament, ministries, divisions, provinces, special
areas, private sector, academia, civil society and the Diaspora, to play the
role of a facilitator and stewardship as well as an integrator in the areas of
economic policy and reforms in the post-devolution scenario.
The Prime Minister is the Chairman of the Planning Commission, which apart
from the Minister/Deputy Chairman, comprises following twelve members.

Secretary, Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform/Member

Coordination

Chief Economist/Member (Economic Policy/Planning)

Member Energy

Member Implementation and Monitoring

Member Private Sector Development and Competitiveness

Member Development Communication

Member Food Security and Climate Change

Member Science Technology and ICT

Member Infrastructure and Regional Connectivity

Member Social Sector and Devolution

Member Governance, Innovation and Reforms

Vice Chancellor of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economic

(PIDE)/Member Research

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FUNCTIONS
The Planning Commission performs following functions as indicated in
schedule II of the Rules of Business 1973 (updated in June 2010) under the
heading Planning and Development Division:

Preparation of comprehensive National Plan for the economic and social

development of the country

Formulation, within the framework of the National Plan, of an annual

plan and an annual development programme

Recommendations concerning orderly adjustments therein in the light

of new needs, better information and changing conditions

Monitoring the implementation of all major development projects and

programmes; identification of bottlenecks and initiation of time
remedial action

Evaluation of on-going and completed projects

Review and evaluation of the progress achieved in the implementation

of the National Plan

Identification of regions sectors and sub-sectors lacking adequate

portfolio of projects and taking steps to stimulate preparation of sound
projects in those areas

Continuous evaluation of the economic situation and coordination of

economic policies

Organisation of research in various sectors of the economy to improve

the data base and information as well as to provide analytical studies
which will help economic decision making

Association with the Economic Affairs Division in matters pertaining to

external assistance in individual projects, form the stage prior to
preliminary discussion up to the stage of final signing of documents with
aid-giving agencies

Development of appropriate cost and physical standards for effective

technical and economic appraisal of projects

Coordination of Social Action Programme with World Bank and other

donor Agencies

National Logistics Cell

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12. Administrative control of:

Economists and Planners Group
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Overseas Construction Board
National Fertilizer Development Centre (NFDC)
Pakistan Planning and Management Institute (PPMI), and
Jawaid Azfar Computer Centre (JACC)

The Planning, Development and Reform Division will act as the

Secretariat of the Planning Commission which is the apex planning and
coordination body under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister. The
relationship between the Planning Commission and Ministry of Planning,
Development and Reforms will be as defined in Cabinet Secretariat
(Cabinet Division) Resolution No.4-6/2006-Min.I, dated 20th April, 2006.

Organisation
The Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform has Economic and
Technical sections and wings (complete list at Annexure-A) to carry out
government policies in collaboration with the respective ministries/divisions
and provincial governments. Besides this, the Ministry, under the Rules of
Business, overseas the functioning of the National Logistic Cell, and has
administrative control over the following bodies.

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)

Overseas Development Centre (ODC)

National Fertilizer Development Centre (NFDC)

Pakistan Planning and Management Institute (PPMI)

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MAJOR INITIATIVES
The Pakistan Vision 2025
Today Pakistan faces formidable social, economic, security and governance
challenges. Many nations have faced almost similar challenges, but
successfully turned these into opportunities through sound economic
planning, good governance and consistency in policy implementation. As we
pass through an era of unprecedented change and complexity, it is
imperative that we refresh our framework for national development.
The Vision was drawn up after extensive consultations with a very wide
range of stakeholders, which included political parties, federal ministries,
provincial governments, national and international private sector
entrepreneurs, international development and financial institutions,
academia, think-tanks, independent experts, NGOs, parliamentarians and
other sections of the civil society.

Vision
A number of emerging economies (the Asian Tigers) appear to have realised
this vision through their experience. The Vision 2025 acknowledges this
experience in setting out the goal of becoming the next Asian Tiger. It aims
at ensuring that Pakistan succeeds in achieving the proposed SDG targets of
zero poverty and hunger as well as universal access to health services,
education, modern energy services, and clean water and sanitation by 2025,
as well as joining the league of the upper middle income countries by 2030.
Our ultimate aspiration is to see Pakistan among the ten largest economies
of the world by 2047 the centennial year of our independence.

Seven Pillars
The Vision rests on seven pillars identified as the key drivers of growth,
which will transform Pakistan into a vibrant and prosperous nation by 2025.
However, for these pillars to be truly effective, certain prerequisites or key
enablers like political stability, peace and security, rule of law and social
justice, must be met. The government is making a strenuous effort to
provide the required enabling environment. A brief description of the pillars
is as below:

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Pillar I: Putting people first development of human and social

capital
The first priority is to provide every citizen the ability to improve his/her
choices and quality of life. This requires capitalising upon and strengthening
existing social capital, improving the human skill base of the population, and
providing access to opportunities for advancement. It involves a rapid
scaling-up of investments in education, health and social development,
generating jobs and prospects for the youth bulge, harnessing the rising
power of a socially aware population, gender equality and women
development, inclusion of vulnerable segments, interfaith harmony and
religious diversity, promotion of art, culture and heritage, raising sporting
standards, and moving towards a knowledge-based, ethical and value-driven
society.

Pillar II: Achieving sustained, indigenous and inclusive growth

The Vision seeks to revive and sustain the growth momentum consistent
with environmental limits and equity considerations. The objective is to
provide better living standards to every Pakistani irrespective of caste,
creed, domicile, religious or political affiliation. Every effort will be made to
overcome manifold inequalities horizontal and vertical, intra and interprovincial or rural and urban. The Vision envisages a strategy for developing
a united and equitable society through a balanced development approach,
social uplift and rapid broad-based growth. This includes resource
mobilisation through improved tax collection, export orientation, mobilising
the Diaspora and attracting private sector investment, radical improvements
in productivity, provision of opportunities to all segments of the society,
formalising the parallel economy, urban development and smart cities and
social protection frameworks.

Pillar III: Governance, institutional reform and modernisation of the

public sector
The third pillar aims to ensure good governance through strengthening of
the institutions such as the parliament, judiciary, police, and civil service,
and deliver the benefits of devolution of powers to the provincial
governments as prescribed in the 18th Amendment. The Vision seeks an
efficient and transparent government, which operates under the rule of law
and provides security of life and property to its people. Good governance
encompasses excellence in the management of political, economic, and
administrative infrastructure, the development of a skilled, motivated,
results-focused, high performing civil service, elimination of corruption,
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streamlined and tech-enabled public sector, transparency on government

performance, and building of an effective regulatory framework that
leverages supporting technology and best global practices.

Pillar IV: Energy, water and food security

The Vision recognises that sufficient, reliable, clean and cost-effective
availability of energy, water and food for now and the future is
indispensable to ensure sustainable economic growth and development.
There is a need to fill the enormous gaps in these areas, while
simultaneously making efforts to respond to the looming threat of climate
change. There is a renewed national consensus as articulated in the
manifestoes of all leading political parties to commit major new resources
through public and private sector collaboration in these areas and ensure
required production and storage capacities. At the same time, efforts will be
made towards conservation, efficient distribution and usage of resources,
and preventing contamination and environmental degradation.

Pillar V: Private sector and entrepreneurship-led growth

The Vision aims to make Pakistan a highly attractive destination for the
private sector investment, with conditions that allow investors to
successfully participate in its development. This will require a concerted
focus on the areas that inhibit the private sector, including the energy
deficit, lack of security, labour skills, slow and costly judicial procedures
(contract enforcement), macroeconomic instability and ad hoc regulations.
The public sector enterprises will be made profitable and efficient through a
combination of restructuring, partial and outright privatisation. The publicprivate partnership will be promoted through a comprehensive policy
regime. Attracting private sector investment will be a key priority and driver
of growth. The SME sector will be aggressively developed and
entrepreneurship enabled.

Pillar VI: Developing a competitive knowledge economy through

value addition
National competitiveness refers to the ability to produce and deliver
products and services effectively and profitably in relation to other
competing countries. Improving our national competitiveness is, therefore,
critical to our ability to utilise resources in a productive manner based on
merit, quality and innovation instead of unproductive rent seeking
behaviours and performance. The Vision envisages fundamental
improvements in competitiveness across the industrial, manufacturing,
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services and agricultural sectors. Competitiveness is about achieving

efficiency and productivity to enable self-sustaining enterprises; thereby
boosting their share in the international market and raising the overall level
of prosperity and well-being of the nation.

Pillar VII: Modernising transportation infrastructure and greater

regional connectivity
Successful countries have invariably built upon the dynamism of their
regional contexts. Pakistan is situated at the nexus of the four most dynamic
regions of the worldChina, South Asia, the Middle East and Central Asia.
The Vision aims at the establishment of an efficient and integrated system of
communications and transport both in order to benefit from and
contribute to the regional dynamism. Key related targets are reduction in
transportation costs, safety in mobility, effective connectivity between rural
areas and markets/urban centres, inter-provincial high-speed connectivity,
integrated road and rail networks between economic hubs (including air, sea
and dry ports), high-capacity transportation corridors connecting major
regional partners and exponential growth in exports.

Goals of the Vision

Pillar I

Increase primary school enrolment and completion rate to 100 per cent
and literacy rate to 90 per cent

Increase higher education coverage from 7 per cent to 12 per cent, and
increase number of PhDs from 7,000 to 15,000

Improve Primary and Secondary Gender Parity Index to 1, and increase

female workforce participation rate from 24 per cent to 45 per cent

Increase proportion of population with access to improved sanitation

from 48 per cent to 90 per cent

Reduce infant mortality rate from 74 to less than 40 (per 1000 births)
and reduce maternal mortality rate from 276 to less than 140 (per 1000
births)

Reduce the incidence and prevalence of hepatitis, diarrhoea, diabetes

and heart disease by 50 per cent

Pakistan will be the World Champions of two sports, and win at least 25
medals in the Asian games.

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Pillar II: Achieving sustained, indigenous and inclusive growth

Become one of the largest 25 economies in the World, leading to the

upper-middle income country status

Reduce poverty level by half

Increase annual Foreign Direct Investment from $600 million to over $15
billion

Increase tax to the GDP ratio from 9.8 per cent to 18 per cent

Pillar III: Governance, institutional reform and modernisation of the

public sector
Place in the top 50th percentile for political stability (from bottom 1
percentile), No violence/terrorism (from bottom 1 percentile), and control
of corruption (from bottom 13th percentile) as measured by the World
Banks Worldwide Governance Indicators

Pillar IV: Energy, water and food security

Energy: double power generation to 42,000 MW to provide

uninterrupted and affordable electricity, and increase electricity access
from 67 per cent to over 90 per cent of the population by 2025

reduce average cost per unit by over 25 per cent by improving

generation mix (15 per cent) and reducing distribution losses (10 per
cent)

increase percentage of indigenous sources of power generation to over

50 per cent; and

address demand management by increasing usage of energy efficient

appliances and products to 80 per cent

Water: increase storage capacity to 90 days, improve efficiency of usage

in agriculture by 20 per cent, and ensure access to clean drinking water
for all Pakistanis

Food: Reduce food insecure population from 60 per cent to 30 per cent

Pillar V: Private sector-led growth

Rank in the top 50 countries on the World Banks Ease of Doing Business
Rankings

Increase Diaspora investment (via remittances) in the private sector

from $14 billion to $ 40 billion
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Create at least five global Pakistani brands (having more than 50 per
cent sales coming from consumers outside Pakistan), and make 'Made in
Pakistan' a symbol of quality

Pillar VI: Developing a competitive knowledge economy through

value addition

Join the ranks of the top 75 countries as measured by the World

Economic Forums Global Competitiveness Report

Triple labour and capital productivity

Improve Pakistans score on the World Bank Institutes Knowledge

Economy Index from 2.2 to 4, and increase internet penetration to over
50 per cent

Increase the number of tourist arrivals to two million

Pillar VII: Modernising transportation infrastructure and greater

regional connectivity

Increase road density from 32 km/100 km2 to 64 km/ 100 km2, and
share of rail in transport from 4 per cent to 20 per cent

Increase annual exports from $25 billion to $150 billon

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The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

The all-weather friendship between Pakistan and China is based on shared
principles and interests, and forms the foundation of cooperation in diverse
fields ranging from trade, investment and energy to defence, education, and
science and technology. Recently, both governments have made a conscious
effort to focus on expanding the economic dimension of the relationship
and bring it up to par with the excellent cooperation the two countries enjoy
at the strategic and political level.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiangs decision to include Pakistan in his first foreign
trip in May 2013 after assuming office in March underscored the importance
leadership attaches to our relationship. The visits timing was also significant
as it took place immediately after the last general elections in Pakistan.
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharifs visit to China in July his first
official overseas trip since assuming office marked a new phase in the
development of the relationship by putting economic cooperation and
connectivity squarely at the centre of the bilateral agenda. The hospitality
extended by the Chinese government to the Prime Minister bore testimony
to the special nature of ties between the two countries and underscored
Chinas interest in intensifying economic engagement with Pakistan.
During the visit, a Memorandum of Understanding on the China-Pakistan
Economic Corridor (CPEC) was signed. The aim of the MoU is to enable both
the governments to cooperate in the planning and development of the CPEC
and facilitate and intensify economic activity along the Corridor. The MoU
further envisages development of long-term plan for the Corridor up to
2030. The PD&R is the focal Ministry for this engagement whereas its
counterpart in China is the National Development and Reform Commission
(NDRC).
For institutional arrangement and development of the Corridor, the NDRC
has constituted subsidiary working groups of the Joint Cooperation
Committee (JCC-the Ministerial level apex body under the MoU) on
transport infrastructure, energy, Gwadar and planning for which they have
nominated their respective leading agencies for this work. Accordingly, the

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working groups in these areas have been constituted on Pakistani side as

well.
The first meeting of the Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) was held on
August 27, 2013 in Islamabad, and a number of projects were discussed,
which included the Basha Dam, Lahore-Karachi Motorway project, Gadani
power park coal projects, transmission and distribution of electric systems,
the upgradation of the rail network from Lahore to Karachi, improvements
in the Karakoram Highway, which would reduce distance, exploitation of
Thar-Coal for power generation, Mangla to Mirpur Expressway, SazineRaikot section of the KKH, extension of the Chinese language learning
programme to all provinces and supporting technical and vocational
training.
A series of meetings of the JCC and Joint Working Group on Transport
Infrastructure, Energy and Planning were held. In the light of findings and
recommendations of the Groups meeting, a list of priority projects/Early
Harvest Projects (EHP) of the CPEC has been finalised during the 3rd JCC
meeting.

Progress on long-term planning

The outline for long-term planning of the CPEC has been prepared on the
basis of understanding reached in the 2nd JCC meeting on the basic contours
of the long-term plan and experience in the context of the economic
corridor development. Accordingly, the outline begins with the definition of
the economic corridor, summarises the basis of planning from the
perspective of China and Pakistan, specifies the bindings and timings for the
development of the Corridor, outlines the basic conditions, opportunities
and challenges, highlights the planning vision and development goals,
prescribes the guiding ideology and basic principles for planning, identifies
key areas and major projects including spatial structure and functional
zones, construction of an integrated transport system, IT connectivity, energy
cooperation, industries and parks, agriculture development and poverty
alleviation, cooperation in livelihood areas and people-to-people
communication, and financial cooperation. Besides, the outline contains
chapters on financing mechanisms and institutional support measures and
implementation framework for the long-term plan. Experts from both sides
would visit areas of the Corridor, meet stakeholders in the Corridor
development and collect all necessary data to finalise the long-term plan.

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Progress on transport infrastructure projects

The salient features of progress on early harvest projects, the CPEC transport
planning, road map of future work and port-related issues are the key
elements of the transport infrastructure projects. It has been agreed that
further efforts are still required to increase the pace of work on
implementation of the EHPs in rail and port sectors.
On the draft 5-year Operational Plan of the Gwadar Port, both sides are
stressing the importance of sustainable development of the Gwadar Port
together with the development of the Gwadar Region and Balochistan and
its criticality to the CPEC. Both sides have recognised and affirmed the
importance of associating the local community in the development
initiatives at Gwadar and building public ownership through social and
economic development projects. In this context, water supply and
distribution system, vocational training institute and a hospital for Gwadar
are important projects. Both sides agreed to institutionalise the cooperation
on community development and social sector projects at Gwadar through a
separate MOU. The Committee also endorsed the proposal to establish the
Gwadar Joint Working Group and to accelerate action on the initiatives
already identified viz.

Progress on energy projects

Both sides are agreed on the developments relating to energy planning. A
meeting of the energy planning expert group was held in the first week of
August last year where discussions focussed on the Energy Development
Plan, Guiding Principles of Power Planning, Power Grid Development, Short
Term Power Planning Principles, Conditions and List of Priority Projects,
Gaddani Power Park and Safeguards for Project Returns and Risk Control.
Both sides emphasised that the priority should be given to the development
and utilisation of the indigenous energy resources so as to reduce energy
imports. There was agreement amongst experts that hydropower, domestic
coal, wind power and solar power should be developed and utilised actively.
Oil and gas exploration should also be strengthened to improve selfsufficiency. A balance should be maintained between urgent needs and
medium and long-term development requirements. For urgent needs, the
construction of certain number of power plants using imported coal will be a
necessity. It was agreed that projects for transmission of power should be
planned and executed simultaneously with the construction and operation
of the new power sources so as to guarantee successful evacuation.
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Energy planning expert group reached an agreement on the list of priority

projects with a total capacity of 10,400 MW and such facilitation that may be
mutually agreed for successful implementation of the projects. Both sides
will endeavour to achieve such safeguards that may be agreed to promote
projects returns and risk controls. On reaching agreement on the facilitation
process and safeguards, thermal power, wind power and PV projects can be
constructed and put into operation by the year 2017/2018 and the
hydropower projects will be operational around the year 2020. Both parties
agreed preliminarily upon the projects to be actively promoted, but not
ready for immediate implementation due to need for further technical and
commercial evaluation.

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Advisory Committee
Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Nawaz Sharif approved constitution
of the Advisory Committee of the Planning Commission/Ministry of
Planning, Development and Reform in 2013. The Committee will function
under Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, and comprised Federal
Secretaries of Finance, Economic Affairs, Statistics, Water and Power,
Petroleum and Natural Resources, Communications, Commerce, Railways,
Ports and Shipping, Information Technology, National Health Services,
Regulation and Coordination, Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher
Education, Board of Investment and Executive Director Infrastructure
Project Development Facility (IPDF) and heads of provincial Planning and
Development bodies, experts, academicians and private sector
representatives as its members. The Committee will assist the Commission
in plan and policy formulation, and it will hold quarterly meetings. However,
later on, it was decided that the Committee will meet after every two
months. The Planning, Development and Reform Division will be the
secretariat of the Committee. Terms of Reference (TORs) of the Committee
are:

To promote public and private sector interface and develop

participatory approach in decision making

To work as a strategic think-tank on policy issues of the Planning

Commission/Ministry of PD&R

To guide the Planning Commission/Ministry of PD&R in policy

formulation, reform and its implementation in accordance with the
vision of present government and in the national interest

To generate and build consensus on policies and strategies of the

Planning Commission/Ministry of PD&R

To provide input and feedback from non-government stakeholders to

the policies/performance of the Planning Commission/Ministry of PD&R
The Ministry of PD&R, keeping in view the emerging demands for better
future for Pakistan, was the first to invite and involve private sector along
with the public sector to advise on the future planning and initiatives of the
Ministry/Planning Commission. The Advisory Committee was a platform for
this purpose. Economy of Pakistan is facing different challenges like energy,
investment and resource mobilisation etc. and members of the Advisory
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Committee, who are experts in different areas, will present workable

proposals/reports/papers for submission to the Prime Minister of Pakistan
for his approval. So the decisions taken by the Committee may be
implemented. The Committee has discussed different issues including
energy, resource mobilisation, governance, agriculture and productive
public sector investment etc.

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Young Development Fellows

The Young Development Fellows (YDF) Programme was approved by the
CDWP in its meeting held on September 26, 2013, and it is to cost Rs261.580
million. The aim of the Programme is to bring together 220 emerging leaders
(up to 40 each year) during a five-year period from across Pakistan. The YDF
will be a one-year Programme with built-in stretch/learning assignment
where the Fellows will gain valuable on-job experience. They will be
members of a team, which is expected to make significant contribution
towards the units work programme, while gaining a broad overview of
policies and functions of the Planning Commission. The objectives of YDF are
as under:

To enhance capacity of young Pakistanis in areas relevant to the

Planning Commission, that is, development,
strategic planning,
performance management and evaluation, project management and
appraisal, public policy formulation and development communications

To provide a holistic learning experience, which will open minds and

broaden perspectives

To nurture creativity, collaboration, empathy and adaptability

To train in essential skills needed for research, problem solving,

communication and management, which will help transform ideas into
action

To spark new ideas and create opportunities for personal and

professional growth for the YDF under the guidance of experienced
officers of the Commission

Capacity-building of the officers of the Commission

The YDF will provide an opportunity to Pakistans young leaders to learn
from the experience of the Commission and other economic ministries and
divisions involved in policy formulation. They will be attached with the
Chiefs or Heads of the Sections of the Commission to work under their
supervision. The YDF will be assigned projects and studies in connection with
the Pakistan 2025, and other specified duties relevant to their field. They
may be assigned tasks and projects in other ministries as well. They will be
encouraged to take initiatives and produce quality of work and ideas
independently. The respective Chief or Head of Section will prepare detailed
TORs for each YDF, and performance of the YDF will be reviewed quarterly.
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Under the proposed Programme, eminent national scholars will be brought

together to teach them for a tailor-made training programme at the PPMI.
Main features of the programme are as under:

Up to 40 Fellows from across Pakistan each year work and learn from
experienced policy-makers working in the Planning Commission; will be
carefully selected for their academic background, passion and leadership
potential. These fellows will include economists, social scientists,
engineers, etc.

YDF scholars will learn from some of the national and international most
reputed policymakers known for their outstanding contribution in
policymaking.

Be coached on life skills and develop their whole person through a

portfolio of engaging practical experiences! They will be trained in
writing and communication, numerical analysis, critical thinking and
problem solving, and train in business and entrepreneurship.

Receive a monthly stipend of Rs60000 all-inclusive for one year.

Their fellowship will be terminated automatically on expiry of one-year
period if they performed in accordance with criteria set for their evaluation.
No extension will be granted after expiry of one-year fellowship. However,
five top performers of each batch will be offered one-year extension in the
fellowship period. Moreover, fellowship will be terminated at any time
without any notice on poor performance and indiscipline.
The YDF programme is open to all Pakistani citizens, who are:

Between 18-30 years of age

Hold PhD/Master/professional degree from a reputable foreign or local

university in the field of development, economics, social sciences,
energy, strategic planning, IT, performance management and
evaluation, project management and appraisal, public policy and
governance,
development
communication,
financial
(analysis/management), urban planning, water management, industrial
management, international economic cooperation and infrastructure

Preferably, some relevant professional experience related to

development or continued academic study at doctoral level
Each applicant will be evaluated on a combination of the following criteria:

Display a commitment and passion for national development

Possess outstanding academic or professional credentials

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Exhibit excellent team leadership skills

Demonstrated talent in the domain of his interests

Demonstrated passion to learn things beyond the prescribed curriculum

Personal and interpersonal communication

Involvement and achievement in extra-curricular activities, creativities

and innovation

Performance in interviews
All participants who complete the programme will be awarded a Certificate
of Completion of the YDF. The participants will be designated Young
Development Fellows (YDF).
Posting and monitoring

They will be posted in economic ministries and sections of the Planning

Commission in accordance with their qualifications and experiences.

The fellows will work under the direct supervision of head of the division
and Section.

A roster of tasks assigned to the YDF will be maintained on monthly and

placed on the web site of the Planning Commission.

Performance of each YDF will be monitored regularly on format

designed for evaluation.

Weekly meetings to share experiences/ideas/innovations/research

papers of the YDF will be arranged. All YDFs will present their progress
report/ideas/innovations/research papers during the meeting. Minutes
of the meeting will be recorded by the YDF on turn basis, which will be
submitted to the competent authority. A monthly meeting will also be
arranged with the Minister and Secretary PD&R.

At least one innovated PC-I/ II and research paper will be prepared by

each YDF during the fellowship period.

A completion certificate will be awarded to each YDF on successful

completion of the fellowship period.

Each YDF will select and work under a mentor.

An idea box will be established. A team of YDF will be constituted to

compile ideas.

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PART-I
NATIONAL PLAN AND
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

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PERFORMANCE OF THE ECONOMY

The growth experience of Pakistan highlighted that the country needs to
move towards high and inclusive growth trajectory of 7-8 per cent on
sustained basis to improve quality of life of its citizens and absorbing
massive additions to its job market in the near future.
The journey of revival has started and there is a noticeable improvement in
the countrys macroeconomic indicators. Inflationary pressures have
softened; pressure on foreign exchange reserves and the exchange rate
problems have subdued; the Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) is showing
improvement, which is supported by an increase in credit to the private
sector and economy has achieved a growth rate of 4.1 per cent in 2013-14
compared to the target of 4.4 per cent.

Agriculture
Agriculture is the main stay of Pakistan economy and this sector is providing
livelihood to the highest proportion of the population. Growth in the
agriculture sector has strong implications for the industry and services
sectors as well. Despite all its importance, agriculture growth is the most
volatile and least predictable. The structural problems and composition of
the agriculture sector is constraining growth of the sector at around or
below four per cent even when crops are good. The composition of this
sector indicates that livestock is the largest contributor in agriculture,
followed by crops.
The agriculture registered a growth of 2.1 per cent in 2013-14 against the
target of 3.6 per cent. This slowdown in the agriculture growth is mainly due
to the below par cotton crop and negative growth recorded by most of the
minor crops. The Kharif season suffered a setback due to a fall in the
production of cotton, which was led by almost 2.6 per cent reduction in area
under cultivation. In addition, yield reduction due to biotic factors like
localised pest and disease attacks and heavy rains before the harvest led to
significant crop losses. The growth of important crops went up to 3.7 per
cent from the level of 1.2 per cent last year. Sugarcane production grew by
4.3 per cent while paddy registered phenomenal growth of 22.8 per cent.
Although the sugarcane and rice crops were better compared to the
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previous year, this may not be sufficient to compensate for the damage
done to the cotton crop and devastating performance of the minor crops.
On a positive note, the Rabi season has showed encouraging prospects.
Despite the fact that the wheat support price remained unchanged at
Rs1200 per 40 kg, the area under wheat cultivation, registered an increase
of 4.4 per cent over the last year. More importantly, farmers were able to
complete the sowing stage well in time owing to improved water availability
and the early harvest of the cotton crop which allowed for timely sowing of
wheat. The fertiliser off-take during the Rabi season remained higher than
the corresponding period of the last year.

Rice
The rice crop is converging towards its potential, and during the current year
almost 21 per cent increase in area under cultivation, accompanied by
better water availability resulted in 23 per cent increase in rice production.
In Sindh, Balochistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), increase in area of
rice is due to safety from flood and heavy rain and shifting of cotton area to
paddy crop in Sindh.

Cotton
The cotton crop showed dismal performance this year, and registered a
negative growth of 1.5 per cent. This reduction was mainly caused by almost
three per cent reduction in area under cultivation. In addition, yield
reduction was due to biotic factors like localised pest and disease attacks
and heavy rains before the harvest led to significant crop losses.

Wheat
It is our basic staple food and has huge importance from the perspective of
the food security. Due to this considered importance, the government
announced the support price for wheat. During 2013-14, although the
support price remained unchanged, yet the area under wheat crop went up
by 4.4 per cent. This increase in area, coupled with better water and
fertiliser availability resulted in better yield. Wheat production has
surpassed the target of 25 million tonnes despite less than expected rains in
the Potohar region causing 40-50 per cent reduction in the wheat
production in the region and heavy rains in the Punjab at the time of
harvest.

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Sugarcane
Sugarcane production in 2013-14 grew by 4.27 per cent and touched the
level of 66.5 million tonnes as compared with 63.7 million tonnes last year.
The impressive performance of sugarcane crop is due to an increase in area
under cultivation in Sindh where cotton area was shifted to sugarcane
production, demand for sugarcane also raised owing to establishment of
new sugar mills in Sindh.
The overall situation of the crop sector shown in Table 1.1 below indicates
mixed performance of important crops.
Table 1.1: Area and production of important crops
Area '000' hectares
2012-13

%age
change

2013-14

Production 000
tonnes
2012-13

%age
change

2013-14

Cotton (M.
Bales)

2,879

2806

-2.54

13

12.8

-1.54

Sugarcane

1,129

1,173

3.90

63750

66469

4.27

Rice

2,309

2,789

20.79

5,536

6798

22.80

Wheat

8,660

9,039

4.38

24,211

25286

4.44

Maize

1,060

1,117

5.38

4,220

4,527

7.27

Source: Based on the PBS Data 2014

Other crops
The last year, minor crops had capitalised on productivity gains from the
floods of 2011-12 and posted impressive growth of 6.1 per cent during 201213. This momentum could not be maintained this year and other crops subsector registered negative growth of 3.5 per cent against the target of four
per cent. Gram, pulses, sunflower and other minor crops could not give
better yield and posted negative growth. This was mainly contributed by the
reduction in area under these crops as shown by the table below.

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Table 1.2: Area and production of minor crops

Area '000' hectares

Gram
Potato
Sunflower
Mustard

2012-13
992
174.4
196.1
224.2

2013-14
975.4
161.9
177.2
198.4

Chillies
63.6
62.5
Source: Based on the PBS Data 2014

%age
change

Production 000
tonnes

%age
change

-1.67
-7.17
-9.64
-11.51

2012-13
751.3
3802.2
243.4
204.9

2013-14
474.6
3507.1
230.8
180.9

-36.83
-7.76
-5.18
-11.71

-1.73

147.2

145.1

-1.43

Livestock
Livestock is the most important sub-sector of agriculture in terms of value
addition. It contributes almost 56 per cent to agriculture value addition.
Livestock was envisaged to grow by 3.9 per cent in the Annual Plan 2013-14,
but the value addition of the sector remained below the target and
managed to grow at 2.9 per cent. The growth of milk and meat production
remained less than the previous years growth by 8.6 per cent and one per
cent respectively. Fishery and forestry sub-sectors also lagged behind the
Annual Plan target and grew by 0.98 per cent and 1.52 per cent respectively.

Industry
The industrial sector has shown significant recovery over the last year and
grew by 5.8 per cent as against the target of 4.8 per cent during 2013-14 and
1.4 per cent actual growth of the last year. Some positive growth in the LSM
sector is because of the reduced-power outages, revival in private
investment as demonstrated by a big jump in imports of machinery by 25.9
per cent during FY2013-14 and a quantum increase in credit to the private
sector by scheduled banks to the tune of Rs337.5 billion during July-June
2013-14 as compared to Rs54.3 billion in the last year depicting an
extraordinary growth of 521.3 per cent.
Although the government tried to resolve the power crisis by payment of a
big circular debt to the energy companies, which resulted in reduced loadshedding, benefiting both the household and industrial sectors, but the
shortage of both electricity and gas adversely affected the industrial sector
during the winter season, and the energy crisis have not been resolved
completely yet.
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Manufacturing
On the back of comparatively better power supply to the industrial units and
increased domestic demand, the LSM sector recorded 3.95 per cent growth
during FY2013-14 as compared to 4.09 per cent in the previous year. Poor
law and order situation, acute energy crisis and less domestic demand hit
the LSM growth in the past, which resulted in higher cost of doing business
in the country. Only few industries like fertiliser, leather, paper and boards,
and rubber posted double digit growth rates of 16.5 per cent, 11.7 per cent,
11 per cent and 11.5 per cent respectively. On the other hand, the textile
sector witnessed a modest growth of 1.3 per cent during FY2013-14.
Similarly, another point of concern is the significant negative growth of
engineering and wood industries as their output declined by 12.5 per cent
and 27.6 per cent respectively. Similarly, the substantial drop was also seen
in two sub-sectors of electronic industry, which were electric transformers
and generator sets as their output fell by 57 per cent and 100 per cent
respectively.
Mining and Quarry sector grew by 4.4 per cent in 2013-14 as compared to
3.8 per cent in the corresponding period last year. Value-addition in the
construction sector showed strong growth of 11.3 per cent. Major reasons
for this robust performance were governments policy of modernising the
infrastructure and healthy growth of remittances which is mainly
channelised into real estate and construction sector. Moreover, the
Ashiyana Housing Scheme, which aims to provide at least 1,000 clusters of
500 houses each for low income families and growing housing demand for
the increasing population as well as higher public sector development
project spending by the government like Metro Bus Service project, PakChina Trade Corridor related projects and LahoreKarachi motorway
projects will help the construction industry to flourish more in the coming
years.
Value-addition in electricity, gas and water supply is estimated to grow by
3.7 per cent during 2013-14 against the negative growth of 3.2 per cent last
year. Payment of Rs480 billion circular debt in July this year added up 1700
MW electricity in the system, which improved the electricity distribution.

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Services sector
This sector is the fastest growing sector in the world economy, and is
accounting for the largest share in total output and employment in most
developed countries. It is expected that rising trend of services sector would
continue to gain more and more importance through advancement in the
area of knowledge based and skill-oriented activities. The rising consumer
and business demand is steaming from service related activities in
manufacturing firms and enhancing role of the Information Technology. In
case of Pakistan, the services sector accounts for 55 per cent of the GDP and
little over one-third of total employment. This sector has strong linkages
with other sectors of economy and it provides essential inputs to agriculture
and manufacturing sectors.
The services sector witnessed substantial erosion of growth momentum in
the year under review as it grew by 4.3 per cent which is below the target of
4.5 per cent as well as 4.9 per cent growth of the last year. The main
contributors for this erosion of growth momentum are slackening of growth
in finance and insurance (9 per cent to 5.2 per cent) and general
government services (11.3 per cent to 2.2 per cent). The transport sector
performed below par mainly because of the sluggish performance of ailing
rail and air transport sub-sectors; however betterment in road transport
helped in maintaining its growth.
Wholesale and retail contributes 31.5 per cent in overall value addition and
is expected to surpass the Annual Plan target of 4 per cent. The sector
includes agriculture and manufacturing output and commodity imports.
Moreover, hotel and restaurant are also part of wholesale and retail sector.
The major reason behind this improvement is impressive growth
performances of manufacturing sector; however, slow growth of some
major crops may hurt the growth momentum of this sector.
Transport, storage and communication sub-sector consists of the railways,
water transport, air transport, pipeline transport, road transport,
communication and storage. It is expected that the telecom sector would
post positive growth because of strong telecom imports, increase in the
subscriber base and auction of 3G-4G licences held on the 23rd of April 2014,
which raised more than $1.1 billion. Besides this, revenue of telecom sector

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went up by 4.07 per cent from Rs105.6 billion to Rs109.9 billion, whereas,
the transport sector had a mixed performance.
Finance and insurance provide services regarding the output of the sector,
and value-addition is calculated through Financial Intermediation Services
Indirectly Measured (FISIM). This sector posted lower growth against the
target of six per cent set in the Annual Plan 2013-14 due to decline in
profitability of commercial banks.
Housing Services sub-sector is showing constant growth of four per cent per
annum, and on the other hand, General Public Services grew by 9.2 per cent
in 2013-14 compared to the higher growth of 23.9 per cent last year1. Other
private services registered growth of 5.8 per cent this year against the
growth of 5.2 per cent last year.

Savings and Investment

Pakistans investment rate has seldom exceeded 22 per cent of the GDP.
This investment rate cannot drive the GDP to levels that would absorb all
the new entrants into the labour force. Pakistans investment rate in the
most recent decade has been significantly below that of China, India,
Thailand, and even Bangladesh. However, to make matters worse,
inadequate mobilisation of domestic savings has left the savings rate even
lower than the satisfactory investment rate.
The investment-to-GDP ratio has declined substantially during the last five
years from 19.2 per cent in 2007-08 to 14 per cent in 2013-14. Both
domestic and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) contributed to this downslide.
The fiscal dominance over financing needs crowded out private sector
investment. Other contributing factors include peculiar security
environment, structural rigidities surrounding governance and regulatory
environment. The downward sliding investment has detrimental effects on
future productive capacity of the economy and growth prospects. Total
investment has decreased to 14 per cent of the GDP in 2013-14 as against
14.6 per cent in 2012-13. The public sector investment has inched up to 3.5
per cent of the GDP from 3.3 per cent last year, while the private sector
1

Fiscal Operations, July-June FY14, FY13 & FY12, Finance Division, Government of
Pakistan.
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declined from 9.6 per cent of the GDP in 2012-13 to 8.9 per cent in 2013-14.
Recently, the private sector has shown some appetite for working capital,
but long spells of power outages, deteriorating law and order situation and
other regulatory bottlenecks kept them away from investment.
The national savings have adjusted downward to 13 per cent of the GDP
from 13.5 per cent in 2013-14. The foreign savings have decreased as
investment has fallen to converge towards the lower-saving level. Decision
of the State Bank of Pakistan to tighten monetary policy after easing it out
last year has not impacted much investment climate, which suggests that
the problem lies with other determinants of investment.

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FISCAL DEVELOPMENTS
During 2013-14, the government planned to contain fiscal deficit by
enhancing revenue and controlling expenditure. Consolidated fiscal deficit
was budgeted at Rs1650.6 billion (6.3 per cent of the GDP) as compared to
Rs1105.7 billion (4.7 per cent of the GDP) in 2012-13.
Consolidated total revenue during 2013-14 stood at Rs3637.3 billion (14.3
per cent of the GDP) which is 99.7 per cent of its budget target of Rs3646.7
billion (14 per cent of the GDP). Consolidated tax revenue stood at Rs2564.5
billion (10.1 per cent of the GDP), 7.4 per cent lower than the budget target
of Rs2768.1 billion (10.6 per cent of the GDP). The FBR tax collection stood
at Rs2266.3 billion (8.9 per cent of the GDP), 91.6 per cent of the target of
Rs2475 billion. Better performance in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)
tax collection is mainly attributed to increase in tax rates. The provincial tax
collection stood at Rs190 billion, 11.7 per cent higher than the target of
Rs170 billion. Consolidated non-tax revenue was recorded at Rs1072.8
billion (4.2 per cent of the GDP) that is 22.1 per cent higher than the target
of Rs878.6 billion (3.4 per cent of the GDP).
During 2013-14, consolidated total expenditure amounted to Rs5026 billion
(19.8 per cent of the GDP), 94.9 per cent of the budget target of Rs5297.2
billion (20.4 per cent of the GDP). Consolidated current expenditure stood at
Rs4004.6 billion, one per cent higher than the budget target of Rs3963
billion. Consolidated development expenditure stood at Rs1135.9 billion (4.5
per cent of the GDP), 14.4 per cent lower than the budget target of Rs1326.8
billion. The federal PSDP stood at Rs434.9 billion, 19.5 per cent lower than
the budget target of Rs540 billion, while the provincial PSDP stood at
Rs430.5 billion, 30 per cent lower than the budget target of Rs615 billion.
Other development expenditure stood at Rs270.5 billion, that is, 57.4 per
cent higher than the budget target of Rs171.8 billion. Net lending to the
PSEs amounted to Rs100.61 billion against the budget target of Rs7.5 billion.
Fiscal deficit, during 2013-14, was recorded at Rs1388.7 billion (5.5 per cent
of the GDP) that is below the target of Rs1650.6 billion (6.3 per cent of the
GDP). The lower-than-targeted fiscal deficit is a due to the increased
revenue collection that almost touched its budget target, and reason
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than-targeted tax revenue collection by the provinces and non-tax revenue

collection by the federal government (mainly due to materialisation of the
Coalition Support Fund). On expenditure side, current expenditure
surpassed the target slightly by one per cent, whereas development
expenditure remained below the target by a significantly by 14.4 per cent.

Monetary development
During 2013-14, money supply in the economy increased by 12.2 per cent as
compared to the growth rate of 16.4 per cent during 2012-13. The Net
Foreign Assets (NFA) of the banking system during 2013-14 expanded by
Rs326.847 billion reflecting a growth of 121.5 per cent as compared to a
contraction of Rs263.4 billion reflecting a decline of 49.5 per cent during
the previous year. Increase in the NFA is mainly due to inflow of funds from
various sources, which pushed it upwards.
The Net Domestic Assets (NDA) showed an expansion of Rs752.8 billion
reflecting a growth of 8.8 per cent in stock at the end of June 2013 as
compared to an expansion of Rs1516.9 billion reflecting growth of 21.3 per
cent in stock during the previous year. Growth in the NDA is mainly due to a
number of factors, like loan retirements to external creditors, increase in
investment in the National Savings Schemes (NSS), increase in profit rates
and expansion in credit to the private sector.
The private sector credit intake showed positive development during 201314 as it expanded by Rs378.8 billion as compared to a contraction of Rs19.2
billion during the last year. The increase in credit was not broad based, both
in terms of volume and type which can be attributed to several factors,
which included improved financial condition of the corporate sector and
supply of electricity after settlement of energy sector circular debt by the
government, better business sentiments, and increase in economic
activities. A substantial increase in the amount of credit expansion to the
private sector is also a manifestation of confidence of businessmen in the
pro-business policies of the present government.

Inflation
During 2013-14, the CPI inflation stood at 8.6 per cent on average that was
above the target of eight per cent, and it averaged at 7.4 per cent during
2012-13. The CPI inflation, on year-on-year (YoY) basis, was recorded at 8.2
per cent in June 2014 as compared to 5.8 per cent in June 2013; thus
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registering an increase of 2.4 percentage points. The increase in inflation can

be attributed to many factors, but domestic food prices were the major
stimulant to drive the headline inflation. The increase in prices of food items
was on account of demand-supply fundamentals happened owing to cyclical
conditions and also increase in the prices of imported food items.

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CONTRIBUTION IN THE EXTERNAL SECTOR

Considerable work was carried out regarding the External Sector. From data
analysis to provision of briefs and formulation of the Annual as well as the
Five Year Plan, the Ministry was the hub of activities with respect to the
Balance of Payments issues.
The preparation of the Annual Plan (2014-15) took place during the year.
Chapter on balance of payments chalked out a clear strategy, gave a review
of the last Annual Plan, and provided an outlook for 2014-15 so that it may
be viewed as an authentic report card of the governments efforts in the
external sector. Targets for the Balance of Payments indicators were set
according to the situational analysis, and pertinent data was incorporated
with the help of which calculations were made to give an estimate for the
full year so that the data complemented the analysis.
The 11th Five Year Plan will chalk out and depict the governments blueprint
for development. For the formulation of the Five Year Plan (2013-18)
brainstorming exercise was carried out to collect material on the External
Sector, and the chapter gave a clear way forward.
Viewpoint of this Ministry for contribution in the reform process on the
whole, has been furnished to different ministries, divisions and private
sector organisations on various issues during the year.
Input was provided for the formulation of the Pakistan Vision 2025
regarding the external sector. An important part of the Vision is the
structural transformation towards production of high value-added products,
particularly in dairy, fisheries, livestock, poultry and horticulture. A Rural
Economy Endowment Fund will be created to finance modernisation of
agriculture. The horticulture-related processing industry will be incentivised
to harness the export potential of quality processed food, and cluster-based
development approach will be used to stimulate rural economic growth.
The plan of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has been formulated, which
includes physical connectivity (via roads, railways, fibre optic cables, oil and
gas pipelines) between Western China and Pakistan, investment and
economic cooperation, exploring sectoral cooperation along the Corridor,
including agriculture, industry energy and infrastructure, environment,
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education, research, culture, tourism, media as well as people-to-people

cooperation.
Broadly, the Ministry undertook various steps and initiatives in the external
sector which produced the following results:

Focus on regional trade

Strengthening of the institutional framework

Strategy for export development initiatives

Fostering a vision to develop a competitive knowledge economy through

value-addition

Developments in the External Sector

Attaining of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) Plus status is a
milestone in itself. This shows commitment of the government to correct
the imbalances in the Balance of Payments situation.
The most important development that took place in the External Sector was
the depreciation of dollar against the rupee, which shows that the economy
is performing well and the economic indicators are now showing soundness.
It is observed that almost all economic indicators like the GDP, inflation,
exchange rate stability, interest rate, fiscal deficit, revenues, imports and
exports, remittances, foreign inflows, and reserves etc show a new
positive beginning for the countrys economy. The confidence of the
investors has been restored, and it is bringing about a remarkable turnaround to the economy, which may further strengthen value of local
currency.
A rise in the value of rupee would suppress inflation, and it might have an
adverse impact on exports. However, the government has taken substantial
measures to better the overall external position by ensuring substantial
capital and financial inflows in the country. Export growth was 0.4 per cent
in FY2012-13 while it increased to 1.4 per cent in FY2013-14. Remittances
have also increased from $13.9 billion in FY 2012-13 to $15.8 billion in
FY2013-14. Similarly, the exports also increased, going up from $ 24.8 billion
in FY2012-13 to $25.2 billion in the following FY.
The Large Scale Manufacturing has also witnessed growth, which is the
highest in seven years.
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The country received foreign direct investment of $1456 million in FY201213, and $1631 million in FY2013-14. The foreign exchange reserves have
mounted up, and will soon cross the target. Pakistan has seen better forex
reserves as it received larger inflows from multilateral and bilateral sources,
along with forex inflows through capital markets and better home
remittances.
Although, the first half of FY 2013-2014 saw some decline in the foreign
exchange reserves due to the large debt repayments, and some speculative
tendencies putting pressure on the value of the Pakistani Rupee. The foreign
exchange reserves are satisfactory, which surged from $11 billion at the end
2012-13 to $14.13 billion in June 2014.

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REVIEW OF ANNUAL PLAN 2013-14

Trade balance
The trade balance deteriorated during FY 2013-14, and remained negative to
the tune of $16.6 billion against a deficit of $15.4 billion recorded during
FY2012-13. This was due to an increase of 3.9 per cent in imports, which
offset an increase of 1.4 per cent in exports during FY2013-14.

Exports
During FY2013-14, exports (Free on Board) showed an increase of 1.4 per
cent and stood at $25151 million as against $24795 million during FY201213. The increase in exports may be attributed to an unprecedented rise in
the international prices of rice, within petroleum group export of petroleum
top naphtha, and increase in export of raw cotton due to favourable prices.

Imports
Total imports (FoB), during FY2013-14, stood at $41786 million as compared
to $40226 million during FY2012-13, showing an increase of 3.9 per cent.
Group-wise analysis shows increase in imports of various sectors, namely
agricultural and chemical, machinery and textiles.

Remittances
Remittances, during FY 2013-14, showed an increase of 13.7 per cent and
stood at $15832 million compared to $13922 million during the same period
last year. It must be noted that remittances increased during FY2012-13 as
well.

Current Account Balance

During FY2013-14, current account deficit increased to $2971 million as
compared to $2496 million in FY2012-13. This shows an increase in the
deficit of 19 per cent. Current account deficit increased on account of
increase in trade deficit.

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Capital and Finance Accounts

The disbursements increased to $4201 million in FY2013-14 from $2530
million in FY2012-13. The overall balance remained in surplus to the tune of
$3843 million in FY 2013-14 as compared to $1992 million in FY2012-13

Foreign Economic Assistance

The Foreign Economic Assistance has become vital for sustaining Pakistans
economy, and foreign aid is connected with debt sustainability as well.
According to data provided by the Economic Affairs Division, the gross
disbursement/inflow during FY 2013-14 amounted to $6674 million as
compared to $2855 million in FY2012-13.

Forex reserves and exchange rate

The foreign exchange reserves were at $14.1 billion as on the 30th of June
(2014) against $11 billion recorded on the same day of 2013; thereby
showing an increase of about $3.1 billion or 28.2 per cent. The average
exchange rate, during the year against US dollar, remained at Rs98.47
against Rs98.58 during the last year. This implies appreciation of 0.1 per cent
as compared to a depreciation of 10.34 per cent during the last year.

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PUBLIC SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMME
Review of the PSDP 2013-14
The National Economic Council (NEC) approved the Public Sector
Development Programme (PSDP) 2013-14 on the 10th of June 2013 at
Rs1155 billion with federal component of Rs540 billion and the provincial
Annual Development Programmes (ADPs) at Rs615 billion. The federal
component also included Rs115 billion for the New Development Initiatives
to be undertaken during 2013-14.
Following broader priorities were adopted for allocating the PSDP funds:

Adequate allocation to on-going projects nearing completion

Foreign-aided projects were fully accommodated to meet contractual

bindings at the international level.

Development packages of provinces and Special Areas, and projects of

the least developed areas were protected.

Protection of the core social sector projects, including vertical

programmes of health and population welfare

Only newly-approved projects, falling in priority development agenda,

were allocated funds.

Resultantly, over 92 per cent allocation of the federal PSDP was allocated to
on-going projects for an early completion. An amount of over Rs109 billion
of the foreign aid component was allowed in the PSDP 2013-14.
The priority was given to the infrastructure projects with allocation of Rs283
billion (67 per cent) of the federal PSDP, followed by social sector projects
with Rs64 billion (15 per cent). Within infrastructure, priority was assigned
to power (Rs107 billion), transport and communications, that is,
highways/motorways/ports and railways (Rs105 billion), water resources
(Rs59 billion) and physical planning and housing (Rs12 billion).

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The sectoral allocations stood as under:

Sector
Infrastructure
-Power
-Transport & Communications
-Water
-Physical Planning & Housing
Social sector
-Education/HEC
-Health
-Population Welfare
-Other Social Sectors including MDGs
Initiative
Science & IT
Governance
Special Areas
Programme
-Tameer-e-Pakistan Programme
Production
-Industries
-Food & Agriculture
ERRA
Total

Allocation
2013-14
283
107
105
59
12
64
25
21
8
10
9
7
43
5
5
4
3
1
10
425

(Rs Billion)
%age share
67
25
25
14
3
15
6
5
2
2
2
2
10
1
1
1
0.8
0.2
2
100

In social sector, education/higher education received Rs25 billion, health

Rs21 billion, followed by population welfare Rs8 billion and other social
sectors Rs10 billion. The governance sector was allocated Rs7 billion, science
and information technology received Rs9 billion. For uplift of the Special
Areas (FATA, AJ&K and Gilgit-Baltistan), an amount of Rs43 billion was
provided for their Annual Development Programmes (ADPs). Similarly, an
amount of Rs4 billion was allocated to production sector, that is, industry
and commerce, food and agriculture, and minerals. Rs10 billion were
provided to the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority
(ERRA). The block allocation of Rs115 billion kept for the New Development
Initiatives could not be re-allocated/utilised as it depended upon indication
of resources by the Finance Division.

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To assess financial and physical progress of the PSDP-funded projects, a

detailed Eight Month Review of the PSDP 2013-14 was held in March 2014.
A special meeting to review foreign-funded projects in the PSDP was also
held with the sponsoring ministries/division, and development partners,
that is, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, USAID, Japan and DFID.
During these review meeting, the ministries and divisions were emphasised
to complete those projects on priority, which were allocated full balance
cost in the PSDP 2013-14. Project-specific decisions were also taken to
accelerate physical progress of the PSDP-funded projects so as to achieve
quick impact and better results from the public sector investment.
Ministries, divisions and executing agencies were advised to strictly adhere
to the following guidelines:

To ensure quality of work and compliance of codal formalities, like

observance of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules
during the implementation of development projects

To re-align on-going development portfolio in line with the

governments development priorities and agenda

To ensure internal monitoring mechanism by each ministry to speed up

physical and financial progress of projects, while addressing issues
thereof

To ensure full land acquisition and possession before start of work on

any project so that physical progress is not suffered

Timely submission of the PC-IVs and PC-Vs of all completed projects for
evaluation
As a result of above strategy, 149 projects, costing Rs44 billion, were
completed or substantially completed during FY 2013-14 (Annexure-B). A list
of mega projects, financed through the PSDP 2013-14, is also given as
Annexure-C.

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Regional and Special Areas Development

One of the top priorities of the federal government is to improve the socioeconomic conditions and increase earning opportunities for the residents of
far and backward areas of the country. During FY 2013-14, various efforts
have been made to improve the living standard of inhabitants of the Special
Areas (that is, FATA, AJ&K and Gilgit-Baltistan).
Provision of basic necessities of life and improvement in the standard of
living of the inhabitants of the Special Areas is the prime objective of all the
programmes and projects being implemented in these areas. Greater
financial and administrative authority has been given to these areas with
provision of financial resources in the form of block allocation. Various areaspecific development programmes are being executed to provide health,
education, water supply and sanitation, and infrastructure facilities in far
areas of the country with the objective to improve the socio-economic
conditions of these regions.

Performance of PSDP
During FY 2013-14, the federal government provided block allocation to the
FATA, AJ&K and Gilgit-Baltistan through the federal PSDP. Various area
development projects are being undertaken by the line Ministries in these
areas. A total of Rs45.8 billion was allocated during 2013-14 out of which
Rs39.8 billion were released and utilised in various sectors as indicated
below:
Areas

Allocation

Utilisation

(Rs Billion)
%age of
utilisation
100

FATA block allocation

18.5

18.5

AJ&K block allocation

10.5

10.5

100

Gilgit-Baltistan block allocation

8.2

8.2

100

ICT

1.5

1.5

100

Other programmes

7.1

1.1

30

45.8

39.8

86.9

Total

As a result of above, physical targets in various sectors have been achieved

as indicated below:

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Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Construction and improvement of 127 kilometres of metalled and fair
weather roads and 45 bridges have been completed, while construction of
ten middle, two high schools and six colleges, rehabilitation of the Kheri
Irrigation Channel, installation of eight lift pumps, installation of 76 tube
wells, establishment of 15 private dairy units, supply of 86 tonnes
agricultural inputs (seeds, DAP, Urea), procurement of 274, 000 fruit plants,
construction of Dandi to Roli water channel and feasibility study for
construction of mini dams was also undertaken. Training for skilled
development and knowledge of information technology were given to about
675 people.

Gilgit-Baltistan
Construction of over 250 kilometres of shingle roads, including 20 bridges,
while establishment of two colleges, three higher secondary schools and
two middle schools was carried out. Moreover, construction of 203 flood
protective bunds and ten water courses throughout Gilgit-Baltistan was
done.

Federally Administered Tribal Areas

For the promotion of education of various categories in the FATA, about 80
schemes were completed. 35 schemes to enhance irrigation system in the
Areas were also concluded, while 40 schemes of roads and bridges, and 75
various health-related schemes were implemented.
Various area-specific development programmes in the FATA have been
undertaken by the Narcotics Control Division through which 35 kilometres of
rural roads, five hydel power stations and 35 water supply schemes have
been completed.
Also, in rural areas of the Islamabad Capital Territory, 43 kilometres of roads
have been constructed through the Ministry of Interior and Narcotic Control.

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PART-II
SECTORAL ACTIVITIES

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

On-going development projects
Research for Agriculture Development Programme
It was initiated in 2007-08 by the PARC with an aim to develop demand
driven research solutions and innovations in different sectors, like Crop
Science, Natural Resources and Animal Sciences. Total cost of the project is
Rs2963 million. Total expenditure up to June 2014 was Rs1231.214 million.
About 50 sub-projects have been completed, while 45 are in progress. The
allocation for 2014-15 is Rs328.804 million.

National Institute of Genomics and Advanced Bio-Technology

(NIGAB)
This Institute is being established with a total cost of Rs482.701 million at
the NARC campus to support biotechnology research and development
activities. Total expenditure up to June 2014 was Rs326.201 million. The
project has achieved about 77 per cent of its physical progress. The
allocation for 2014-15 is Rs150 million.

Pak-China Cooperation for Agriculture Research and Development

(Phase-I)
This Project was initiated during the visit of President of Pakistan to China in
February 2009, and aims at productivity enhancement of crops, which are
important for food security, export competitiveness, import substitution,
resource conservation technologies and introduction of non-traditional
commercial crops of economic importance. Its total cost is Rs255.712 million
and total expenditure up to June 2014 was Rs119.923 million with 60 per
cent physical progress. The PSDP allocation for 2014-15 is Rs30 million.

Indigenisation of Hybrid Seed Production for Enhanced Crop

Production
To address the need of indigenous hybrid technology, the project is
designed to develop hybrid varieties of major crops like cotton, wheat, rice
and maize. This project will help in crop intensification, diversification and
sustainable use of natural resources and utilisation of indigenous knowledge
through participatory research. Total cost of the project is Rs665.313 million
out of which total expenditure up to June 2014 was Rs45.453 million, and
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achieved 50 per cent physical progress. The PSDP allocation for the year
2014-15 is Rs47.770 million. Hybrid seed of rice, cotton, vegetables,
oilseeds, wheat and maize will be developed through indigenised hybrid
seed production technology. The developed hybrid seed will be promoted
after their evaluation.

Special programme for strengthening SPS facilities and quality

inspection services in compliance with the WTO Establishment of
Integrated National Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services
(NAPHIS)
It was initiated for the establishment of an integrated food safety, and
Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) management system through
strengthening existing institutional capacities, quality testing labs
infrastructure, establishing effective coordination mechanism, and
facilitating trade of safe and quality food. A bill for establishment of National
Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health Regulatory Authority has been drafted
in consultation with various stakeholders. Total cost of the NAPHIS is Rs415
million, and 90 per cent of physical progress has been achieved with total
expenditures of Rs393.408 million by June 2014. The PSDP allocation for
2014-15 is Rs21.592 million.

Monitoring of crops through satellite technology

The Project was launched in 2009 to monitor the major crop situation
through satellite technology in collaboration with the Provincial Crop
Reporting Services and other departments to forecast, and provide
estimated production figures for all stakeholders. Against the total cost of
Rs165.7 million, about Rs90.846 million have been utilised up to June 2014
with 75 per cent achievement in physical progress. The PSDP allocation for
2014-15 is Rs46 million.

Up-gradation and Establishment of Animal Quarantine Stations in

Pakistan
This Project has been launched with an aim to establish and upgrade six
animal quarantine stations at Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Multan, Sialkot
and Khunjrab, and to establish a new one at Khokhrapar. Total cost of the
project was Rs336.08 million and up till June 2014, total expenditure was
Rs244.066 million with 73 per cent of physical progress. The PSDP allocation
for 2014-15 is Rs62.207 million.

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Establishment of the Horticulture Research Institute, Khuzdar,

Balochistan
The aim of the Project is establishment of the Horticulture Research
Institute at Khuzdar (Balochistan) to undertake research and development
for promotion of horticulture crops using modern technologies. Total cost of
the project is Rs49.991 million and total expenditure up to June 2014 was
Rs15 million. The PSDP allocation for the 2014-15 is Rs16.796 million.

Establishment of Livestock Research Institute, Turbat, Balochistan

The main objective of this Project is to establish the Livestock Research
Institute at Turbat, Balochistan, which is to undertake research and develop
production technologies for enhancing the productivity of livestock. Its total
cost is Rs59.160 million. Expenditure up to June 2014 was Rs14 million with
20 per cent achievement in physical progress. The PSDP allocation for 201415 is Rs21.434 million.

Strengthening of Coastal Agriculture Research Station, Bhawani,

Balochistan
This Project aims at strengthening of the Coastal Agriculture Research
Station at Bhawani with a total cost of Rs51.740 million. The total
expenditure made up to June 2014 was Rs10.500 million with achievement
of 20 per cent of physical progress. The PSDP allocation for 2014-15 is
Rs15.562 million.

New initiatives
Some new projects have been approved, which would contribute to the
development of the agriculture sector effectively.

Application of the Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS Technology for

crop forecasting and estimation
The Project aims at development of short and long-term R&D programme in
collaboration with subject-related Chinese institutes regarding agrometeorology and agronomy with orientation to crop monitoring programme
through satellite remote sensing and GIS technology. Total cost of the
project is Rs917 million. The sponsors are yet to finalise funding
arrangement for the project from the Chinese counterparts.

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Establishment of American Channel Cat Fish (Ictalurus Punctatus)

Hatchery at the NARC
The Project aims at establishment of the American Channel Catfish hatchery
for reproduction of 5-10 million seeds per year at the NARC, rearing of its
larvae and transfer of Channel Catfish seed production technology to
Pakistan. Total cost of the project is Rs59.880 million, and the PSDP
allocation for 2014-15 is Rs23.574 million.

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE-Mad Cow Disease)

Surveillance, and capacity leading to OIE Negligible Risk Country
Status for Pakistan
It is initiated for surveillance of the BSE disease in cattle of Pakistan to assist
countrys case to the OIE (World Animal Health Organisation) through
research-based sound scientific data, and to handle export and import
related issues of cattle, meat, dairy etc. Total cost of the Project is Rs27
million with the PSDP allocation of Rs11.336 million for 2014-15.

Kitchen gardening: A way to safe and nutritious vegetables

It aims at promotion of vegetable cultivation in urban and peri-urban areas
of Islamabad through kitchen gardening and provision of advisory services at
doorsteps. Total cost of the project is Rs36.738 million. The PSDP allocation
for 2014-15 is Rs11.939 million.

Capacity-building of Agriculture Extension Services in Khyber

Pakhtunkhwa (PARC)
The Project envisages education and training of 50 Agricultural Extension
Officers of the KPK about advanced technologies, and improving skill and
knowledge of 250 Field Assistants of the KPK, who are related to promotion
of agricultural extension. Total cost of the project is Rs140.748 million.

Promotion of Olive Cultivation on Commercial Scale in Pakistan

The Project aims at increasing indigenous edible oil production through olive
cultivation on 50,000 acres of unutilised marginal lands; thereby arresting
the drainage of foreign exchange on imports of the edible oil. The olive
plantation would be encouraged in suitable areas of the Punjab, KPK, FATA,
AJ&K and Balochistan. The Project would cost Rs2480 million.

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Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Summer Agricultural Research

Station of PARC
The Project intends to improve and rehabilitate Summer Agricultural
Research Station, Kaghan. Total cost of the project is Rs33.593 million, and
the PSDP allocation for 2014-15 is Rs11.152 million.

Value-addition in the AgricultureCluster Development Approach

The Project is yet to be considered by the CDWP. However, estimated cost
of the Project is Rs985.730 million. It is a nationwide project aims at
promoting the use of modern production and processing technologies to
ensure fair return to the growers, and quality product to the consumers.

Establishment of regional offices and testing laboratories of Marine

Fisheries Department at Gwadar (Balochistan)
The aim of the Project is to establish regional offices and laboratories at
Gwadar to ensure compliances to provisions of the national and
international legislative requirements under the World Trade Organization
(WTO) regime and importing countries, and regularise the fish trade and
fishery products from Gwadar. Out of the total cost of Rs46 million, the
PSDP allocation for 2014-15 is Rs15 million.

Establishment of regional offices and testing laboratories of Marine

Fisheries Department at Peshawar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Objective of the Project is to establish regional offices and laboratories at
Peshawar (KPK) for ensuring compliances of the provisions of national and
international legislative requirements under the World Trade Organization
(WTO) regime and importing countries, and regularise the trade of fish and
fishery products to Afghanistan. Total cost of the project is Rs45 million.

Reactivation of Hatchery Complex for production of fish and shrimp

seed, Karachi (Sindh)
The objective of the scheme is to reactivate the facility established at the
Hawksbay (Karachi) for producing seeds of commercially important fish and
shrimp species. Total cost of the Project is Rs40.604 million and Rs10 million
have been allocated from the PSDP 2014-15.

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Up-gradation and accreditation of Quality Control Laboratories of

Marine Fisheries Department for Environmental Contaminants,
Karachi (Sindh)
The Project is aimed at upgrading and strengthening the quality control
services being provided by the Marine Fisheries Department by adding the
Environmental Contaminations testing and monitoring facility for fish and
fishery products intended for export. Out of the total cost of Rs59.800
million, the PSDP allocation for 2014-15 is Rs13 million.

Up-gradation of Arid Zone Research Institute (AZRI)

Its objective is to establish new adoptive research-cum-demonstration
institutes at Seakach, WANA, South Waziristan Agency, Miranshah, North
Waziristan Agency (FATA), Tank and Matora, Lakki Marwat Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. Total cost of the project is Rs517.242 million.

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POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND MDGs

The Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) and Poverty Reduction Strategy
Papers (PRSP) describe a country's macroeconomic, structural and social
policies and programmes to promote growth and reduce poverty, as well as
associated external financing needs and major sources of financing. Poverty
is a multi-dimensional concept, encompassing many attributes, which brings
many households in their struggle for survival to the margins of society.
These include: lack of sufficient income or consumption and broader
handicaps such as illiteracy, ill-health, powerlessness and social exclusion.
Poverty, in Pakistan, is often defined as the inability to afford consumption
expenditure necessary to meet nutritional requirements. Tackling poverty
requires a holistic approach that promotes pro-poor economic growth,
creates opportunities and choices while maintaining macroeconomic
stability, improving governance and protecting vulnerable segments of
society.
Poverty estimates are highly sensitive to a variety of factors, such as the
choice of poverty-line employed, its underlying data and methodology, the
specification of the threshold level of poverty in terms of caloric
requirements, expenditure or income, the determination of the scale of the
household in terms of number of individuals or adult equivalents, spatial and
regional differences in prices or consumption patterns. In a large number of
poverty studies undertaken in Pakistan since the early 1970s, these choices
have differed to a great deal, with substantial differences in their results and
the policy usefulness of these estimates.
Poverty headcount, based on consistent consumption-based estimates,
comes to around 12.4 per cent2; 7.1 per cent in urban areas and 15.1 per
cent in rural areas in 2010-11, down from 17.2 per cent; 10 per cent in urban
areas and 20.6 per cent in rural areas in 2007-08 (see Table 1). The decline
2

The poverty headcount figures for 2007-08 and 2010-11 may be considered interim
indication of poverty situation in the country. A Technical Group on Poverty is reviewing
official methodology and to find out possible causes of variance in poverty numbers and
recommend final official estimates.

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was the highest, 5.1 percentage points during 2005-06 to 2007-08, while the
magnitude of decline is estimated to be 4.8 percentage points during 200708 to 2010-11. The decline, during the later period, can be associated with a
number of factors including better support prices of agriculture products
helped improvement in the poverty situation in rural areas, better varieties
of crop seed resulting in better agriculture output, and improvement in
inflow of remittances owing to better manpower export policies. Targeted
interventions including, the BISP cash disbursements, subsidies, increase in
individual and corporate philanthropy and increase in female labour force
participation rate in rural areas are other factors that might have
contributed to the decline in consumption-based poverty headcount.
Table 1: Poverty indices by region
(Per cent of population living below national poverty line)
Year
Poverty Line
Overall
Urban
Rural

2005-06
Rs944.47
22.3
13.1
27

2007-08
Rs1141.53
17.2
10
20.6

2010-11
Rs1745
12.4
7.1
15.1

Source: Planning Commission estimates using HIES data of respective years

Strategy for poverty reduction

The government recognises social protection and safety nets as means to
mitigate and manage risk, vulnerability and reduction in poverty through
transfers and social insurance for risk mitigation regardless of prior or future
contribution. The Social Safety Net Project in the Planning Commission is
currently engaged with the provincial governments in the process of
developing provincial social protection policies through providing them
technical assistance with the aid/grant of the World Bank. In addition, all the
provincial governments have signed MoUs with the Planning Commission for
developing provincial social protection policies. An elaborate process flow
has also been agreed with the provincial governments with regard to the SP
Policy Development.
A national framework for social protection will encompass all provincial
policies and bring up national features of the national social protection
system. It is planned to bring all existing social protection programmes
under one umbrella with a unified and transparent inclusion criteria, better
targeting system and efficient monitoring mechanism.
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Benazir Income Support Programme

The national cash transfer programme under the BISP compares well with
the best international practice for design and administration of social
assistance cash transfer programmes. The national cash transfer programme
under the BISP now serves as the countrys main safety net mechanism to
provide minimum income support to female representatives of extremely
poor families.
The BISP annual disbursements rose from Rs16 billion in 2008-09 to Rs48
billion in 2013-14 (July-March), while the number of beneficiaries has
increased from 1.7 million families in 2008-09 to nearly 5.25 million in JulyMarch 2013-14. Around 78 per cent of the BISP beneficiaries are receiving
payments through technology-enabled innovative payment mechanisms.

Zakat
Zakat is one of the important pillars of Islam, which plays an important role
in poverty reduction and in some way helping economic stability in society.
Zakat funds are utilised for assistance to the needy, indigent, poor, orphans,
widows, handicapped and disabled for their subsistence or rehabilitation. As
a consequence of the 18th Constitutional Amendment, the subject of Zakat
has been devolved to the provinces and Special Areas. A total amount of
Rs4053.6 million was distributed as per following details given in Table 2:
Table 2: Zakat distribution (2013-14)
Province/Area

Share (per cent of the total)

Federal Areas
(ICT, FATA &GB)

7 per cent of total amount

ICT=35.14 per cent of 7%
FATA=46.29 per cent of 7%
GB=18.57 per cent of 7%
57.36%
23.71%
13.82%

Punjab
Sindh
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
Balochistan
Sub Total
Grant Total
Source: Ministry of Religious Affairs

5.11%

Total share
(Rs Million)
Total=283.75
ICT=99.71
FATA=131.34
GB=52.69
2162.37
893.82
507.89
520.99
3769.82
4053.57

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Employees Old-Age Benefits Institute

The Employees Old-Age Benefits Institute provides monetary benefits to
eligible insured persons and their survivors fulfilling the prescribed
conditions regarding qualifying age, payment of contribution, etc. As such,
these benefits have proved to be a major factor in combating poverty. The
scheme may be used as a major poverty alleviation vehicle if its coverage is
enhanced to total working population. During July-March 2013-14, the EOBI
disbursed Rs10.98 billion to some 330,645 beneficiaries, while the EOBI
expects disbursement of Rs16.7 billion during 2014-15 to 385,332
beneficiaries.

Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal
The Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) is making a significant contribution towards
poverty reduction through its various poorest-of-the poor focussed services
by providing assistance to destitute, widows, orphans, invalid, infirm and
other needy persons irrespective of their gender, caste, creed and religion
through its on-going core projects and schemes. Details of these are given
below:

Individual Financial Assistance: Under this programme, an amount of

Rs1156.05 million was disbursed to benefit 35838 individuals
countrywide during 2012-13, and Rs605.98 million was disbursed to
benefit 13,434 individuals during July-March 2013-14.

Child Support Programme: Under the CSP, cash incentive is provided to

the parents for sending their children to schools. Rs300 per month is
paid to the families with one school-going child and Rs600 per month to
the families with two or more school going children in 14 districts. An
amount of Rs71.87 million was disbursed among 23,653 beneficiaries
during 2012-13, and Rs31.60 million is disbursed among 16,680
beneficiaries during July-March 2013-14.

Institutional Rehabilitation for NGOs: It provides grant-in-aid to

registered Non-Governmental Organisation (NGOs) having excellent
track-record aimed at institutional rehabilitation of the poor and
deserving persons of the society. During 2012-13, an amount of Rs49.18
million was spent among 24,554 beneficiaries and Rs12.20 million is
spent among 6,102 poor beneficiaries during July-March 2013-14.

National Centres for Rehabilitation of Child Labour: Under the NCsRCL,

an amount of Rs316.92 million was utilised during 2012-13 and Rs285.31
million is utilised during July-March 2013-14.

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Vocational/Diversified Vocational Dastkari Schools: Under the

VDS/DVDS, an amount of Rs156.785 million was utilised during financial
year 2012-13, and Rs136.252 million is utilised from July-March 2013-14.

Pakistan Sweet Homes: During 2012-13 an amount of Rs282.08 million

was spent for welfare of orphans, while Rs168.10 million is spent during
from July-March 2013-14.

Pakistan Great Home: In 2014, one Pakistan Great Home is established

at Lahore on pilot basis. Thereafter, this initiative would be up scaled to
provincial headquarter level, and then at divisional and district levels.
Each Pakistan Great Home would accommodate 100 senior citizens
(above 60 years) where they would be provided free-of-cost boarding,
lodging and medical care. During July-March 2013-14, an amount of
Rs1.28 million is utilised.
The Workers Welfare Fund functional since 1971, with one-time initial
contribution of Rs100 million by the government is financing projects of
houses for industrial workers, education of workers children, health,
technical education and other welfare measures, like marriage grant
(Rs100,000 per daughter per worker), death grant (Rs500,000) and postsecondary scholarship for students.

Skill development
The NAVTTC is presently running Presidents Fanni Maharat Programme and
Prime Ministers Hunarmand Pakistan Programme. An allocation of Rs350
million has been allocated for these programmes in 2014-15. Under the
Fanni Maharat Programme, the NAVTTC has established 130 vocational
training centres/institutes in 79 uncovered tehsils of Sindh, Punjab, KPK,
Balochistan, AJ&K and Gilgit-Baltistan, where previously no TVET institute
existed. Under the Hunarmand Pakistan Programme, the NAVTTC took the
initiative of offering short-term skill development programmes of mostly up
to six-month duration courses in collaboration with public and private sector
training institutes. It covers four priority sectors, including construction,
agriculture (dairy and livestock), Information Technology and
Telecommunication and services (hospitality health, etc.). Other sectors
being focussed are: textiles, oil and gas, child care, transport, paramedics
and traditional trades (cottage crafts, etc). Since its inception, the NAVTTC
has trained 153,640 students up to February 2014.

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Prime Minister Youth Skill Development Programme will train 25,000 youth
in 348 institutes across the country. Under this programme, minimum
middle-qualified youth falling within the age bracket of 18 to 35 years will be
trained all over Pakistan, starting from Gilgit to Gwadar. The training
programme is free for students, and they would be given stipend of Rs2000
and for the FATA students, it would be Rs3000 per month. Moreover, an
operating cost of Rs3000 per month per student will be given to the training
institutes.

Microfinance and business development

The microfinance industry broadly provides services in three categories of
microcredit, microsavings and microinsurance. Within micro-credit, the
number of average borrowers as on December 2013 was at 2.8 million. The
Outreach Growth Rate has increased to 20 per cent compared to the growth
rate of 2012, which was at 13 per cent. The micro-savings grew by 42 per
cent in 2013, and stood at Rs33 billion. Table 3 delineates an institution-wise
breakdown of the major microfinance providers, the number of active
borrowers, as well as number and size of disbursements.
Table 3: Number of microcredit beneficiaries and disbursements
(Rs Billion)
Microfinance programme

Active
borrowers

Microfinance Banks
Microfinance Institutions
Rural Support Programmes
Other Microfinance Institutions
Total

1,119,185
877,135
672,377
164,018
2,832,715

Number of
loans
disbursed
650,639
388,741
365,171
98,856
1,503,407

Disbursements
(July Dec
2013-14)
21,274
8,770
7,549
2,260
39,853

Source: Pakistan Microfinance Network

During July-December 2013-14, 584,719 new microloans were extended to
borrowers, including 71 per cent women. Under the Livelihood, Employment
and Enterprise Development (LEED) 42,729 individuals received skills and
entrepreneurial trainings and 11,103 productive assets were transferred to
ultra and vulnerable poor (58 per cent women). A total of 5,169 community
and partner staff members trained in different categories including 42 per
cent women trainees. Over 1000 new students were enrolled and over two
million patients (59 per cent female) were treated for various ailments.

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Prime Ministers Youth Business Loans Scheme

The Prime Ministers Youth Business Loans Scheme addresses the issue of
Access to Finance for new start-ups and business expansion for spurring
entrepreneurship in the country. The SMEDA has been tasked with an
advisory role in implementation of the Scheme both in terms of developing
information tools and resources, and guiding and disseminating information
to loan aspirants. In this regard, the SMEDA has developed as many as 56
Business Prefeasibility Studies along with information resources and tools
including, Financial Calculators, Guidelines/Template on developing Business
Plan, and seven Training Video Documentaries on various aspects of
business. More than 11.3 million pre-feasibility studies and other tools and
resources have been downloaded from the SMEDA website since the launch
of the scheme in December 2013 to date. Exclusive Help Desks have been
established by the SMEDA at 28 locations in 19 cities, including
Muzaffarabad, Chitral, and Gilgit, for the facilitation of loan applicants. More
than 20,500 loan aspirants have been facilitated through these Desks.

Disaster management
Under the Livelihood Support Cash Grant, the ERRA provided temporary
financial support (cash grants) to the most vulnerable people. The
programme assisted approximately 268000 vulnerable households through
a monetary support of Rs3000 per month for six months, and extending it
for 22000 most vulnerable households for another six months in all nine
affected districts of the KPK and AJ&K.
The ERRA provided rainwater harvesting systems to 40,000 households;
thereby benefiting 280000 people, which have reduced difficulties of,
predominantly, female water-fetching groups, and have saved their time for
productive activities at home.

Expenditures in pro-poor sectors

Poverty reduction cuts across all sectors, which include both current and
development expenditure. Pro-poor expenditures cover 17 related heads.
Based on historical trend, it is expected that poverty-related expenditures
will reach Rs2416 billion in 2014-15 from Rs1911 billion in 2012-13. The propoor budgetary expenditures during 2013-14 are expected to be Rs2139
billion.

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Progress on the Millennium Development Goals

With only two years remaining, the need to multiply efforts for the
achievement of the MDGs has become increasingly important. The
government has taken numerous steps that will have far reaching impact on
the lives of people by transforming the social, political and economic
landscape of Pakistan. This will also impact the outcomes and achievements
against the set targets of Pakistan's MDGs. Pakistan has faced serious
challenges in the last few years. Slow growth, security issues and war against
extremism have put further pressure on our economy. Furthermore the
catastrophic floods have adversely affected approximately more than 20
million people, ravaged different urban and rural areas and caused immense
damage to the infrastructure and agriculture of the country, and affected
the overall economy, and the achievement of many of the MDG goals and
targets.
Despite the adverse circumstances and problems, the government is fully
committed towards the achievement of the MDGs. A number of initiatives
have been taken towards this end. In addition to efforts of the government,
provision of access to markets, new technologies and favourable terms of
trade by the developed world would help in attaining the MDGs.

Poverty
Pakistan adopted a particular methodology for poverty estimation following
the practice in vogue in many countries in 2002. Using that methodology,
poverty incidence in Pakistan in 1990-91 was 26.1 per cent. The MDG
targets half this proportion to 13 per cent by 2015. The incidence of poverty,
based on the poverty estimation methodology adopted by the government
and data collected by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics under Pakistan Social
and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLMS), appears to have
reached closer to the target. Using the consistent data and methodology,
the poverty head count was estimated to be 17.2 per cent in 2007-08 and
12.4 per cent in 2010-11. The apparent causes of the decline in poverty
include private and corporate philanthropy and targeted interventions.
Womens share in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector has
consistently increased from 8.07 per cent from the year 1990-91 to 10.45
per cent in the year 2010-11.

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Education
The target is to achieve universal net primary enrolment as a basis to
improve overall education and literacy levels. Retaining already enrolled
children till they complete their primary education and bringing those who
have never been to school is a big challenge, especially doing it among the
poor.
In 1990-91, the NER was 46 per cent which rose up to 57 per cent in 201213. Concerted efforts are underway to keep this indicator on track by
providing a cushion to vulnerable families for coping with inflation through
various conditional cash transfer programmes. The shortfall in achieving the
MDG targets for Goal 2 is considerable, and requires strategic planning,
commitment at all levels as well as concerted efforts in order to be able to
reach close to the targets.

Health
Estimates for 2012-13 show that the under-five mortality rate has declined
to 89 from 117 (per thousand live births) in 1990-91, while the infant
mortality rate has declined from 102 deaths (per one thousand live births) in
1990-91 to 74 by 2012-13.
The proportion of fully immunised children (against six preventable
diseases) under two years of age improved from 75 per cent to 82 per cent
between 1990-91 and 2012-13, whereas the proportion of children under
one year of age immunised against measles also improved to 81 per cent
during the same period.
The Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) declined to 276 (deaths per 100,000 live
births) in 2010-11 from 533 (deaths per 100,000 live births) in 1990-91.
However, achieving the MDG target of 140 (deaths per 100,000 live births)
require immense resources and efforts. The share of deliveries attended by
skilled personnel has gone up to 52 per cent in 2012-13 from 18 per cent in
1990-91. The situation demands immediate attention and consistent efforts
to increase this rate further.
During 1990-91 and 2012-13, the CPR among married women improved
from 12 per cent to 35 per cent. A decrease in the TFR over the period 199091 to 2012-13 is from 5.4 to 3.8 per cent. Despite remarkable improvement
in antenatal care between 1990-91 and 2011-12 from 16 per cent to 68 per
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cent, a good number of mothers are having at least one antenatal visit to
the doctor.
Malaria is another major public health concern that threatens millions. The
disease is now emerging as a prominent health problem. Malarial epidemics
occurrence at the interval of 8-10 years is a mystery. There is a need to carry
out research in order to fully understand the underlying causes and take
measures to resolve the issue.
Tuberculosis is another major health problem in Pakistan with a
considerable large proportion of the TB cases in the age group of 15-49
years. Higher population growth, lack of adequate immunisation and health
care facilities and incomplete treatment of TB patients are the main causes
of its prevalence. The percentage of TB cases detected and cured has
increased from 79 per cent in 2001-02 to 91 per cent in 2010-11.

Women empowerment
Primary GPI in Pakistan has improved from 0.73 in 1990-91 to 0.90 in 201112. Pakistan also made consistent progress towards achieving Youth Literacy
GPI that increased from 0.51 in 1990-91 to 0.81 in 2011-12. However,
progress on this indicator is quite slow. After devolution, the provincial
governments need to take steps to achieve this target by 2015. Gender
inequalities in terms of womens political participation and share in the
national decision-making process has greatly improved over the years, as
their representation rose from 0.9 (National Assembly) and one per cent
(Senate) in 1990-91 to above 22 per cent and 17 per cent in 2012-13 in both
the National Assembly and Senate respectively.

Environmental sustainability
Since 1990-91, the land area under forest cover has improved from 4.8 per
cent (of the total area of Pakistan) to 5.2 per cent in 2011-12. Pakistan aims
to increase the forest cover area up to six per cent by 2015, which requires
dedicated efforts and matching investment to achieve this goal. The GDP per
unit of energy has been fluctuating over the years and value-addition per
tonne of oil has increased from Rs26471 in 1990-91 to Rs26543 in 2008-09.
The MDG target of Rs28000 is potentially achievable though rigorous efforts
will be needed to materialise this.
Inadequate potable water, and poor sanitation facilities and practices are
associated with a host of illnesses, such as diarrhoea, typhoid, intestinal
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worms and hepatitis. In order to step up efforts to provide access to

improved drinking water to 93 per cent of population by 2015, the
government launched Clean Drinking Water for All strategy. Drinking water
coverage, according to the latest available estimates, increased from 53 per
cent in 1990-91 to 87 per cent in 2012-13. The proportion of sanitation has
been targeted to rise from 30 per cent in 1990-91 to 90 per cent by 2015. In
2012-13, the ratio was 71 per cent.

Strategy to achieve MDGs

The government has taken a number of steps, including strengthen existing
programmes for achieving the MDGS by 2015. These include:

Provincial agreement on MDG Acceleration Framework (MAF) on

education, while engagement for health sector MAF is in progress.

Comprehensive Plan of Action for each province to implement the MAF

commitments

Enhancing capacity of people through human resource development

that involve better education, health, population welfare, skill
development services, improved access to clean water and sanitation
and gender mainstreaming initiatives

Provision of productive assets inclusive of microfinance at individual

level

Moving towards a comprehensive social safety net to protect the

vulnerable and those suffering from natural or manmade disasters

Reforming and strengthening institutions for better delivery of public

services to people

Improving access and quality of education services

Improving Human Development Indicators in the country

Enrolment campaign on the World Literacy Day 2013

Basic Education Community School Project

Youth Laptop Scheme

Improving access and quality of health services

National Maternal Neonatal and Child Health Program (MNCH)

National Program for family Planning & Primary Health Care

EPI and Control of Diarrheal Disease

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Enhanced HIV/AIDS Control Program

Roll Black Malaria Program

National TB Control Program

Providing improved population welfare facilities

Infrastructure development

To help augment physical assets of the poor, the Pakistan Poverty

Alleviation Fund is providing improved access to microfinance.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The Science and Technology Section of the Ministry of PD&R is the focal
point dealing with projects and programmes of the Ministry of Science and
Technology. Realising the financial obstacles faced by the country, the MoST
during 2013-14 focussed more on transfer of technology and
commercialisation of the products and processes, developed over the years
by its organisations to compete in the open market and in order to make
direct contribution to the economy.

Financial review
During the fiscal year 2013-14, an amount of Rs2172.6 million was allocated
for 54 development projects. Out of this, Rs1649 million were released and
utilised. 23 projects were completed during the year under consideration.

Specific performance and achievements of MoST and

its organisations
During the year under review, outreach activities and demand driven R&D
with various sectors of the local industry had been the priority. Some major
ongoing projects in the S&T Sector were: provision of safe drinking water,
construction of Ministry of Science building, Water Quality Monitoring
Programme, Production of Bio-energy from Plant Biomass, BMR of the
PCSIR/NPSL, and up-gradation of pilot plants at major centre along with
establishment of mechanical workshops of the PCSIR. The organisation-wise
summary of activities, achievements and progress during 2013-14 is given
below:

Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial

Research
During 2013-14, the PCSIR developed 30 processes, developed seven
analytical equipment, registered 14 patents and has more than 48 research
publications at its credit. In addition, keeping in view the ban on export of
fisheries and fish-related products due to dioxin pollutants, the PCSIR with
the assistance of the European Union and UNIDO established South Asias
first Dioxin/POPs Testing Laboratory at the PCSIR (Karachi) for providing
services to the stakeholders of fisheries, seafood and food products for the
resumption of fisheries export to the European markets. It established the
TBIC and Halal Authentication Centre at the PCSIR Labs Complex, Lahore.
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Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources

(PCRWR)
The PCRWR undertook five Research and Development (R&D) projects
during 2013-14 in areas of water quality, water management and rainwater
harvesting and desertification control. Moreover, it completed construction
of three water quality laboratory buildings at Sialkot, Sahiwal and Mianwali,
and imparted training to 87 professionals of Water Supply Agencies of the
country at Islamabad. The PCRWR installed 16 water filtration plants in rural
areas of Islamabad, Rahim Yar Khan, Multan, Narowal, Faisalabad, Mianwali,
Vehari, Mitiari, Khairpur Badin, Umerkot, Nasirabad, Jacobabad, Mansehra,
Tank and Muzaffarabad districts, whereas installation of eight plants at
Abbottabad, Mardan, Khairpur, Quetta, Zhob, Pishin, Lucki Marwat and
Gilgit is in progress. Construction of one leaky dam and watershed
management activities at two sites (Warzumba and Kanmitarzai) in
Balochistan were also completed during 2013-14.

Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF)

A total of 32 research/applied nature projects were approved in various
science disciplines at different universities/R&D organisations throughout
the country. 21 scientists and technologists availed travel grants, six
scientific societies were provided partial financial assistance and four
students were sponsored for participation in the London International Youth
Science Forum (LIYSF-2013). Financial grants were provided to seven
schools/institutes for lab equipment/computers, and science exhibitions at
553 schools of the country were arranged. A Memorandum of
Understanding with the Scientific and Technological Research Council of
Turkey (TUBTEK) was signed for collaborative research activities.

Pakistan Council for Science and Technology

The PCST through Pakistan Technology Board is working to identify and
select key technologies of strategic importance for industrial growth and to
achieve competitive advantage in international markets. The Technology
Foresight Exercise for the facilitation of the strategist and policy planner is
underway. During 2013-14, the project team carried out Foresight studies
on Biotechnology, Water, Nanotechnology and Electronics sectors.

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Council for Works and Housing Research

The CWHR developed light weight aggregate by using available raw
materials along coastal areas of Balochistan. The findings have shown that
using lightweight aggregate will reduce the weight of concrete structures up
to 40 per cent without compromising durability of the structure. Quality
testing services provided to the construction industry. Moreover, students
of Civil Engineering from the NED University of Engineering and Technology
and Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, obtained internship
trainings from the CWHR.

Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy Technologies

On the R&D front, the PCRET indigenously produced third generation solar
cells using organic materials. Commercial scale biogas plant was erected
with 150 cubic meter capacity per day. A Grid-Tied solar system was
designed for the electrification of the Parliament building, Islamabad. Solar
powered tube wells designed and installed having suction capacity ranging
from 50ft to more than 200 ft with various discharge capacities. The PCRET
also signed MOUs with some private stakeholders for commercialisation of
the PCRET-designed renewable energy products.

National Institute of Electronics

The NIE has established a Pilot Production Line to manufacture SMT LED
panels and electronics boards. The Production Line will be used to
manufacture LED lights for buildings, streets, offices, homes, etc. The
National Electronic Complex of Pakistan (NECOP) is jointly being executed by
the NIE and NESCOM. Specialised training imparted to trainers in the PCB
design and fabrication and other specialised disciplines. A centre for quality
testing of electronics products has been established. The NIE got accredited
its testing lab by the PNAC to IEC/ISO 17025 Standard.

National Institute of Oceanography

The NIO prepared a detailed survey plan of the Indus Delta and Creek
System under a collaboration programme between the NIO and FAO/MFD. A
technical report Marine Geo-Technical Survey of Pasni Fish Harbour was
submitted to the Balochistan government.

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Pakistan Standards Quality Control Authority

The PSQCA obtained membership of the ISO, established cooperation with
the Saudi Arabian Standards Organizations (SASO), established national
coordination committee on trade barrier to trade, developed technical
groups for the benefits of industries, formulated and revised 229 Pakistan
Standards and adopted 211 international Standards.

Pakistan National Accreditation Council

The PNAC conducted pre-assessment, surveillance assessment and reassessment of 60 Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) including
laboratories, certification bodies and inspection bodies. Furthermore, the
Halal Accreditation Scheme is being launched for accreditation of Halal
Certification Bodies.

Center for Advance Molecular Biology

The CAMB developed procedure and established laboratory for the PCRbased diagnosis of dengue virus and the services are being offered to
general public. Procedure was also developed for DNA typing for animal
parentage verification. The CAMB provided forensic analysis services helping
to solve 649 criminal cases. Diagnostic services for most prevalent disease,
like hepatitis B and C and tuberculosis, were provided to 9,382 patients
throughout Pakistan. The CAMB is regularly providing training to a large
number of judiciary, law enforcement agencies, medico-legal doctors and
investigating agencies on the use of the DNA Forensic Science in addition to
guiding and supervising MPhil and PhD scholars in R&D in the field of
Molecular Biology.

National University of Science and Technology

The NUST with seven campuses and 21 schools/institutes and with 958
faculty members is providing academic and research facilities to more than
12720 undergraduate and graduate students. The NUST established
Technology Incubation Centre and has emerged as a centre of excellence for
advanced scientific and technological education and research. A
nanotechnology-based Point of Use (PoU) filter, for removing arsenic from
water, has been developed.

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COMSATS Institute of Information Technology

The CIIT with seven campuses is provided graduate and post-graduate level
education to more than 20,000 students, in IT, engineering and emerging
science and technology fields. Nanotechnology initiative Class 1000 Clean
Room is a new initiative of the CIIT, which will enable researchers to harness
nanotechnology to create new, inexpensive materials, devices and systems
with unique properties.

Higher Education
In addition to the S&T projects, this Section has been entrusted with a few
projects of the Higher Education sector. The government of Pakistan
allocated Rs18490 million for the development projects of the universities
and the HEC in FY 2013-14. An amount of Rs18813.2 million was released
against the allocation (83.6 per cent of the total allocation).

Physical achievements
A major portion of development funds under the HEC projects was meant
for human resource development, establishment of state-of-the-art
teaching and research labs and infrastructure development of the higher
education institutions of the country. As a result of these interventions, six
Pakistani universities are now ranked among the top 300 Asian universities,
while two Pakistani universities are now ranked among the top 300 science
and technology institutions of the world. Other milestones achieved were:
increase in student enrolment at universities from 330000 to over one
million, increase of percentage women enrolled in universities from 36 per
cent to 46 per cent has been achieved.

Human resource development

The present government believes that youth of this country is the real
driving force towards economic and prosperous Pakistan; therefore, the
government has launched number of new initiatives for youth which
include:

Distribution of 100000 Laptops to talented students who are pursuing

their MS/PhD studies in the public sector higher education institutions
of Pakistan. The cost of the project is Rs4 billion and the funds under this
scheme are being provided to the HEC in addition to its allocation.

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Merit and need-base scholarships, under the Pak-USAID scholarship

programs (Phase-II) costing to Rs2.9 billion, have been launched under
which 3000 needy Pakistani students will be benefitting.

A total of about 3136 scholars have already returned successfully, while

nearly 3151 scholars are pursuing their higher education abroad.

1275 scholars have already completed their degrees, while 4868

scholars are studying under the indigenous scholarship programmes in
different universities in Pakistan.

3022 scholars have passed out so far, and 2515 are still studying in
different institutions and universities under the need-based scholarship,
especially for Balochistan and the FATA.

300 scholars completed, while 607 scholars are studying in Cuba, under
the MBBS programme.

Infrastructure development
About 35-40 per cent of the approved development funds have been
allocated for infrastructure development of the universities to expand
access to higher education. Some of the major projects are:

Construction of new campus of University of Engineering & Technology

(Lahore) at Narowal at a cost of Rs939.9 million

Strengthening and Up-gradation of University of Engineering and

Technology (Taxila) and its sub-campuses at a total cost of Rs685.3
million

Strengthening of faculties of Lahore College for Women University

(LCWU) Lahore at total cost of Rs643.5 million

Provision of Academic and Research Facilities of Government College

University (Faisalabad) at total cost of Rs797.4 million

Strengthening of the Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science

and Technology (QUEST) (Nawabshah) at a total cost of Rs697.8 million

To encourage the R&D activities and improve skill of students, 35 per

cent of approved development funds have been allocated for provision
of teaching and research lab equipment and improvement of the ICT
infrastructure at different universities. These development funds will
help to expand the higher education facilities, improve the R&D
activities, etc.

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EDUCATION
Education is the sole source of socio-economic development. The United
States of America, China, Japan and other developed countries got their
present status in every walk of life, particularly socio-economic
development, because of investment in the human resource development.
Education is a cornerstone of human resource development and is an
important factor playing the role of an agent of social change. Through
education society can initiate new ideas, values and sets targets for the
population, particularly young generation, to pursue and attain the goals for
the betterment of the society as a whole and particularly for economic wellbeing. Through education, any society and state can attain goals to socialise,
initiate, formulate and develop individuals according to their needs.
Another important aspect of education is that it fulfils societys needed
human resources, like skill development required in the industry and
technology of the modern economy. Technology is also product of education
system, which changes the society by changing the environmental factors.
Education is main source of training individuals in the requisite fields of
knowledge desired by the commerce and trade sectors. We can produce
awareness through curriculum designing in areas of the Islamic ideology of
Pakistan, Islamic history, cultural heritage, value system, national goals,
democracy, human rights and liberty for social change in the context of
Pakistan.
According to the Millennium Development Goals, Pakistan is committed to
achieve universal enrolment in the primary education by 2015. The
government of Pakistan has made education free and compulsory up to
Grade 10. Under the 18th Constitutional amendment, the subject of
education has been devolved to the provinces. Now the provincial
governments are bound constitutionally to make policy, planning and
implementation of education subject up to college level. Provinces have
agreed to implement the National Education Policy 2009 in letter and spirit
till new policies to be framed by them according to their situation. Females
and under-served/disadvantaged and marginalised rural areas of Pakistan
like Balochistan, FATA and Gilgit-Baltistan are lacking basic educational
facilities. Balochistan and Tribal Areas deserve special attention for
education.
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The purpose of development projects and programmes is to provide more

facilities to reduce the gap of access, equity and quality at all levels of
education. The present government is committed to allocating more
financial resources to attain the educational targets for the betterment of
the society.
Millennium Development Goals
National progress in Goal 2: Achieving Universal Primary Education
Indicators

Definitions

Net primary
enrolment
ratio (%)

Number of children
aged 5-9 years
attending primary
level classes i.e., 1-5,
divided by the total
number of children
aged 5-9 years,
multiplied by 100.
Proportion of
students who
complete their
studies from grade 1
to grade 5
Male
Female
Proportion of people
aged 10+ years who
can read and write
with understanding
Male
Female

Completion
/survival
rate 1 grade
to 5 (%)

Literacy rate
(%)

1990
-91

2001
-02

2010
-11

2011
-12

2012
-13

46

42

56

57

57

MDG
Target
2015
100

50

57.3

49

50

51

100

35

53.3
64.3
45

59
39
58

60
40
58

60
42
60

88

48
21

55
35

69
46

70
47

71
48

89
87

The above table shows that there is only a slight increase in Net Primary
Enrolment ratio from 56 per cent in 2010-11 to 57 per cent in 2012-13
where as the target is 100 per cent by the year 2015. It seems to be very
difficult to attain that target if the trend of achievement remains the same,
and which is not encouraging. The performance in the indicator of the
Completion/Survival rate Grade 1 to 5 is not encouraging as well. It indicates
49 per cent during 2010-11 with very slight increase to 51 per cent in
2012-13, whereas the MDG target is 100 per cent by 2015. Performance in
the indicator of literacy rate is also not encouraging, like other indicators.
The above table also shows 58 per cent in 2010-11 with two per cent
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increase in 2012-13. Overall performance in the Millennium Development

Goal 2 is not encouraging, which needs to address the issue by plugging the
financial and physical gaps in the system of education at the national level.
Provincial progress 2012-13
Goal 2: Achieving Universal Primary Education
Indicators
Net primary enrolment
ratio (%)
Male
Female
Completion/survival
rate 1 grade to 5
Male
Female
Literacy rate (%) 10
years and above
Male
Female

National
57

Punjab
62

Sindh
52

KPK
54

Balochistan
45

61
54
51

64
60
54

56
48
52

59
48
44

54
35
34

60
42
60

61
47
62

62
41
60

59
29
52

49
18
44

71
48

71
54

72
47

70
35

62
23

The above table indicates that performance of the Punjab is encouraging in

comparison to other provinces. Female education rate in the Punjab is
encouraging. There is a little gap of four per cent only between male and
female Net Primary Enrolment Ratio. In the same indicator, the female to
male gap is not encouraging, which remains at the rate of eight per cent, 11
per cent and 19 per cent in Sindh, KPK and Balochistan respectively. The
overall gap of female-to-male in the above indicator remained seven per
cent at the national level. The indicator of Completion/Survival rate shows
female-to-male difference of 18 per cent at the national level and 14 per
cent, 21 per cent, 30 per cent and 31 per cent remains to Punjab, Sindh, KPK
and Sindh respectively. The literacy rate shows that there is a difference of
female-to-male achievements at 23 per cent at the national level, 17 per
cent, 25 per cent, 35 per cent and 39 per cent in the Punjab, Sindh, KPK and
Balochistan respectively.

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Progress (2012-13) Goal 3: Promoting gender equality

Indicators
GPI
Primary (5-9 years)
Secondary NER (1415 years)
Youth literacy (15
years and above)

National

Punjab

Sindh

KPK

Balochis-tan

MDGs

0.70
0.82

0.77
0.82

0.66
0.75

0.49
0.58

0.37
0.37

1
0.94

0.65

0.72

0.63

0.44

0.31

Source: Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement (PSLM) Survey 2012-13

The above table shows that there is a gap in female-to-male education. At

the national level, the GPI Primary (5-9 years) is only 0.70, whereas the
target is 1. The NER of Secondary at the national level is 0.82 and the target
is 0.94. Youth literacy is 0.65 at the national level and the target is 1.
Pakistan is far beyond the target of promoting gender equality, which is Goal
3 of the MDGs. It indicates that we need much more resources, physical as
well as financial, with proper processing to attain the Goals.

Overview of 2013-14
During financial year 2013-14, the PSDP allocation of the federal
government was Rs5715.824 million.
Federal PSDP 2013-14
Schemes
Capacity-building of teacher training institutions and
training of elementary school teachers
Establishment, strengthening and expansion of schools
and colleges.
Scholarships
Literacy through BECS & NCHD
Educational planning, management and leadership, and
monitoring of projects
Total

Number of
schemes
05

(Rs Million)
Allocation
829.354

04

35.708

05
02
04

98.894
4703.053
48.815
5715.824

Provincial development budget for basic and college education

Sector/SubPunjab
Sindh
KPK
sector
Elementary, Secondary, College and Teacher education
14470.905
14987.883
27628.846

Source: Provincial Annual Development Plans 2013-14

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Balochistan

7748.767

(Rs Million)
Total

64836.401

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PHYSICAL PLANNING AND HOUSING

The main aim of the Physical Planning and Housing (PP&H) Section is to
support cities to continue their historic role of generating growth and
spreading prosperity across all provinces and regions of the country,
including development of urban areas and cities, housing, drinking, water
supply and sanitation facilities. Besides this, construction of the government
offices and development of Islamabad also comes under the umbrella of this
Section. The provincial governments undertake the PP&H activities at their
local level by preparing the master plans, standards, regulations and
monitoring the implementation of projects as well as sharing of financial
resources with the local governments.
The PP&H Section also deals with sectoral policies, planning, programming
and budgeting of the projects relating to water supply, sanitation, urban
development, urban renewal, slum up-gradation, housing, and development
of the Federal Capital Islamabad. It is constantly involved in the formulation
of sub-sectoral programmes; preparation of the PSDPs, annual plans and
programmes, implementation of the sectoral Action Plans of the PP&H and
the technical appraisal of numerous sectoral projects as submitted by the
federal ministries, divisions and organisations, and the provincial
governments for the consideration of the CDWP and the ECNEC. Therefore,
to achieve the national development objectives and goals, the PP&H Section
has processed following projects for approval of the competent forums
during 2013-14:
S.No.

Competent forum

Number of schemes processed for

approval of the competent forums

1.

DDWP

50

2.

CDWP

24

ECNEC

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The following table contains list of important projects approved during

2013-14.
S.
No
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

9.

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

17.

Name of the scheme

Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme K-IV (Phase-I) 260
MGD.
Construction of Low Cost Housing Units for Earthquake
Affectees of District Awaran, Balochistan
Water Supply Scheme for Hub Industrial Trading Estate
Phase-II (Extension, Revised PC-I)
Construction of High Security Block in Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Islamabad.
Acquisition of Land and Construction of Audit Complex,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar (Modified Revised PC-I).
Construction of Survey of Pakistan Building at Hayatabad,
Peshawar
Construction of SM Barracks, Married Accommodation Etc
for HQ GB Scouts and 113 Wings at Gilgit. (Revised PC-I)
Construction of Wing Office Quarter Guard, JCOs/Officers,
Mess & Accommodation etc for HQ Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts
and 113 Wing at Gilgit (Revised PC-I)
Construction of Non-residential Buildings and other
Facilities for Force HQ GB Scouts and 113 Wing at Gilgit
(Revised PC-I)
Construction of Accommodation for Sui Rifles, Balochistan.
Construction of Federal Judicial Academy at H-8, Islamabad
nd
(2 Revised)
Provision of Drinking Water to the Fishermen Communities
Along with Coast Line, Balochistan
PNRA Residential Colony at Chashma, District Mianwali
(Modified PC-I)
Construction of Accommodation for 2 Wing Chenab
Rangers at Rata Ariaan, Sialkot.
Construction/Up-gradation of Mosque at Pak-Secretariat,
Islamabad
Land Acquisition and Site Development of Pakistan
Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) for
construction of new campus.(PC-II)
Upgrading of Mechanical System for Sewerage and
Drainage Services in Gujranwala

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Cost
Rs Million
25,551.77
4,000
373.189
998
105.949
135.628
75.632
120.989

333.138

851.07
1281
586.415
466.80
166.173
211.68
618.716

1121.281

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18.
19.
20.
21.

22.
23.

24.

Construction of Islamabad High Court Building at

Islamabad
Construction of Single and Married Accommodation
nd
Officers/JCOs, Qtrs for HQ GB Scouts, Gilgit (2 Revised)
Construction of Residential Buildings for Force HQ GB
Scouts and 113 Wing at Gilgit (Revised)
HVAC works for:
200 Bed Jinnah Hospital at Kabul, Afghanistan
Naib Aminullah Khan Logari Hospital at Logar, Afghanistan
Lift Works in 200 Bed Jinnah Hospital at Kabul, Afghanistan
Procurement of Furniture for:
200 Bed Jinnah Hospital at Kabul, Afghanistan
Nishter Kidney Centre at Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Hostel for Rehman Baba School at Kabul, Afghanistan
Naib Aminullah Khan Hospital, Logar, Afghanistan
Establishment of Tax Payees Facilitation Centres (TFCS)
(Phase-II) Islamabad (Revised PC-I)

2,850
112.516
216.915
439.304

60.103
96.937

997

Pakistan is the fastest urbanising country and would be the most urbanised
in South Asia by 2025. Presently 37 per cent of the population resides in
urban Pakistan and this proportion is expected to reach the level of 50 per
cent by 2025. The unplanned growth of cities in Pakistan is posing a
challenge for policymakers, planners and decision-makers. Major challenges
that emerge are lack of planning and management of growing urbanisation.
The present government has launched the Pakistan Vision 2025 for
providing a strategic direction to achieve accelerated growth and
development in the country in the days to come.
The Seventh World Urban Forum 2014 per Medellin Declaration has
proposed a new urban agenda for all countries of the world that can
overcome the challenges of lack of adequate legal framework and planning,
which leads to the relentless expansion of cities, intensive energy use,
alarming and dangerous on climate change impacts, multiple forms of
inequality and exclusion and increased difficulties in providing decent work
for all. This agenda aims to promote an urbanisation model that is peoplecentred based on Cities for Life. The new urban agenda requires new
technologies, reliable urban data and integrated, participatory planning
approaches to respond both to present challenges and emerging needs of
the future.

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The Pakistan Vision 2025 aims at transforming our urban areas into creative,
eco-friendly sustainable cities through improved city governance, effective
urban planning, efficient local mobility infrastructure (mass transit systems)
and better security to make urbanisation an important driver of growth.
Besides, community-based participation will be promoted to transform our
cities into 'creative' cities where local and innovative solutions are found to
local problems through community organisation in collaboration with the
city governments. The aim is to allow for the free exchange of ideas and
organise citizens and city officials so that they can work together in
formulating and implementing strategies to combat local issues and
problems.
There is a need for synthesising efforts of the provinces at the national level
for creating a harmonised urban development in the country. Pakistan
Urban Planning and Policy Centre, under the Planning Commission, is
therefore an attempt to anchor the subject of Urban Development at the
national level for synthesising efforts for a better urban future for Pakistan.
The proposed centre is expected to be launched during the year 2014-15.
The Pakistan Urban Planning and Policy Centre will initiate reform besides
introducing innovative solutions for urban development in partnership with
the provinces a major tool with which to jump start Pakistan's economic
revival. These improvements will be the first step in developing 'smart cities'
cities that are capable of adapting to increasing complexity and demand
for knowledge communication given urban expansion. To be able to cope
adequately to increasing populations and city size with respect to providing
public services, real-time updates on city traffic patterns, pollution, crime,
parking spaces, water and power will be required. Therefore, for our cities
to become 'smart', they must be equipped to transfer such vast amounts of
data instantaneously. The Vision seeks to ensure that Pakistan's cities are
digitally connected, equipped with wireless network sensors and econnectivity in all parts where the free flow of information is possible,
thereby laying the foundations for the cities of Pakistan to be smart and
creative.

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SOCIAL WELFARE AND WOMEN

DEVELOPMENT
Social welfare is concerned with institutional care and empowerment of the
poor, vulnerable, marginalised and excluded segments of population, that is,
children, women, persons with disabilities, special children and elderly to
enhance their capabilities to mitigate vulnerability and risks. It also
recognises provision of access to poor for their basic necessities of
education, health, nutrition, skill development, water and sanitation, etc.
The social welfare initiatives have had a positive impact on underlying
poverty and inequality providing equitable social and economic
opportunities to all segments of the society. The overall social welfare
planning initiatives have focussed on the following areas and targets:

Mainstreaming of downtrodden, deprived, vulnerable and marginalised

segments of population by providing access to social welfare services

Community services through formulation of plans, policy, programmes

and projects for the well-being of the local needy people

Empowerment, accessibility and mainstreaming of the Persons With

Disabilities (PWDs)

Encourage and promote inclusive education for special children by

registering them in normal schools

Support and promote inclusive education system

Promoting women and child protection and ensure their rights

Welfare of senior citizens, women, children and youth

The target population for social welfare and women development initiatives
include poor, vulnerable and excluded population including children,
women, youth, PWDs, elderly, and other socially and economically excluded
people. It also includes: policy interventions to implement national
responsibilities and international commitments, that is, National Policy for
Persons with Disabilities, National Plan of Action on Child survival,
Protection and Development, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
(CRC), Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and
Convention on Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW).
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Activities/achievements
Social welfare and women development
During 2013-14, fifteen development projects of social welfare and women
development with the PSDP allocation of Rs134.6 million remained in
progress, whereas Rs112.5 million (83 per cent) expenditure incurred
against the allocation. These projects and interventions mainly focussed on:

Social welfare

Early childhood care, protection and development through establishing

Model Child Welfare Centre, at Hummak, Islamabad with the PSDP
allocation of Rs24.531 million

Establishment of the National Braille Press for printing of Braille

books/reading material for 170 institutions of visually impaired children
working across the country with the PSDP allocation of Rs22.124 million

Vocational rehabilitation and employment for disabled persons at Ali

Pur Farash, Barakahu, Tarnol and Rawat Islamabad with the PSDP
allocation of Rs10 million, but this project could not be started due to its
unapproved status

Women development and human rights

The issues of gender equality, womens rights and empowerment have
evolved gradually in viewing its significant contribution to the economic
development. Women comprised half of the population and labour force,
which play dual role including reproductive role as a major and as
productive workers. Despite the recognised constitutional, legal and
religious rights of women, their status remained bleak due to insufficient
policy and programme framework for enforcing these provisions. To enable
them to contribute in socio-economic development as an equal partner,
their protection, well-being, development, empowerment and equal
participation is yet to be ensured.
Pakistan has committed to meeting the MDGs and is also a signatory to the
UN Convention for Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW). Women have been the victims of neglect, violence, injustice and
deprived with facilities as per their requirement. There is a need to address
these inherent problems through womens empowerment by looking at
gender as a key player and cross-cutting theme.

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The Gender Development Index is lower than the human development index
depicting that half of the population does not meet the standard in access of
opportunities, resources and benefits between men and women are
skewed. According to the Pakistan MDGs Report 2013, the Gender Parity
Index in schools at primary level has been reported as 0.9, at secondary level
as 0.8, the GPI for youth literacy as 0.81, share of women in wage
employment in non-agriculture sector as 10.45 per cent. In the MDG area of
promoting gender equality and empowering women (MDG 3), Pakistan has
achieved one of the highest ratios of women parliamentarians in the South
Asia Region. The proportion of women holding seats in the Parliament
(National Assembly and Senate) has been reported as 22.2 per cent. The
major issues of the sector include:

Lack of data on common women indices and most of the information

remains under or unreported. Given these shortcomings, the available
information still indicates high maternal mortality, malnutrition, low
literacy and education, unemployment and access to economic
opportunities

Persistent gender disparities in education, health, employment,

economic and political sphere

Absence of an institutional mechanism at the national level after the

18th amendment since it impedes the process of mainstreaming gender
across national government structures

Discriminatory laws, parallel legal system and ruling of Jirgas,

Panchayats impede realisation of equal citizenship to women

Lack of access to resources, basic facilities and entitlements social and

political

Ineffective representation of womens issues and concerns in the policy

formulation and implementation process

Sensitisation on women issues, rights and working womens problems

Religious extremism and potential violence against women due to

patriarchal interpretation of religion and culture

Low level of investment in women compounded by discriminatory social

and cultural patterns makes the eradication of gender discrimination
and disparities difficult in all realms of society

Lack of gender dimensioning in public policies and plans at all levels

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Lack of coordination between institution and organisation on women

issues
Twelve development projects for care, protection and rehabilitation of
women victims of abuse and violence remained in progress during 2013-14
with the PSDP allocation of Rs78 million. Total expenditure of Rs78 million
was incurred, which comes about 100 per cent. These projects mainly
focussed on prevention and protection of women from domestic abuse,
violence, exploitation and harassment providing them shelter in Womens
Centres established one each at Lahore, Vehari, Sahiwal, Mianwali,
Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Multan, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Muzaffargarh, Khushab
and Dera Ghazi Khan. These centres have been transferred to the Punjab
government due to their devolved status.
Table: Breakup of projects allocation and utilisation 2013-14
Categories
Social welfare
Special education
Women development
Total

No. of
projects
01
02
12
15

Total
cost
39.5
185
600
824.5

Allocation
2013-14
24.5
32.1
78
134.6

(Rs Million)
Expenditure
2013-14
24.5
9.969
78
112.5

During 2013-14, the progress made in the sectors of social welfare, special
education and women development are given as under:

A project Capacity Building of Government Officers on Promotion of

Social Participation of Persons with Disabilities in District Haripur at a
cost of Rs16.170 million (JICA funded) has been approved by the CDWP.

The possession of a plot measuring 0.9 acre for construction of the

Model Child Welfare Centre at Hummak was taken over by the Capital
Administration and Development Division (CADD) and all the remaining
funds of Rs24.531 million allocated in the PSDP 2013-14 have been
utilised.

An amount of Rs78 million allocated in the PSDP 2013-14 for

construction of 12 Womens Centres one each at Lahore, Vehari,
Sahiwal, Mianwali, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Multan, Sialkot, Faisalabad,
Muzaffargarh. Khushab and DG Khan to ensure care, protection and
rehabilitation of women victims of abuse, violence and harassment has
been utilised.

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Departmental Development Working Party of the CADD in its meeting

held on the 26th of March 2013 approved three development schemes at
a total cost of Rs144.285 million for improvement of community social
services delivery; small grants to the NGOs for child protection, womens
empowerment, welfare of senior citizen and rehabilitation of the PWDs,
and skill development of poor and vulnerable women at union council
level could not get allocation. These projects include:

Rural Community Development Programme for Islamabad Capital

Territory (total cost: Rs41.845 million)

Small grant to NGOs for the promotion of the public-private partnership

at the grassroots Level (total cost: Rs59.1 million)

Establishment of three Satellite Centres for Women Welfare and

Development at Nilor, Tarnol and Bharakahu (total cost: Rs43.34 million)

Consultation with working groups formed on the theme: Social WelfareInclusion of Vulnerable Groups. Gender/Women Development and
Interfaith Harmony at the National Consultation Conference of 1000
plus on the Pakistan Vision 2025 held on November 22, 2013.

Proposal for establishment of the Day Care Centre in the Ministry of

Planning, Development and Reform, Islamabad.

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POPULATION
Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. It has the highest
population growth rate at two per cent among the SAARC countries,
resulting in annual net addition of 3.6 million people in its population size,
which is projected to reach 210 million by the year 2020, and 227 million by
2025. It is expected that Pakistan will attain fifth position in the world in
terms of population in 2050.The proven nexus between family planning and
development has been globally emphasised and recognised. This requires a
particular focus on investing into family planning to arrest the rapid
population growth rate.
The high population growth rate is undermining economic progress of the
country. The socio-economic gains already accomplished, are largely diluted
by the increase in population. It has allowed little progress in the field of
social services such as food, health, education, housing, energy, transport,
clean water and proper sanitation, etc. Population size and growth have a
strong bearing on all aspects of a nations welfare, especially health,
education environment and poverty alleviation. It has been realised that if
the population grows faster than economic development, the country will
never be able to meet peoples needs for economic and social services and
every one will suffer, especially the poorest. Arresting the population
growth rate will, therefore, improve the per capita availability of goods and
social services.
Pakistan is persistently adding up to the numbers of human in contrast to its
economic growth trends, which are not rising collectively with the same
pace. The fertility in Pakistan has declined at lower pace in comparison to
the other Asian Nations. The considerable gap between fertility intensions
and fertility behaviour underscores the bankable opportunities for all the
stakeholders, which can only be efficiently utilised with a better
coordination and synchronised coordinating efforts between the federation
and provinces, who have become custodians of the population welfare in
the post-devolution scenario. Population stabilisation, therefore, requires
accumulative and unpunctuated efforts from all corners of society. Pakistan
is confronted with multiple internal and external challenges, including
financial and fiscal constraints, poor governance, terrorism, low literacy rate,
poor quality of education, higher unemployment rate, low status of women
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in society, poor health status and facilities, energy crisis and food security.
Undoubtedly, a rapid population growth rate has compounded these
challenges, resulting into endemic poverty and social injustice, economic
slowdown and environmental degradation.
The demographic development substantially contributes towards shaping
the internal policies of any country. The working-age population can become
asset of a country and can help a country prosper. Pakistan, with a
population of 188 million, has 117 million (62 per cent) in
productive/working-age group. Our 100 million (54 per cent) is between 15
to 49 years. Currently, the youth population (15-24 years) is 41 million (22
per cent). It is estimated that median age in Pakistan is 22 years, which
means Pakistan is a country of young people. This youth bulge is not
inherently dangerous, but if the government is unable to foster work
opportunities, this bulge can exacerbate the risks of internal disorders.
Translating this youth bulge into a demographic dividend is a principal
challenge. Our youth bulge carries both challenges and opportunities.
Historically, demographic transition, like that of Pakistan, provides unique
opportunities for reaping demographic divided to progress economically.
However, it is also inter alia, accompanied by challenges of providing
education and imparting technical training to the youth besides creating
jobs and health facilities. Key message is that Pakistans economic prospects
will hinge on how it captures the positive aspects of the demographic
dividend through policy choices that favour investments in education,
health, skills formation and developments, employment creation and
employability, especially for the youth.
Furthermore, there is also a challenge of creating job opportunities for the
female population so that they might become economically productive for
the country. Pakistans next generation is confronting a daunting challenge.
Over the next two decades, the country will have around 75 million more
citizens. Educating, feeding and caring for a large population of children will
be a difficult task for a society that is already struggling to satisfy the needs
of its population. This means that the country has abundant active human
resource. However, this human resource is not being properly utilised due to
lack of human resource development programmes.
Each year growing numbers of active youth will be the work hunters,
suppressed and frustrated, due to no decent place in the society. Pakistan
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can benefit from its young population; otherwise, having the opportunity
unutilised, will result into a social disorder. We have to recognise the
urgency of responding to the youth bulge in Pakistan both as risks and
dividends. There is a dire need to come up with an action plan to harness
youth potential and capture the demographic dividend. Pakistan needs new
action plan and policy directions, an economic turnaround, and a doubling
of economic growth. In the London Summit, the Pakistani delegation
committed to raise the current CPR from 35 per cent to 55 per cent by the
year 2020. We have to adopt all the measures in this direction.

Post-18th Amendment scenario

The Population Welfare Programme was a concurrent subject in the
Constitution and in view of the 18th Amendment, the concurrent list has
been abolished and the Ministry of Population Welfare was devolved to the
provinces on December 7, 2010. Since 2002, the service delivery of the
Population Welfare Programme had already been transferred to provinces,
but now the Regional Training Institutes and Population Welfare Training
Institutes were also devolved under the administrative control of the
provinces. Now the provincial governments have to implement the entire
Population Welfare Programme by themselves. Under the NFC award, the
federal government will provide funding to all Provincial Welfare
Departments up to June 2015. However, the administration of the NIPS,
Central Ware House, NRIFC and NATPOW will be with the Ministry of Health
Services Regulation and Coordination.

Review of 2013-14, and programme for 2014-15

As against the PSDP allocations and releases of funds amounting to
Rs8226.064, there was full utilisation against releases and allocations. An
amount of Rs8226.064 million has been allocated as the PSDP 2014-15.

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Review of financial performance 2013-14, and funding for 2014-15

(Rs Million)
Name of project

Approval
status

Population
ECNEC
Welfare
Programme- Fed.
(2010-15)
Population
ECNEC
Welfare
ProgrammePunjab (2010-15)
Population
ECNEC
Welfare
Programme
Sindh (2010-15)
Population
ECNEC
Welfare
Programme KPK
(2010-15)
Population
ECNEC
Welfare
Programme
Balochistan
(2010-15)
Population
ECNEC
Welfare
Programme
AJ&K (2010-15)
Population
CDWP
Welfare
Programme
Gilgit-Baltistan
(2010-15)
Population
CDWP
Welfare
Programme
FATA (2010-15)
District
CDWP
Population
Welfare
Services,
Islamabad
Grand total
Approved

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Approved cost
Total

Foreign
aid

Estimated
expdenditure up to
30-6-2014

PSDP
allocation
2013-14

PSDP
allocation
2014-15

2701.768

19628.278

3633.589

3633.589

3633.589

13336.043

2082.373

2082.373

2082.373

6233.959

1283.447

1283.447

1283.447

5425.792

805.736

805.736

805.736

1245.3

223.356

223.356

223.356

663.103

118.722

118.722

118.722

997.254

78.841

78.841

78.841

378.904

50610.4

8226.064

8226.064

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Review of demographic indicators 2013-14 and

target 2014-15
Some of the selected demographic indicators for 2013-14, and targets for
2014-15 are reflected in the table.
Selected demographic indicators
Indicator

2013-2014
st
(1 July)

2014-2015

Total population (million)

188

192

Urban population (million)

71

67.5

Rural population (million)

117

113.2

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

3.4

3.4

Crude Birth Rate (per thousand)

27.2

27.1

Crude Death Rate (per thousand)

7.2

7.1

65.3

65.4

Population Growth Rate (per cent)

Life expectancy (years)
Source: National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS)

Demographic indicators target (2014-2015)

Reduce fertility level from present 3.4 per women to three births per
woman

Reduce CPR from present 35.3 per cent to 37 per cent

Ensure universal access to safe family planning services

Reduce incidence of first birth (in ages less than 18) by two-thirds

Promote birth-pregnancy spacing (of more than 36 months) from

existing 30 per cent to 45 per cent

Reduce proportion of mothers giving late birth (ages beyond 34) to half

Physical targets and achievements (2013-14), and

targets (2014-15)
The table given below reflects targets and achievements for the year 201314, and targets for the year 2014-15. It reflects that as against the physical
targets little achievements have been made.
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2013-14
(Targets)
Family Welfare Centres
Reproductive Health-A
Centres
Mobile Service Units (MSUs)
RHS-B Centres
Registered Medical
Practitioners
Hakeem and Homeopaths

(Cumulative numbers)
2011-12
2014-15
(Achievements)
(Targets)

3427

2891

3500

269

207

300

300
184

292
133

350
184

27576

9297

27576

14009

8071

14009

Implementing agencies and departments

The Population Welfare Programme is executed through the federal
government, four provincial Population Welfare Departments and
Population Welfare Programme and special areas, that is, AJ&K, FATA, GilgitBaltistan and the ICT.

Federal
Central Warehouse
The Central Warehouse is located at Karachi. Its purpose is to provide
uninterrupted supply of contraceptives and forecasting the demand at the
national level, for population, health, NGOs and the private sectors. The
contraceptives are provided by the Central Warehouse and Supplies
(Karachi) to all the vertical programmes and health departments. The USAID
Deliver Project will continue the procurement of the contraceptives free of
cost till March 2015. However, afterwards the provinces will take over their
responsibilities regarding procurement of contraceptives.

National Institute of Population Studies

The NIPS carries out substantive and methodological research in the field of
population and development, conducts impact surveys and evaluation of
various components of the programme. It provides feedback to the Ministry
of Planning, Development and Reform on population development-related
issues. It prepares and provides population projections to the PD&R Division,
which are circulated by the Division to relevant government departments
and other stakeholders. It also undertakes short-term training courses on
data analysis and population-related matter.
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Provincial
The Provincial Population Welfare Programmes have been on-going
activities, and are executed by the provincial governments. However, it is to
be funded by the federal government till June 30, 2015 or till the next NFC
Award.

Service Delivery Network

Family Welfare Centres
The FWCs are the main service delivery units of the Population Welfare
Programme. Currently their number is about 3000 throughout the country.
These constitute extensive network to promote and deliver family planning
services in the urban and rural areas.
Mobile Service Units
The MSUs provide FP and RH services at the doorsteps to the underserved
communities in the rural areas through pre-determined camping schedule.
Currently their number is about 300 throughout the country. The specific
objectives pursued through this component include to make family planning
information and services accessible in underserved and unserved rural
communities and to reduce the unmet need of family planning by making
services more accessible, particularly the clinical methods including the IUCD
and injectable. Furthermore, it is to provide RH Services, including curative
services to women and children.
Reproductive Health Service - Centres
The RHS-A Centres are hospital-based service delivery units. Currently their
number is about 250 throughout the country. These Centres provide full
range of reproductive health services comprising comprehensive Family
Planning (FP) services, which include conventional and clinical methods as
well as male and female contraceptive surgery facilities in static units and
extension service camps under safe and sterilised circumstances, and
provide Mother and Child Health (MCH) care.

Objectives of the programme (short-term)

Reduce fertility level to three births per woman by the year 2015

Ensure universal access to safe family planning services by 2015

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Reduce incidence of the first birth (in ages less than 18) by two-thirds by
2015

Promote birth-pregnancy spacing (of more than 36 months) from

existing 33 per cent to 60 per cent in year 2015

Policy
Promotion of self-dependency and sustainability are the key determinants
of development policy. It is primarily focussed on attainment of a minimum
standard of living for populace through provision of basic necessities of life
and development of potential sectors. Key features of policy are as follows:

Optimum economic and administrative decentralisation

Promoting sustainable economic environment

Attaining minimum standard of living for inhabitants

Reducing social and economic disparities

Alleviating poverty at the grassroots level

Improvement in Law and order situation for promotion of stable

economic environment

Modernisation of socio-economic infrastructure

Reaping the demographic dividend by providing health and education

facilities to youth and provision of employment opportunities and
Promoting awareness among masses

Promotion of the public-private partnership

Strategic framework
The development policy is largely focussed on optimum devolution and
decentralisation of administrative and financial powers. In order to actualise
these goals, a comprehensive strategy is vital with thrust on development of
local potential and maximum exploitation of natural resources.

High priority for education and health sectors in allocation of funds

Training centres for the capacity-building of the labour force with higher
priority for women

Strengthening the grassroots institution to ensure quality service

delivery

Ensuring timely release of funds

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Intervention to achieve desired goals

In order to achieve a desirable level of total fertility rate, there is a lot to be
done. A robust family planning programme is imperative to regain the
momentum in lowering the increased rate of population growth, which
staggering around two per cent. With a very high unmet need for
contraception (20 per cent), several barriers need to be overcome; including
misgivings regarding family planning methods, difficulties to access the
facilities and services, misinterpreted religious concepts regarding use of
contraceptives, absence of client-focussed quality services as well as a
disrupted flow of information and availability of contraceptive methods. In
this regard, strict monitoring and evaluation, accountability, assurance of
quality services at the individual level, all of such have a critical role to play.
An effective communication strategy to address these barriers and build
demand for family planning remains a major area warranting attention. All
these issues also need to be incorporated in the health policy so that
ownership and collective resolve in an important cause is reflected. Quality
of service, which includes availability and choice of methods, information to
clients, technical competence of providers, good rapport between users and
service providers, continuity of services and a constellation of services
offered, all need to be comprehensively reviewed and accordingly
addressed.
The need for a broad-based integrated reproductive health approach is
considered a prerequisite for achieving any further breakthrough in the
population sector, along with greater coordination between the public
sector programme, the private sector and the civil society. For achieving the
long-term objective of attainment of a lower replacement level of fertility by
2020, the Population Welfare Programme focuses on the new initiatives and
priority programmes through focussed interventions described as under:

Implement a comprehensive reproductive health (RH) package, and

improve coordination of the RH programme within the government
(Functional integration between Health and Population Sectors);
multinational, bilateral agencies and civil society organisations including
NGOs

Involve women organisations and other groups working for womens

needs in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the RH
services and programmes
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Promote mens participation in the RH programmes through

sensitisation and creating awareness among them for responsible
reproductive behaviour in relation to womens health benefits and
overall improvement in the quality of life and family welfare

Ensure the highest level of quality of care in providing information and

services

Promote an approach that provides a constellation of linked or

integrated services to meet the needs of clients

Make available as wide a range of safe and effective modern methods of

family planning as possible as well as emergency contraceptives and
advice on the safe practice of traditional methods

Create awareness and a better understanding of the social, cultural and

behavioural aspects of RH service provision through improved quality of
care

Develop a strong Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation System

Strengthening of a referral system

Key strategies
The key strategies and ingredients critical for effective implementation of
the population programme will focus on the following:

Strong commitment and political will at all levels

Close coordination among different sectors

Collaboration between public and private sectors

Integration between health and population sectors and improving

availability of the RH services at the First Level Care Facility (FLCF)

A well-directed and integrative communication and media policy and

strategy to disseminate population programme interventions related to
optimal birth spacing, emergency contraception and more focussed
Interpersonal Communication (IPC)

Improved managerial and service provision capacity at different tiers of

the government, following the devolution of the federal subjects

Improve performance of programme personnel at all levels by

introducing performance indicators for all categories of administrative
and service delivery

Strengthening the public-private partnership

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Way forward
There is non-existence of mechanism for the functional integration of the
Population Welfare and Health Departments at the service delivery level.
The Population Welfare Programme is continuing with its own only 4500
service delivery outlets. There is a need to involve all 100,000 LHWs and
14000 service outlets of the health departments for extending family
planning and services.
There is a need of increasing resource allocation, strengthening primary
health care services and emergency obstetric care, and motivating the
human resource employed in the health sector by good governance. The
endeavours should lead to formulate evidence-based national policies and
reproductive health services, which are affordable, accessible and culturally
acceptable, leading to a responsive health system.

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HEALTH
In Pakistan, investments in the health sector are viewed as part of the
governments poverty alleviation endeavour. Pakistan suffers from an
unacceptably high infant and maternal mortality, a double burden of
diseases, and inadequate facilities with pace of population growth. Slow
progress in the indicators of maternal and child health and their morbidity
and mortality are major hurdles in the progress towards achieving the
Millennium Development Goals.

Health expenditure
Substantial financial resources (Rs102 billion including Rs21 billion through
the federal health PSDP) were earmarked for the health sector during 201314. The overall utilisation of the federal health sector budget against the
PSDP allocation was 87 per cent. During 20013-14, 12 new Basic Health
Units (BHUs) and five new Rural Health Centres (RHCs) were added, and 35
BHUs and 10 RHCs were upgraded by providing staff, medical equipments
and utility services.
Physical targets and achievements
Sub-sector

2013-14
Targets

Targets
2014-15
(%)

5000

Achievements
3600

72

6000

5000

5000

100

10000

Dentists

500

500

100

1000

Nurses

4500

3150

70

4000

Paramedics

5500

4500

82

6000

75

23

21

90

25

A. Hospital beds
B. Health manpower
Doctors

C. Preventive programmes
Immunisation (million
numbers)
Oral Rehydration Salt
(ORS) (million packets)
Source: Annual Plan 2013-14

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Millennium Development Goals and post-2015

agenda
Pakistan is committed for achieving the MDGs, and actualisation of all MDGs
has important implications for the health and well-being of women, mothers
and children. The unfavourable maternal and newborn health outcomes due
to low service utilisation, including low status of women in the society,
poverty, poor nutrition and urban-rural disparity, inadequate capacity,
fragmentation of services and lack of coordination between the federal and
provincial departments have further aggravated the problems in the MCH
service delivery. The RH Services, especially to vulnerable groups and rural
areas, are other major issues. The MDGs Report 2013 shows variations in
health indicators among various regions and areas. The National MDGs
Coordination Committee has been constituted to coordinate and prepare
MDGs Reports and debate on the MDGs Acceleration Framework and
finalise Post-2015 Development SDGs Agenda. A notification has been issued
in this regard and ToRs have been outlined.

Health Information System with focus on the Civil

Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS)
Reliable and timely health information and evidence are essential for health
management, public health decision-making, resource allocation and for
monitoring and evaluation. Regular monitoring of health system progress
and performance is an integral part of every countrys efforts to implement
national health strategies designed for achieving universal health coverage.
This requires a well-functioning health information system (HIS).
Accordingly, process of the CRVS, which is one of the important parts of
post-2015 agenda, has been initiated and will focus on registration of births,
deaths and marriages. A National Steering Committee, under the chair of
the Minister for PD&R, has been established to formulate the National
Strategic Plan for the CRVS and its implementation in the country.
Stakeholders from local and International organisations, including
representatives from the provincial governments, have been included in this
committee.
Following vertical
implementation:

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projects

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Programme for Family Planning and Primary Health Care (LHWs

Programme)
The programme has recruited almost 95,000 Lady Health Workers (LHWs).
The total population covered under this programme spread over 60 per cent
in Balochistan to more than 80 per cent in the Punjab. The LHWs services
have shown visible impact on the health status of women and children in
particular through improved hygiene, birth spacing, iron supplementation,
greater immunisation coverage and through ante-natal and post-natal
coverage of the pregnant women. Salary packages of the staff of this
programme have been increased through regularisation of their services in
compliance to the orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. These proactive
steps will definitely lead towards greater commitment and betted health
service delivery at the door steps of the vulnerable.

Expanded Program for Immunization

The EPI provides immunisation to under-one-year children against nine
vaccine-preventable diseases, that is, childhood tuberculosis, poliomyelitis,
diphtheria, pertussis, neonatal tetanus, measles, pneumonia, meningitis and
hepatitis B. Though after devolution, this has become largely the
responsibility of the provincial/area governments, but the federal EPI cell is
currently took the responsibility of the procurements, coordination and
technical guidance whereas provincial EPI cells are largely responsible for
implementation of the programme. Still the issues of routine immunisation
in the out-reached areas of the FATA and Balochistan need attention.
Recently, the World Bank approved $250 million loan for polio eradication
activities in Pakistan.

Malaria Control Programme

Malaria, the 2nd most prevalent and devastating communicable disease in
the country, has been the major cause of morbidity in Pakistan. More than
90 per cent of disease burden in the country is shared by 56 highly endemic
districts, mostly located in Balochistan (17 out of 29 districts), FATA (7
agencies), Sindh (12 districts) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (12 districts).

TB Control Programme
Pakistan is ranked 6th amongst 22 high disease burden countries of the
world. The 40 per cent of the burden of disease in Pakistan is in the form of
communicable diseases, such as malaria and TB. Still the incidence of TB
stands at 231/100,000 population and prevalence of about 300 cases per
100,000 persons. The programme is moving steadily to achieve the global
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targets of 70 per cent case detection. There are areas where the NTP has to
improve suspect management, contact management, quality bacteriology
services, engaging all care providers through the public-private partnership
and inter-sectoral collaboration, monitoring and supervision, research for
evidence-based planning and Advocacy Communication and Social
Mobilisation (ACSM).

HIV/AIDS Control Programme

The number of injecting drug users has posed a threat of increasing numbers
of total cases of HIV/AIDS in Pakistan. Still the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is
considered to be as low as 1 per cent; hence not considered a high risk
country. The focus of the programme is on the Behaviour Change
Communication (BCC), services to high-risk population groups, treatment of
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), supply of safe blood and capacity
building of various stakeholders. The programme is technically supported by
the UN agencies and Global Fund against AIDS, TB, and Malaria.

Maternal and Child Health Programme

Mother and Child health has been one of the priority areas of the public
health in Pakistan. This Programme has been launched by the government in
order to improve maternal and neonatal health services for all particularly
the poor and the disadvantaged at all levels of health care delivery system. It
aims to provide improved access to high quality Mother and Child Health
and Family Planning services, train 10,000 community midwives (50 per cent
of CMWs have been deployed during 2013-14), comprehensive Emergency
Obstetric and Neonatal Care (EmONC) services in hospitals/health facilities
and family planning services in all health outlets. Despite these modalities,
Pakistan had shown modest improvement in this segment and the infant
mortality rate and child mortality rates are still very high as compared to the
other countries in the region. It is envisaged that successful implementation
of this project will bring these indicators in a respective range with improved
health status of mothers and children.

Prime Ministers Programme for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis

in Pakistan
All forms of hepatitis are of concern within a public health framework. The
programme envisages meeting the challenges posed by the high prevalence
of viral hepatitis in the country. The programme aims at reduction in new
cases of hepatitis B and C through advocacy and behaviour change
communication, hepatitis B vaccination of high risk groups, establishment of

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screening, diagnosis and treatment facilities in 150 teaching and DHQ

hospitals, Safe Blood Transfusion and prevention of hepatitis A and E. A long
awaited Safe Blood Transfusion project with the technical cooperation of GIZ
and Kfw has been revived and is in the implementation process in all four
provinces that will bring down the incidence of hepatitis in the country.

Cancer Treatment Programme

Cancer has been considered as one of the deadliest forms of noncommunicable disease and the number of cases is increasing alarmingly. 13
cancer hospitals in four provinces under the Pakistan Atomic Energy
Commission (PAEC) are already providing diagnosis and treatment facilities
to cancer patients, while nine new cancer hospitals are in the process of
construction. The Bannu Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy
had been completed during the FY 2013-14.

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NUTRITION
A well-nourished and healthy workforce is a pre-condition for sustainable
development. Hence ensuring food and nutrition security at each level is
priority of the government and policy to overcome hunger and malnutrition
through different nutrition specific and sensitive interventions. Efforts are to
improve the nutritional status of the population, particularly women and
children, which is also evident in the Vision 2025.
Availability of major food items during 2013-14 remains 2540 calories per
capita per day against the requirement of 2350 calories per capita per day. A
trend of an increase in retail prices of essential food items was witnessed
during the year. The minimum cost of the food basket for 2013-14 (July-13
to June-14) stands with an average of Rs2153 per capita per month. This
cost indicated a cumulative increase of nine per cent, and fluctuated from
Rs2090 to Rs2290. The comparative annual average cost of the food basket
across provinces showed a difference at the national and provincial levels. It
was higher in the federal area (Rs2442) followed by Sindh (Rs2177) and
Balochistan (Rs2156). There was a marginal difference in the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa (Rs2097) and Punjab (Rs2093).
3000

Cost of Food Basket (2013-14)

2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Jul-13

Aug13

Sept13

Oct13

Nov13

Dec13

Jan14

Feb14

Mar14

Apr14

May14

Jun14

Series1 2090

2144

2142

2230

2415 2181

2080

2071

2035

1971

2183

2290

New initiatives during 2013-14

Pakistan formally signed the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement in
December 2013, which was founded on principle that all people have a right
to food and good nutrition, and to join hands with other countries and
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relevant stakeholders for improving nutritional status and thus alleviating

malnutrition globally. Multi-sectoral approach has been adopted to reduce
malnutrition, and upon Integrated Nutrition Policy Guidance Notes,
provincial SUN road maps have been developed within the parameters of
the Vision 2025. Upon adopting multi-sectoral strategies, the governments
of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa(KPK) have prepared their integrated PCIs in the Health Sector, while Sindh (Rs4117.92 million) and Balochistan
(Rs1492.620 million) developed independent PC-Is for nutrition in their
ADPs. All these PC-Is have been approved, and would be put to the process
of implementation soon. Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) has also drafted its nutrition
PC-I.
The National Food and Nutrition policy in the Agriculture sector has been
drafted to overcome food security problem, which is going to be finalised.
The policy entails overall production and supply of food items through
containment of food losses, enhancing the productivity and accessibility of
food up to gross roots level.
Wheat flour fortification with iron and folic acid is being revitalised and
wheat Biofortification with Zinc are considered to be initiated in the coming
year to overcome hidden hunger with the help of private sector.
Progress of the nutrition-related activities during the year under review is as
under:

The Universal Salt Iodization (USI) Pakistan programme is being

implemented with the assistance of the Micronutrient Initiative (MI) and
other development partners, including WFP, UNICEF and GAIN
throughout the country. It provides technical and operational support to
around 1400 salt producers, benefitting more than 158 million
population.

Micronutrient supplementation to address Anaemia, Vitamin A

deficiency in children under five, women of child bearing age, growth
monitoring, counselling of breastfeeding and weaning practices and
awareness through 95000 Lady Health Workers in the Primary Health
Care (PHC) continued across the country to cover about 60 per cent
population.

The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) as a social safety net

measure continued its remarkable services successfully by providing

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cash incentives to the poor segments of the population for overcoming

malnutrition.

The National Zero Hunger Programme, a joint collaboration among

public and the WFP, is being devised to address hunger and
malnutrition. This programme targets the most food insecure and
vulnerable sections of society, that is, malnourished and primary school
children, pregnant women, who are provided nutritious and fortified
food.

The National Nutrition Survey (NNS 2011) was finalised and launched
jointly by the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform and
Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination.

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TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS

The Transport and Logistics (T&L) sector comprises physical and soft
infrastructure. The physical infrastructure constitutes rails, roads, air and
water transport, whereas the soft covers such activities as packaging,
delivery, storage and trade logistics and facilitation. Transport and logistics
cost is an important component of cost of doing business, and determines
efficiency of connectivity. High freight, insurance, longer delivery times in
Pakistan restrain growth in connectivity of people and places. Hence,
connectivity features prominently in the Vision 2025 and framework for the
11th Five Year Plan. In designing the reform agenda and implementation
plan to improve connectivity for rapid economic growth, issues of all
dimensions of physical and soft infrastructure will be addressed.
The T&L sector is required to be improved by modernising through a
continuous process of reforms supported by focussed investments. The
overarching objective is to bring down the costs of doing business by
improving various sub-sectors of the T&L. The sector claimed 25 per cent
share of the PSDP 2013-14. Approximately, two to three times more
investment is required in the T&L to support the growth process, and
especially to accommodate the transport sector projects under the China
Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). In addition to the public investment and
reforms, effort needs to be made to promote the PPPs and leverage higher
investment from the private sector to accelerate growth in the shortest
possible time. The Vision and framework for the Five Year Plan emphasises
participation of the private sector and public-private partnership in the T&L
as a growth-driver. This will further enhance productivity, competitiveness,
efficiency, innovation and entrepreneurship in the country.

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (New Initiative)

Recognising the importance of transport to economy and besides making
large investments to improve road, rail, air and ports infrastructure, the
government has planned to focus on supporting trade and logistics services
through introduction of governments new initiative of developing the
Economic-Trade Corridor to connect Gwadar with Khunjrab and up to
Kashgar, and then developing further east and west linkages besides
developing economic trade centres/zones at potential locations. This is why
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it has planned to invest heavily in improving transport infrastructure (road,

rail, air and ports), thereby facilitating regional trade and investment.
To implement growth strategy for sustainable growth, the Ministry of
Communications prepared a draft National Transport Policy in consultation
with all stakeholders. The Policy covered all modes of transport road,
railways, ports and shipping and aviation under the National Trade
Corridor Improvement Programme (NTCIP). The broad objectives of the
NTCIP draft were to provide safe, reliable, effective, efficient, affordable,
accessible, sustainable and fully integrated transport system that will meet
the needs of freight and passenger mobility requirements, improved service
in a cost-effective fashion that supports governments goal of increasing
public welfare through economic growth, social improvement, poverty
reduction and infrastructure development while being environmentally and
economically sustainable and energy efficient. Number of initiatives and
projects, taken up under the NTCIP, are in implementation stage.

Review of PSDP 2013-14

An expenditure of Rs83224 million was incurred in the T&L sector, which
included an expenditure of Rs32311 million under the budgetary
programme and Rs50913 million under the budgetary corporation
programme (NHA); giving utilisation of 72 per cent under the budgetary
programme, 81 per cent under the budgetary corporation programme
(NHA) and an overall utilisation of 77 per cent. Salient features of
implementation of the programme are given below:

Pakistan Railways
An expenditure of Rs26013 million was incurred during the plan period. The
main thrust was at the improvement of existing infrastructure, signalling
system and procurement and manufacture of rolling stock like locomotives,
coaches, bogie wagons. Work on track rehabilitation, doubling of track from
Khanewal to Raiwind, procurement/manufacture/up-gradation of 602
(400+202) passenger coaches, replacement of old signalling gear system
from Lodhran to Shahdara Section, rehabilitation of railways assets damaged
during riots of the 27th and 28th of December 2007 (when former Prime
Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto was martyred), establishment of inland
container terminal dry port near Shershah Railway Station (Multan),
rehabilitation of 27 number HGMU-30 DE locos, replacement of three
breakdown/rescue cranes with allied accessories, continued with further
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acceleration including work on a pilot project for manufacture of 5 DE locos.

Work on doubling of track from Lodhran to Khanewal, dry port at Prem
Nagar (Lahore) with the involvement of private sector, procurement/
manufacture of 1,830 (1,300+530) high capacity wagons, conversion of
meter gauge into broad gauge on Mirpurkhas to Khokhrapar Section,
feasibility study for rehabilitation and improvement of track between
Quetta-Kohi-Taftan Section completed. It is expected that the completed
projects would help to run Railways on commercial lines keeping in view the
national interest.
A major breakthrough has been achieved by implementing Track Access
Policy under which an air-conditioned passenger train called Business Train
has been introduced by the PR on the main line section from Lahore to
Karachi with non-stop travel time of 18 hours.

National Highways Authority

An expenditure of Rs50913 million was incurred during the year, giving a
utilisation of 81 per cent. The main focus was to gear up the slow moving
on-going projects, especially for Gwadar links and regional connectivity and
inject funds to those projects, which were nearing completion or on the
verge of completion stage. Also emphasis on the R&D was taken care of for
which work on the establishment of the Highway Research and Training
Centre (HRTC) near Burhan on M-1 in collaboration with government of
Japan initiated. Work on land acquisition, property compensation and
shifting of utilities for Faisalabad-Khanewal Expressway E-4 (184 km),
Gwadar-Turbat-Hoshab (200 km) of Gwadar-Ratodero (M-8) (650 km),
Hoshab-Nag-Basima-Surab Road (N-85) (459 km), rehabilitation/
improvement / widening of the KKH (Raikot-Khunjrab Section 335 km), N-5
Highway Rehabilitation Project (883 Km), Lowari Tunnel project, National
Highway Development Sector Project (NHDSP) for improvement/
construction of 687 km of roads under the ADB financing, construction of 2lane Bridge over river Chenab at Head Muhammad Wala (District Multan),
Multan Inner Ring Roads including six interchanges, widening and
improvement of Bosan Road (Multan), Larkana Bridge on the River Indus,
dualisation of Sakrand-Benazirabad (Nawab Shah) Road (24 km),
rehabilitation of Larkana-Naudero Lakhi Road (61 km), dualisation/
rehabilitation of Larkana-Mohenjo-Daro Road (28 km), construction of AmriQazi Ahmed Bridge over the River Indus at Qazi Ahmed Amri including
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Sakrand Bypass, construction of Gharo-Keti Bunder Road (90 km), Larkana

Bridge, acquisition of land and compensation for construction of
Hassanabdal-Havelian-Mansehra expressway, Peshawar Northern bypass,
Kolpur bypass continued and reached at advance stage of completion. Main
objective of the above-mentioned projects is to enhance countrywide
mobility, accessibility, safety in travel and productivity, reduction in travel
time and costs thereby boosting trade and economic activities.

National Highways and Motorways Police

An expenditure of Rs23.745 million was incurred on the on-going works
included for construction of the NH&MP Complex at Rahim Yar Khan,
construction of the Central Police Office at Mauve Area, Sector G-11/1,
Islamabad and purchase of land for construction of the NH&MP offices at
Gwadar. The NH&MP is playing an important role in maintaining discipline
and safety on the National Highways and Motorways, and is a role model for
any public sector entity. Their contribution has helped in reducing the
number of road accidents to some extent, and other mishaps on the
National Highways and Motorways.

Construction Technology Training Institute

An expenditure of Rs77.32 million was incurred on the on-going works under
the project Enhancement of Training Capabilities of the CTTI (Phase-IV).

Ports and Shipping

An expenditure of Rs321.1 million was incurred on the projects of
acquisition of fibre glass security boats, acquisition of mobile cranes,
Gwadar Port infrastructure development (miscellaneous work) and
installation of two pontoons have been substantially completed.

Maritime Security Agency

An expenditure of Rs27 million was incurred on the continuation of works of
construction of barrack accommodation at the MSA base Pasni, and
establishment of the MSA digitised operation room at new HQ MSA building
at Karachi, which has reached at fairly advanced stage of completion. An
expenditure of Rs4 million was incurred on continuation of works on the
project Establishment of MSA Digitised Operation Room at New HQ MSA
Building at Karachi.

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Civil Aviation Authority

An expenditure of Rs49 million was incurred on preparatory works for
construction of the New Gwadar International Airport (NGIA) at Gwadar
only project of the CAA which is being funded through public sector due to
strategic reasons. Moreover, an expenditure of Rs54 million was incurred on
preparatory works for the NGIA.

Restructuring of the Pakistan International Airlines

A restructuring plan of the PIA has been finalised, which addressed
corporate governance, human resource rationalisation, financial and
operational restructuring, engineering improvement, procurement and
logistics, marketing and fleet airport services and dispatch reliability.
Increased fuel cost has been a major downside risk to the financial strength
of the PIA and effective measures has been put in place to mitigate the
effect. Various other cost minimisation and revenue enhancement measures
have been put in place to reduce revenue-expenditure gap in the medium
term. Fleet renewal and addition is being planned. Route rationalisation,
code sharing and alliance are being pursued for moving to a new business
model. Dispatch reliability will be improved through various initiatives,
including expansion of reliability system, use of reliability tools and
standardised data exchange on maintenance. The Strategic Business Units
(SBUs) are being established for outsourcing of non-core functions of the
PIA. Rationalisation of employment is being addressed through attrition and
no new hiring is being undertaken except operational staff. Financial
restructuring plan has been finalised, which includes equity injection,
rollover of loans and government guaranteed loans among others. A new
approach of wet lease has been adopted to increase the efficiency of PIA
operations and services. A holistic view needs to be developed for
revitalisation PIA entailing industry dynamics, aviation policy and strategic
needs which is the focus of the government.

Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works

An expenditure of Rs499.7 million was incurred on completion of installation
of new Ship Lift and Transfer System with lifting capacity up to 7,781 tonnes,
and civil works for up-gradation of existing facilities. Moreover, an
expenditure of Rs72 million was incurred on two projects of the KS&EW,
that is Installation of Ship Lift and Transfer System, and Associated
Machinery/Equipment, which would provide docking and repair facilities to
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surface ship, submarines and commercial vehicles of capacity up to 7,781

tonnes and civil works for upgradation of the KS&EW.

Finance Division
An expenditure of Rs3115 million was incurred on the completion of various
ongoing works of the provincial road projects, sponsored by this Division.

Housing and Works Division

An expenditure of Rs1086.4 million was incurred on the completion of
various ongoing works of the provincial and federal road projects, sponsored
by this Division.

Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Division

An expenditure of Rs800 million was incurred on the completion of various
ongoing works of the provincial and federal road projects, sponsored by this
Division.

Finance and Housing, and Works Divisions

An expenditure of Rs3980 million was incurred on the completion of various
ongoing works of the provincial road projects, sponsored by these two
divisions.

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Transport and Logistics

Sr.
No.

Executing agency

1
2

National Highway Authority (NHA)

Pakistan Railways

M/o Ports and Shipping

4
4(a)
4(b)
4(c)
5
5(a)
5(b)
6
6(a)
7
7(a)
8
9
10

11

A
B

(Rs Million)
Expenditure in
%age of PSDP
Allocation

PSDP
allocation
For 201314
63,038
30,965

Expenditure
during 201314
50,913
26,013

81%
84%

500

321

64%

77

77

100%

70%

28

24

86%

800
98

49
45

6%
46%

44%

2,300

499

22%

4,887

3,115

64%

Housing and Works Division

1,655
(provincial roads)
CDA, Cabinet Division (Addition of
452
3rd & 4th Lane of Kashmir Highway
from Peshawar Morr to Golra
Morr, Islamabad)
AJ&K and GB Division (Const. Of
3,004
Rathua Haryam Bridge Across
Reservoir Channel on Mirpur Islamgarh Road, AJ&K)
Total T&C
107,817
Breakup of Budgetary Corporation Programme
Budgetary Programme
44,779
Budgetary Corporation
63,038
Programme
Total T&C
107,817

1,086

66%

275

61%

800

27%

83,224

77%

32,311
50,913

72%
81%

83,224

77%

M/o Communications
Construction of the Technology
Training Institute (CTTI)
National Transport Research
Centre (NTRC)
National Highway and Motorway
Police (NH&MP)
Aviation Division
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
Pakistan Meteorological
Department (PMD)
Ministry of Defence
Maritime Security Agency (MSA)
M/o Defence Production
Karachi Shipyard & Engg. Works
(KS&EW)
Finance Division (Provincial Roads)

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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have undergone
massive global changes during the last decade moving from a set of backend support technologies to pervasive 'socio-economic growth'
technologies. The Vision 2025 lays a strategic focus on the ICTs to promote
innovation and creativity, and to act as enabler for continuous accelerated
economic growth for a longer duration. The Sector also holds a promising
prospective in creation of jobs, entrepreneurship, introducing new business
avenues, especially engaging the youth by turning their potential into a
productive human capital.

Highlights of the year

E-Government
Important e-government projects executed during 2013-14 included the
following:

Machine Readable Passport/Machine Readable Visa Project - Phase-II

Automation of the Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS)

project

E-Services for Chief/Deputy Commissioners Office, Islamabad

Automated Fingerprint Identification System (Phase-II)

Programme for 2014-15

In the PSDP 2014-15, an amount of Rs3.2 billion has been earmarked for the
IT sector to complete and initiate 30 projects worth Rs25.1 billion. The egovernment projects would continue to be the centre-piece of the public
sector information technology initiatives. Major e-government projects in
2014-15 include:

Machine Readable Passport/Machine Readable Visa Project (MRP/MRV)

Phase-II targets to deploy the system at key foreign missions in the next
year

National Response Centre for Cyber Crimes (NR3C) Phase-II will further
benefits and inform public about the cyber crimes and forensic facilities.

Replication of e-Office (Basic Common Applications) at all divisions of

the federal government is being successfully implemented.
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Human Resource Development

Important projects executed during 2013-14 for human resource
development include:

National ICT Scholarship Programme for students of non-metropolitan

areas to have access to quality IT/Computer Science education in the
country

Pilot Project for End-Users and System Administrators Training on

Open Source Software to raise the skills in the use of open source
softwares

Development of Information Technology Industry

In Pakistan, overall reported IT exports have been consistently low in terms
of value compared to the potential of the country. It is estimated that the ITrelated exports are more than $2 billion now, whereas IT exports of Korea
were at $158.8 billion, Irelands IT exports is expected to reach $67 billion
and Indias IT export is projected to be more than $68 billion. Job creation in
the ICT costs is much less compared to traditional sectors. To spur further
expansion and development of the IT Industry and increase software
exports, the strategic direction has been devised for the Vision 2025. A
major issue in sustainability of the e-government projects is induction and
retention of the IT professionals on regular basis for operational tasks.
Adopting public service as a career is a low priority amongst the IT
professionals due to non-conducive environment for career growth in the
public sector, while lucrative packages are offered by the private sector for
the same skills and experience level. To attract IT professionals to the public
sector, development of an IT Cadre at competitive salaries is essential.

Telecommunications
The telecommunication sector in Pakistan has seen a phenomenal growth
during the last decade and has reached tele-density of 77 per cent as of
January 2014 (as per sources of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority).
A slowdown seen in the previous two years is over now, and the telecom
sector is all set to pick up speed once again. The process of auctioning of
3G/4G licenses has been completed, and the actual progress in the near
future would enable the telecom sector to enter into the next phase of its
growth. For services and infrastructure providers, this will bring even bigger
challenges and opportunities. Furthermore, the broadband subscribers have
increased by 59 per cent during the last 18 months with the EVO technology
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broadband service providers to bring value-added services and affordable

packages for their customers.

Broadband services
The broadband connections increased from 2.72 million in June 2013 to 3.34
million in January 2014. This increase is mainly attributed to continuous high
demand of products like Wi-tribe, Nayatel and Qubee wireless broadband
services at affordable prices. In spite of this high growth in the recent years,
Pakistan's broadband density is still quite low and a lot of potential exists in
its accelerated growth.

Roadmap for the future

The Vision envisages telecom sector to become a major contributor in the
economic growth of the country. The roadmap forecasts that mobile
telephone subscribers will cross 160 million mark and broadband
subscribers 19.5 million by 2020, while fixed-line subscribers will remain in
the range of five million. Broadband will be the main medium of
personalised communication with which users will be able to effectively and
affordably access any service from any device or network. In the next ten
years, 4G technology will usher into usage of new applications, such as IPTV
and Web-TV. The telecom roadmap for 2020 is likely to witness 100 per cent
NGN infrastructure where wide range of services will be available on
converged infrastructure platform. In future, the PTA will be concentrating
on re-farming of spectrum to cater for an increased demand of broadband
and wireless technologies. It envisions telecom to become the
communication highway for sharing of knowledge as well as reaching out to
a large segment of population in education and health services delivery.

Programme for 2014-15

In the PSDP 2014-15, Rs530 million have been earmarked for the SCO,
Ministry of Information Technology to execute nine approved projects worth
Rs6.2 billion. Replacement of the GSM Network of AJ&K and provision of
GSM facilities in Neelum district of AJ&K are some of the important projects
which will be executed in 2014-15.

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ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

The last decade has seen climate change become one the most prominent
issues affecting the prevailing economic situation of the world, including
Pakistan. Far behind the developed nations, degradation of environment
affects the poor making them vulnerable to diseases and prone to conflicts
related to the environment. Low-level public awareness and education have
appeared to be the pitfalls for Pakistan in the environment sector along with
high population growth rate, deficiencies in the management of natural
resources and unplanned urban and industrial expansions.
Even though Pakistan has become one of the major countries using CNG as
fuel, air pollution is still on the rise along with water and soil pollutions. Solid
waste accumulation, burnings low quality fuels and use of inefficient motor
vehicles have contributed to air pollution, particularly in the mega cities.
Deforestation and desertification due to human activity has set the country
further behind the rest of the world. At the same time depletion of
biodiversity coupled with land degradation has played havoc with the
available resources. Lack of proper waste management, urban land use for
planning and zoning have resulted in serious imbalance on the ecological
front, threatening to deteriorate the situation further. Even though we take
pride in being an agricultural country, agricultural practices far below the
international standards have caused groundwater depletion, hindered
crop output and drastic soil erosion, which are in turn adding to healthrelated problems.
On one hand, water is becoming scarce every year, steady reduction in
availability for development purposes is observed on the other, while in the
last two decades, the country has faced extreme weather events in the form
of floods of 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014, which displaced people in millions
and costing billions of rupees in damages. The existing water storage
capacity has not been enhanced substantially, as only 10 per cent of the
surface water resources compared to 30 per cent in India and about 70 per
cent in USA, is stored.
The government is involved in formulating action plans for the
implementation of sanitation policy, environment policy and drinking water
policy. In the meanwhile, the existing laws related to conservation and
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sustainable resource, are being improved. The Forest Policy has been
furnished and is in the process for approval from the Cabinet. Improving
quality of life of the urban citizens through improved accessibility to water
supply and sanitation system, solid waste management, and pollution
control is the need of hour.

Environment and climate change challenges

Climate change is projected to have negative effects on the sustainable
development of the most developing counties of Asia/Pacific, and Pakistan is
the most affected by the scenario. Increased pressure on natural resources
and the environment associated with rapid urbanisation, industrialisation
and economic development will make the situation worst in the near future.
The net effect of climate change on national economy is projected to be
largely negative as the last flood situation has clearly demonstrated. Loss of
agricultural revenue and additional costs for managing water resources,
coastlines, and disease and other health risks would cost the national
economics dearly.
Managing water resources to ensure a secure supply to the rapidly growing
population is already a major challenge in Pakistan. In particular,
maintaining water security is a key priority for the poor rural people of the
country, and climate change impacts to water resources will eventually have
a wide array of subsequent negative consequences. Pakistans geographical
location and socio-economic fragility has made it to top the list of countries
which are most vulnerable to the environmental, social and economic
ramifications of the climate change (German Watch, 2011). Lack of
resources and capabilities to adapt to the changes would worsen the
situation. Areas, which are severely affected, are:

Water and air pollution causing widespread diseases

Adaptation to the impact of climate change to energy, water and food

securities

Preparedness for adaptation and mitigation due to climate change, and

to avail opportunities under the CDM

Preparedness for an effective disaster management so as to avoid

damages to the environment

Watershed degradation and deforestation

Floods due to glacier melt

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Water-borne diseases due to floods

Environmental degradation costing Pakistans economy up to Rs365

billion yearly (World Bank)

Nexus among population growth, natural resources and poverty

Waste (solid, liquid, hazardous) management

Green economy initiatives and its impacts on Pakistan

Implementation of planned initiative with efficacy to increase forest

cover and biodiversity, reduce land degradation

Effluent treatment at source to avoid discharge of polluted industrial

and domestic sewage to freshwater bodies and marine environment

Increase energy efficiency, with focus on conservation measures

Major achievements
Around 200 projects are under implementation, which have been funded
through the federal and provincial resources. Areas under focus include:
capacity-building, clean drinking water, environmental management,
biodiversity, afforestation, air pollution control and watershed
management, urban development, promotion of tourism, restoration of
lakes and other water bodies, environmental awareness, waste
management and wetlands. After the 18th amendment, responsibility of the
devolved subjects, including environment, has been undertaken by the
provinces. Environmental protection acts, under the 18th amendment, are
being revised in order to align with the present ground reality.
The provincial governments are making efforts to implement
environmental-related strategies at the provincial levels to pursue the
National Sanitation policy, Climate Change Policy, National Environment
Policy, National Drinking Water Policy, etc.
Some of the major achievements in the field of environment sector are:

The National Climate Change Policy has been finalised as per the
recommendations of the Planning Commission Task Force on Climate
Change with the involvement of all stakeholders, and has been
approved by the Cabinet.

To achieve the objectives NCCP 2012, an action plan matrix is being

developed for sustainable development.
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The National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS) is being finalised

by the Climate Change Division in coordination with the Planning
Commission.

Environmental quality control measures and

recommendations

Level of suspended particulate matter PM 1.0 and PM 2.5 will be

brought within limits of the Ambient Air Quality Standards. The
provincial governments will develop and implement the Clean Air
Programme for their major cities.

Haze and smog formation will be curtailed by tapping sources of

ammonia, nitrogen oxides and sulphur oxides emission.

Air quality of all major cities will be continuously be monitored and

disseminate to general public.

Fresh water sources will be categorised and protected against pollution.

All major cities will install sewage treatment plants. The treated water
will be used for agriculture and horticulture purposes.

Cleaner production techniques will be adopted by the industry to

minimise pollution generation. By 2025, the federal and provincial
governments will ensure that at least 70 per cent industrial wastewater
be treated before discharge into water bodies.

Wastewater discharge limits will be imposed on the industry to conserve

water and reduce pollution load.

Provincial Cleaner Production Centres will be established to promote

waste minimisation, recycling and waste exchange.

Investment windows and incentive schemes will be announced to

encourage installation of treatment plants.

Environmental Engineering Industry will be recognised and encouraged

to manufacture treatment plants locally.

Integrated solid waste management system will be promoted.

Solid waste will either be converted to the RDF or used for Waste-toEnergy.

Cloth bags, paper bags and biodegradable plastic bags will only be
allowed only.

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Pakistan should develop a ten years sanitation strategy with a focus on

the Open Defecation Free (ODF) country. All provincial governments
should target at least two districts for developing a comprehensive
approach on the ODF, and the same approach should be replicated in
the areas administrated by the federal government, including
Islamabad.

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GOVERNANCE
The governance refers to exercise of political, economic and administrative
authority to manage a nations affairs. It comprises complex mechanisms,
processes and institutions through which citizens and groups articulate their
interests, exercise their legal rights and obligations, and mediate their
differences. In basic terms, it denotes the interplay of state institutions,
markets and civil society, and a set of processes that deliver entitlements,
services and rights to citizens.
The notion Better Governance guarantees existence of the pluralistic
frameworks, which ensure that responsibility is jointly shared by players in
the public and corporate private sectors, and civil society by addressing the
issues of accountability, transparency, participation, openness, rule of law
and predictability. Improved governance contributes to the economic
growth and poverty reduction. As growth generates income, good
governance ensures that the civilisations, especially the poor, share benefits
of the economic progress in an inclusive and equitable manner.
The Governance Section deals with the development activities, programme
and projects, which revolve around knowledge management, organisation
restructuring, institutional reform, judicial reform, law and order,
professional development and service delivery. The key initiatives of
governance framework will foster socio-economic development,
strengthening institutions opportunities based on equity, fairness and
justice, while adhering to the foundation of democratic principles and rule of
law in the society. With a comprehensive reform agenda, the governance
indicators are expected to improve in the coming years.

Review of 2013-14
The government has undertaken a number of initiatives to improve
economic governance. An amount of Rs5.54 billion, including foreign aid
Rs2.23 billion, has been allocated for the governance sector during 2013-14
against which Rs3.4 billion have been spent; thereby showing utilisation of
61 per cent. There were 28 ongoing and new projects and schemes,
including three umbrella projects with the cost of Rs44 billion. During the
year, 12 projects and schemes were initiated. Details of some initiatives are:
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Ministry of Planning and Development has been renamed as Planning,

Development and Reform.

Constitution of the Advisory

Commission/Ministry of PD&R

A Committee of the parliamentarians to review the PSDP-funded

projects has been constituted, which has reviewed projects funded
through the PSDP 2013-14. The PSDP 2014-15 was also prepared as per
the directions of the Committee.

A Delivery Unit is being established in the Planning Commission in

accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet Division on the Planning
Commission of October 30, 2013. The Unit will be responsible to
monitor the performance of the development projects. The PC-Is and IIs
are under review and Key Performance Indicators, inputs, outputs and
outcomes of each project are being included in the formats of the PC-Is
and IIs.

The NEC approved the Vision 2025, and 11th Five Year Plan. One of the
major pillars of the Vision is the Governance and Institutional Reforms.

The National University of Public Administration is being established to

train the government servants.

A project Reform and Innovation in Government for High Performance

has been launched in the Ministry of PD&R at a total cost of Rs962.4
million to improve governance indicators through promoting
innovations, strengthening institutions, fostering markets and initiating
reforms in the areas of judicial and police system, civil service, stateowned enterprises, democratic governance, local government, egovernment systems and procedures, tax administration, procurement,
financial management, enforcing property rights, and the public sector.

Project proposals to introduce reforms and innovations in public have

been invited from all federal and provincial public sector ministries,
divisions, departments and institutions. An innovation fund has been
created under the said project to fund these project proposals.

Funds have been allocated for innovation awards, and Prime Ministers
Annual Excellence in Governance and Reforms Award for government
officials is in the offing under the said project.

An Institutional Reform Group has been established to facilitate,

promote and implement innovations and reforms in the public sector.

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A workshop on Big Fast Results and Key Performance Indicators has

been organised for the cabinet members, federal secretaries as well as a
special meeting with the PIA management. YB. Senator Dato' Sri Idris
Jala, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, government of
Malaysia delivered lecture on the KPIs and share his experiences with
participants to turn public sector organisations into effective service
delivery entities.

Training workshop on the KPIs and balanced score card for senior
government officers from key ministries and divisions as well as for all
officers of the Planning Commission was organised to understand and
apply concept of the KPIs and balanced scorecard for building a high
performance culture in the public sector. Chief Executive Dr Muhammad
Mustafa Mahmood of MILA conducted the workshop.

Draft KPIs for the Ministry of PD&R has been prepared.

Member Governance, Innovation and Reform has been recruited, who

has joined the Planning Commission.

To ensure an active participation of the young people in national

development, the Planning Commission has launched the Young
Development Fellows Programme. The programme will groom talented
young women and men with distinguished academic background and
potential for leadership, who will lead Pakistan through the 21st century.
Under the programme, 220 emerging leaders during five years (up to 40
each year) from around Pakistan will be brought together. Under the
said initiative, 32 YDFs have been selected for fellowship through an
open competition for one year.

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MASS MEDIA, CULTURE, SPORTS, TOURISM

AND YOUTH
The mass media in Pakistan has come a long way from early days of statecontrolled media to todays open, free and vibrant entity. New media laws
have broken the states monopoly over the electronic media. The number of
television channels has grown from just three state-run entities in 2000 to
89 channels in 2012. Similarly the number of private FM radio stations has
reached 160. In this cut-throat competition, the importance of restructuring
and technologically-sophisticated public sector media has increased
manifold since the media provide not only information, education and
entertainment to people, but can also play the role of a catalyst in the
development process of Pakistan.
During 2012-13, the revised allocation for projects of the Pakistan Television
Corporation (PTVC), Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), Associated
Press of Pakistan (APP) and Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and
National Heritage was Rs412.266 million. The total releases and utilisation
against this amount stood at Rs366.662 million. Civil and tower works on the
Rebroadcast Stations at Bisham, Gakhuch, Kaplu, Chillas and Kohat have
been completed during 2012-13. Electronic, electrical equipments and
furniture, etc., for these RBSs have also been procured, and these would
start functioning during 2013-14. Similarly civil works on the RBS Astore,
Dhudnial, Kel and Shigar are in progress, while tower works of these RBSs
have been completed. Electronic, electrical equipment, furniture and
vehicles for these RBSs are yet to be procured. The PTVC initiated two new
channels, Sports and PTV World English, out of its own resources during
2012-13.
Under the USAID programme, a digital 100 KW MW transmitter has been
installed at Dera Ismail Khan and two-hour test transmission has also started
from the transmitter during 2012-13. Similarly another digital 100 KW MW
transmitter, under the USAID programme, is being installed at Faqirabad,
District Attock. Work on the project remained in progress during 2012-13.
The physical progress on project Two 100 KW SW transmitters and high
frequency aerial system at Landhi, Karachi remained slow due to nonavailability of required funds. For providing quality MW Radio signals to
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Muzaffarabad, Hyderabad and Multan, a 100 KW MW transmitter is being

installed at each location by replacing old transmitters. The APPs project
Electronic news gathering service has been completed during 2012-13 at a
reduced cost and the project activities have also been transferred to
recurring side.
The Mass Media, Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Section prepared
Annual Plan and PSDP 2012-13 and reviewed performance of all projects,
included in PSDP 2012-13. A number of presentations and briefs were
prepared for Secretary and Deputy Chairman Planning Commission. The
Section dealt with about 1200 receipts during this period. A number of
projects were monitored during the year and efforts were made to remove
hurdles and bottlenecks in their implementation. During the year the
Section examined and processed about 60 projects of DDWP and CDWP
level.
The Section has also successfully completed task of selection of advertising
agencies during the year. An activity of the Development Communication
spanning over the next four years was initiated. Under the programme, a
country-wide awareness and sensitisation drive on development discourse
has taken off.

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MANUFACTURING
The federal government has initiated various projects for the revival and
boosting-up of the industrial growth in Pakistan. The basic objective is to
facilitate investors by developing infrastructure, and providing skilled
workers, marketing facilities and common facility centres.
To achieve this, quite a few projects have been launched. Some of the PSDP
2013-14 projects are: Peshawar Light Engineering Support Centre, Peshawar
(Rs230.5 million); Hyderabad Engineering Support Centre, Hyderabad
(Rs223.5 million); Water Supply Scheme for Hub Industrial Trading Estate
(Rs247.358 million); Establishment of Chromite Beneficiation Plant at
Muslim Bagh, District Killa Saifullah, Balochistan (Rs104.3 million);
Establishment of Bostan Industrial Estate Phase-I (Rs400.5 million); Provision
of Infrastructure in Quetta Industrial Estate (Phase-IV) (Rs126.9 million); to
overcome the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) by improving the Metrology
and Traceability in industrial Measurements (Rs59.85 million), and Industries
Capacity Building on Occupational Safety and Health (CBOSH) (Rs57.11
million). One new project Development and Installation of Sun-tracked
Solar Collectors for Industrial Processes (Rs55.33 million) was initiated for
the industrial sector in the fiscal year 2013-14, and included in the PSDP
2013-14. In the fiscal year 2014-15, new projects would be initiated
vigorously for further developing the industrial sector.
According to the National Accounts Committee (NAC), in the fiscal year
2013-14, the industrial sector grew at the rate of 5.84 per cent,
manufacturing sector by 5.5 per cent, LSM by 5.31 per cent, while the SME
grew at the rate of 8.4 per cent. An amount of Rs779.774 million was
allocated for the Industries Division in the PSDP 2013-14. Similarly,
Rs1100.004 million was allocated in the PSDP 2013-14 for nine projects of
the Production Division. Important projects undertaken during 2013-14 are
given below.

Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company

The project was approved by the ECNEC on September 19, 2007, at a total
cost Rs1400 million. 82 per cent physical progress has been achieved, and is
expected to be completed in June 2015. The objective of the Project is to
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establish Paksiatn as a high value-added and internationally competitive

world class hub for precious stone cutting and jewellery manufacturing.

Establishment of Bostan Industrial Estate

The CDWP approved this Project on January 21, 2011, which was to cost
Rs400.410 million. Major objectives of the project are the socio-economic
development, industrialisation of the region by attracting investment,
creating employment and providing relatively secure environment for
investors.

Establishment of Castor Oil Extraction Plant at Hub

Uthal Distt, Lasbela
The Project was approved by the CDWP in its meeting held on January 21,
2011, and was to cost Rs300 million. This Project has helped local production
of raw material and industrial development of industrial sector of the
province. The Project also induced owners of poor fertility land to cultivate
caster beans for selling the crop yield to the Project. Therefore, it helped in
poverty alleviation, increase in economic activity and import substitution.
Furthermore by refining it to the British Standard Specification (BSS) grade,
it would also be exportable to the USA and European countries and in due
course, it can also be exported from the Gwadar Sea Port as Uthal is situated
on the Coastal Highway.

Establishment of Design Institute, especially for

Energy Sector Plants, at the HMC, Taxila
The CDWP approved this Project on January 21, 2011, and was to cost
Rs665.380 million. The goal of the Project is to develop local design and
engineering capabilities for manufacturing complete power plants in the
country to meet the countrys energy requirements and increase the exports
of high-value addition engineering goods.

Establishment of Turbines and Power Plants

Equipment Manufacturing Facilities at HMC, Taxila
The Project was approved by the ECNEC on May 26, 2011, and was to cost
Rs21543.100 million. The objective of the Project is to establish local facility
for manufacturing turbines and other equipments for hydro and thermal
power plants. This is helping in manufacturing complete power plants within
the country.
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Peshawar Light Engineering Support Centre,

Peshawar
The Project was approved by the CDWP on April 7, 2011, and was to cost
Rs230.562 million. The objective of the Project is to provide a common pool
of targeted technologies, training and skill development, testing and
inspection services and process, and technology-related services for the
collective up-gradation of groups/clusters of Small and Medium Enterprises
(SMEs) of the region. The SMEs will use these facilities to improve quality
and add value to their products and to train their skilled labour on targeted
technologies.

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COMMERCE
In 2013-14, the Ministry of Commerce was allocated an amount of Rs841
million for the development of the commerce sector out of which Rs491.938
million have been utilised, indicating 58.5 per cent utilisation. Major projects
conceived as a result of trade policy initiatives aim at creating trained and
qualified manpower in the fields of fashion and design, textile, furniture,
gems and jewellery and footwear to strengthen export base of the country
by providing state-of-the-art products to the world market, restructuring of
the Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development to serve as a centre of
excellence for training and research in international trade and commerce,
and simplification of trade and transport procedures.
Important projects executed during the year under review include
Enhancement in Exhibition Halls and additional Technology work, (Expo
centre Lahore phase-II (costing Rs955 million) showed financial and physical
progress of 82.25 per cent and 75 per cent respectively. Purchase of
equipments, furnishing, curriculum development and training of Pakistan
School of Fashion Design Lahore (costing Rs755.747 million) reflected 23 per
cent financial progress, while the physical progress remained at 26.11 per
cent. Similarly another project Restructuring of the Pakistan Institute of
Trade and Development (PITAD) Islamabad (costing Rs270.82 million)
continued during the year and indicated financial and physical progress at 72
per cent and 57 per cent respectively.
Implementation status in respect of the development projects in the
commerce sector during FY 2013-14 is given below:

Enhancement in the exhibition halls and additional

technological works (Expo Centre Lahore Phase-II),
Lahore
The Expo Lahore (Pvt.) Limited is a joint venture of the federal and Punjab
governments with the mandate to design, develop, operate and promote a
state-of-the-art Expo Centre at Johar Town, Lahore. This Centre provides a
platform where manufacturers, exporters, traders and service providers can
effectively introduce and market their products and services through
exhibitions, trade fairs and conferences. The first phase of the Project has
been completed and jointly inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Pakistan
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and Chief Minister of Punjab on May 22, 2010. The company has organised
165 events since its inauguration.
In order to meet the market demand and to become more competitive in
the market by enhancing the scale and increase the technology-based
security of this business venue, the second phase of the Project has started,
which includes development of Hall III and IV, and additional technology
works.

Purchase of equipment, furnishing, curriculum

development and training of the PSFD/PIFD Lahore
The Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design (PIFD), previously Pakistan
School of Fashion Design (PSFD), has been entrusted with the task of
producing trained manpower with knowledge of new technologies to
increase export of different Pakistani products in the international market.
Trained-on-the-latest technology manpower will help improve the quality of
products on competitive prices, which will affect demand of the Pakistani
products in the international market, and will result in export of diversified
commodities. Accordingly, the PSFD has desired to upgrade its campus and
status to that of a university level so as to enhance its capacity and produce
required technically sound manpower in this field.
Rs50 million had been allocated, and Rs19.823 million has been utilised for
procurement of the IT equipment, furniture and fixtures, plant and
machinery, etc, of six departments during 2013-14. The progress achieved
with respect to the final budget works out to be 98.28 per cent.

Restructuring of the Pakistan Institute of Trade and

Development, Islamabad
The Project Restructuring of Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development
(PITAD) was approved by the CDWP on April 30, 2007, at total cost of Rs130
million. The PC-I has been revised at a capital cost of Rs270.824 million in
May, 2009. The scheduled completion date for the project was June 30,
2011. Now the scheduled completion date of the project is June 30, 2015.
An allocation of Rs86 million was made to this Project during FY 2013-14 and
the same amount was released during the year bringing the cumulative
expenditure to Rs236.459 million up to June 30, 2014. Main objectives of
the Project are:

Construction of the building at Sector H-8/4, Islamabad

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Procurement of physical assets to enable it to function as a policy

institute

The restructured PITAD will serve as a platform for the trade policy
formulation in the country.

It will cater to research needs of trade-related ministries as well as

Pakistans industrial sector.

The Institute will have linkages with international trade organisations

and institutions.

The Institute will act as a regional centre of excellence for training and
research in international trade.

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MINERAL
Pakistan is enriched with mineral potential and possesses extensive reserves
of mineral deposits such as coal, copper, gold, limestone, chromites, mineral
salt, crude oil, bauxite and several other minerals. Precious and semiprecious minerals such as peridot, aquamarine, topaz, ruby, emerald, rareearth minerals bastnaesite and xenotime, sphene, tourmaline, and many
varieties and types of quartz are also mined in Pakistan. Most of the mineral
deposits are concentrated in Balochistan, but the mining have been affected
by law and order situation in the region, absence of necessary infrastructure
and lack of technical capacity of mining. There is a huge gap between the
potential and actual production. There is a need for the development of
technologies for processing different indigenous ores to extract products of
high commercial value that can play an important role in the economic
uplift, employment generation and exports.

Performance review
The mining and quarrying sector has achieved growth rate of 4.4 per cent
during the FY 2013-14 against the targeted growth rate of six per cent. An
amount of Rs50 million was allocated to the Ministry of Petroleum and
Natural Resources during 2013-14 as compared to Rs268.086 million last
year. Main reason for decrease in allocation was lack of availability of funds
with the government. Moreover, total amount of Rs10.817 million were
released to the Petroleum Ministry till February 2014, which caused delay in
the timely completion of projects. Four development projects were carried
out by the Geological Survey of Pakistan, Ministry of Petroleum and National
Resources during the current fiscal year, which are: Accelerated Geological
Mapping and Geochemical Exploration of the Outcrop Area of Pakistan
(Rs198.643 million), Appraisal of newly-discovered coal resources of Badin
coal Field and its adjoining areas of Southern Sindh, Badin, (Rs170 million),
Up-gradation/Strengthening of Geosciences Advance Research Labs, GSP
Islamabad (Rs249.870 million) and Exploration of Tertiary coal in central salt
Range, Punjab (Chakwal) (Rs43.350 million). Out of these four projects, two
projects Accelerated Geological Mapping and Geo chemical Exploration of
the Outcrop Area of Pakistan and Up-gradation/Strengthening of
Geosciences Advance Research Labs, GSP Islamabad are likely to be
completed at the end of 2013-14. During the year under consideration, main
emphasis was on carrying out geological mapping of the outcrop areas by
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utilising the remote sensing techniques and the satellite imaging, conducting
geo-chemical exploration to find mineral potentials, training technical
officials in the latest remote sensing techniques and their application to
prepare the interpretative geological and geo-chemical maps, and
establishment of Human Resource Development Centre at the GSP.
Implementation status of the projects during fiscal year 2013-14 is given
below:

Accelerated Geological Mapping and Geochemical Exploration of

Outcrop Areas of Pakistan
The Project was approved by the CDWP in its meeting of May 12, 2005, and
was to cost Rs198.643 million. The prime objective of the Project was to
carry out geological mapping of the outcrop areas utilising the remote
sensing techniques and the satellite image digital data, and to conduct geochemical exploration to find mineral potentials. Other component of the
scheme is to train technical officials in the latest remote sensing techniques
and their application to prepare the interpretative geological and geochemical maps on an appropriate scale of 1:50,000. During the execution of
the scheme, the envisaged targets were achieved, like regional geological
mapping of more than 48,040 square kilometre area and geochemical
exploration of more than 23,180 sq km in Balochistan. During this
exploration, new minerals like Gold-Nickle in Nagar Parkar area, Copper,
Manganese and Iron in Lasbela, Khuzdar area, Copper in Chagai area and
Copper, Graphite and Iron mineralisation in Chitral were identified.

Up-gradation and Strengthening of Geo-science Advance Research

Laboratories at GSP, Islamabad
The Project was approved by the CDWP in its meeting held on May 12, 2005,
and was to cost of Rs249.870 million. Main objective of the Project was to
establish the Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) for enabling the
Geo-Science Laboratory and Geological Survey of Pakistan to extend training
facilities to the public sector geo-scientific research organisations and other
private agencies involved in mining and mineral-based industries and OIC,
ECO and SAARC countries. During the execution period of the scheme, 32
training courses have been conducted through which, besides the
geoscientists of the GSP, a number of technical personnel from other
organisations benefitted from these courses. The construction work of
Human Resource Building and Hostel Building has been 100 per cent
complete.
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ENERGY WING
Technical officers of the Energy Wing have scrutinised the PC-1s and PC-IIs
of the following projects, and prepared working paper for the CWDP
meetings accordingly:

Allai Khwar Hydropower Project (121 MW) (Revised PC-I)

Combined Cycle Power Plant by installation of 320 MW UAE gifted gas

turbines and 120 MW steam units at the GTPS Faisalabad Rs16348.12
million with the FEC share of Rs9984.78 million. The project will produce
440 MW of electricity.

The National Compact Florescent Lamps (CFLs) Project Rs7198.2 million

with the FEC Rs5693.2 million. 30 million Energy Savers will be installed
free of cost, which will save 1131 MW electricity and reduce load
shedding in the country. It will also generate the Carbon Development
Mechanism (CDM) revenue.

Addition of 500 and 220 KV substations and transmission lines for

strengthening of the existing NTDC system Rs24528 million with the
FEC share of Rs13450 million. The project will enhance transformation
capacity, and will reduce load shedding in the country.

Rehabilitation of Jabban Hydroelectric Power Station (Revised)

Rs3734.398 million with FEC Rs1630.306 million. The project will
produce 22 MW of electricity.

Rehabilitation and Modification Work of Steam Units Turbines 2*110

MW Unit No 1&2 TPS Guddu

220 KV Sub Stations at Mansehra NTDC

220 KV Grid station at Dera Murad Jamali

Development of the National Integrated Energy Modelling System of

Pakistan

Constructions of Marala (7.64 MW) Hydropower Project (Revised

PC-I), Deg Out-Fall (4.04 MW) (Revised PC-I), Pakpattan (2.82 MW)
(Revised PC-I), Okara (4.16 MW) (Revised PC-I), Chianwali (5.38 MW)
(Revised PC-I), 132 KV Grid Station at Kanmitarzai and 132KV feed for
Kanmitarzai In & Out from existing 132 KV Single Circuit KanmitarzaiMuslim Bagh Transmission Line (PC-I), 132 KV Grid Station at Mall and
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Dalbandin Transmission Line (3 KM), Lawi Hydro Power Project (69 MW)
District Chitral, 132 KV Grid stations at Dhadar and Sunny, and 132 KV
sdt Sibi-Dhadar-Sunny Transmission Line, 132 kV Grid Station at Haji
Shehar and 132 kV Double Circuit In & Out arrangement from 132 kV S/C
Sibi-Bhag T/Line (18 km)

Capacity-building of the Irrigation Department Punjab (Revised PC-I)

Feasibility Studies of Hydropower Stations in Punjab (Revised PC-II)

Restoration of the Power Distribution Infrastructure Damaged Due to

Flood/Heavy Rain and Land sliding in Azad Jammu and Kashmir

New GIS at Matiltan KPK

PC-II for Joint Pre-project Feasibility and Design Study of a 1000 MW

Nuclear Power Plant for Karachi

220 KV Grid Station at Lalian (PC-I)

Long Term Operation of Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (LTOK)

Establishment of 48 MW Jagran Hydropower Station (Phase-II), District

Neelum, AJ&K

Detail design and construction of Matiltan HPP (84 MW) District Swat,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Programme

(REDSIP) Punjab (Revised)

Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Programme in

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Revised)

1 MW Galetar Hydropower Project

1.75 MW Sandoa Cross Hydro Power Project

1 MW Bhedi Doba Hydropower Project

3 MW Up gradation of Kundal Shahi Hydro power project

Eight Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Programmes of

FESCO, GEPCO, HESCO, LESCO, QESCO, MEPCO, IESCO and PESCO

500 KV Substation Faisalabad West

ECNEC summaries
During the current year, summaries of the following projects were prepared
for the ECNEC by the technical officers of the Wing.

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Combined Cycle Power Plant by installation of 320 MW UAE gifted gas

turbines and 120 MW steam units at GTPS Faisalabad Rs16348.12
million with the FEC share of Rs9984.78 million. The project will produce
440 MW of electricity.

National Compact Florescent Lamps (CFLs) Project Rs7198.2 million

with FEC Rs5693.2 million. 30 million Energy Saver will be installed free
of cost, which will save 1131 MW electricity and reduce load shedding in
the country. It will also generate the Carbon Development Mechanism
(CDM) revenue.

Power Distribution Enhancement Programme Phase-II [(i) IESCO (ii)

GEPCO) (iii) FESCO (iv) MEPCO (v) PESCO (vi) HESCO (vii) LESCO (viii)
QESCO] Rs26461.94 million with the FEC Rs2964.5 million. The project
will enhance distribution capacity of distribution companies.

Addition of 500 and 220 KV substations and transmission lines for

strengthening of the existing NTDC system Rs24528 million with FEC
Rs13450 million.

Rehabilitation of Jabban Hydroelectric Power Station (Revised)

Rs3734.398 million with FEC Rs1630.306 million. Allai Khwar
Hydropower Project (121 MW)

Transmission Inter-connection for Dispersal of Power from Ucch-II

Power Project, NTDC

Rehabilitation of Thermal Power Station Muzaffargarh

Natural Gas Efficiency Project

Augmentation of 500/132 KV and 220/132 KV Transformers in the NTDC

Systems

Dispersal of Power from 747 MW Power Plant at Guddu

Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Programme

(REDSIP) Punjab (Revised)

Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Programme in

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Revised)

ECC Summaries
Ex-post facto approval of the Cabinet to the agreement for import of
electricity from the Central Asia, South Asia, Regional Electricity market
summary for the Cabinet
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Presentations and brief

Presentations and brief for the following projects were prepared to explain
the status and importance of various projects:

Combined Cycle Power Plant by installation of 320 MW UAE gifted gas

turbines and 120 MW steam units at GTPS Faisalabad Rs16348.12
million with the FEC Rs9984.78 million. The project will produce 440
MW of electricity.

The National Compact Florescent Lamps (CFLs) Project Rs7198.2

million with the FEC Rs5693.2 million. 30 million Energy Saver will be
installed free of cost which will save 1131 MW electricity and reduce
load shedding in the country. It will also generate Carbon Development
Mechanism (CDM) revenue.

Power Distribution Enhancement Programme Phase-II [(i) IESCO (ii)

GEPCO) (iii) FESCO (iv) MEPCO (v) PESCO (vi) HESCO (vii) LESCO (viii)
QESCO] Rs26461.94 million with the FEC Rs2964.5 million. The Project
will enhance distribution capacity of distribution companies.

Addition of 500 and 220 KV substations and transmission lines for

strengthening of existing NTDC system Rs24528 million with the FEC
Rs13450 million. The Project will enhance transformation capacity, and
will reduce load shedding in the country.

Rehabilitation of the Jabban Hydroelectric Power Station (Revised)

Rs3734.398 million with the FEC Rs1630.306 million. The Project will
produce 22 MW of electricity.

Allai Khwar Hydropower Project (121 MW)

Transmission Inter-connection for Dispersal of Power from Ucch-II

Power Project, NTDC

Rehabilitation of Thermal Power Station Muzaffargarh

Natural Gas Efficiency Project

Augmentation of 500/132 KV and 220/132 KV Transformers in NTDC

Systems

Dispersal of Power from 747 MW Power Plant at Guddu

Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Programme

(REDSIP) Revised, Punjab

Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Programme in

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Revised)

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Projects returned
The PC-Is of these projects were examined by the Wing, but returned to
sponsors due to various deficiencies and observations. These are: Feasibility
Study for supply of Canal water to Thar Coal Power Project near Islam Kot,
Construction of PAEC Secretariat-II, Construction of New Grid Stations and
Transmission Lines HESCO, 50 MW solar thermal power project, 50 MW
wind farm Gharo (PC-I), Land acquisition oil city Gwadar and Hawks Bay 50
MW wind farm project (PC-I).

Miscellaneous works
A number of miscellaneous works are done during the current year. The
Wing also prepared Annual Development Plan for the energy sector,
chapters for the Year Book, Vision 2025 and part of budget speech for the
Finance Minister regarding the energy sector. The Wing also prepared
comments on the National Climate change policy, and the Power
Distribution Improvement Programme.

Rationalisation of projects cost

The enlisted below projects were examined in the energy wing, and their
costs were rationalised from Rs927712.493 million to Rs799371.81 million
resulting in saving Rs128340.683 million.
S.
No
1

3
4

Names of projects
Installation of New Coal Fired
Power Plants having Capacity
2x660 MW at Jamshoro
Construction
of
Diamer
Basha Dam Project (Land
Acquisition)
220 kV Substation Chakdara

Replacement of Depleted
material at existing Grid
Stations of NTDC System
Keyal Khwar HPP

Dasu HPP
Total

Original
cost
254000

Rationalised
cost
177175

(Rs Million)
Difference in
costs
76825

119975

101372

18603

4701.84

4397.34

304.5

1896.66

1450.83

445.83

32665.993

28883.64

3782.353

514473

486093

28380

927712.493

799371.81

128340.683

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PUBLIC INVESTMENT AUTHORISATION

The PIA Section mainly provides secretarial services for the Central
Development Working Party (CDWP) meetings, and coordinates with the
Cabinet Division for holding meetings of the Executive Committee of the
National Economic Council (ECNEC). The Section also registers PC-Is and IIs
of development schemes received in the Ministry of Planning, Development
and Reform for processing through the CDWP/ECNEC, and circulate these
schemes to the technical section/s concerned as well as to all members of
the CDWP for examination before arranging meetings of the Party.
Circulation of minutes/decisions of the CDWP, and coordination for
submission of summaries for the ECNEC to the Cabinet Division for projects
recommended by the CDWP, and requisite follow-up of the CDWP and
ECNEC decisions. Issuance of authorisation letters of the approved schemes
also falls within the domain of this Section.
The Section also looks after policy and procedural matters pertaining to
processing of development projects, sanctioning powers of various
development fora and to render advices to ministries, divisions and
provincial governments in this regard. Following two annual documents are
compiled on yearly basis for consideration of the NEC.

Schemes approved by the ECNEC and CDWP

Progress report of the CDWP

The CDWP in its nine meetings, from the 1st of April 2013 to the 31st of
March 2014, held under the Chairmanship of the Minister for PD&R/Deputy
Chairman Planning Commission considered 193 projects, 80 being within the
authorised limit of the CDWP were approved, which would cost
approximately Rs40.04 billion. 89 projects were recommended to the ECNEC
for consideration and 24 projects were deferred for want of further scrutiny
and information. Moreover, 220 projects were returned to the sponsors
after preliminary examination for removing certain deficiencies, while 20
projects were returned to the sponsors after discussion in the CDWP
meeting. Priority areas for the approved schemes remained transport and
communications, higher education and water resources sectors.
During the same period, the ECNEC considered 81 projects and approved 70
having an approximate cost of Rs2676 billion in its nine meetings held under
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the chairmanship of the Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic

Affairs, Statistics and Privatisation. Priority areas remained energy, water
resources, transport and communications, health, and science and
technology sectors.
A summarised table of the above-information with sector-wise details of
projects is provided below.
Sector-wise breakup of total cost of schemes approved by
the CDWP and ECNEC
Sector

Agriculture & Food

Culture, Sports & Tourism
Devolution & Area Dev.
Education
Energy
Environment
Governance
Health
Higher Education Commission
Information Technology
Mass Media
Manpower
Nutrition
Physical Planning & Housing
Science & Technology
Social Welfare
Transport & Communications
Water Resources
Total
*includes new as well as revised projects

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Schemes approved
by the CDWP
No(s)
Estimated
Cost
02
1,794.500
02
247
02
1,770.097
03
1,713.400
07
3,331.819
01
309.974
04
1,608.726
05
2,450.625
11
6,667.073
02
932.250
02
707.854
03
1,284.893
10
3,373.358
01
873.417
01
16.170
10
6,878.203
14
6,418.108
80* 40,386.340

(Rs Million)
Schemes approved by
the ECNEC
No(s)
Estimated
Cost
02
17,053.100
01
1,317.164
03
6,438.820
32 2,330,728.840
02
24,250.610
02
6,954.810
01
11,201.155
01
4,117.900
01
19,695.899
11
70,629.510
14
183,316.560
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MANPOWER
National Vocational and Technical Trainings
Commission
Development budget at a glance
Prime Ministers special initiative for the Hunarmand Pakistan Programme
(Rs Million)
Financial Year
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16

Budget allocation
350
350
450

Funds released
up-to-date
200
-

Funds utilised up
to June 2014
200
-

Prime Ministers Youth Skill Development Programme

(Rs Million)
Financial Year
2013-14

Budget allocation
450

Funds released
up-to-date
450

Funds utilised upto-June 2014

446.061

Non-development budget
(Rs Million)
Financial Year
2013-14

Budget allocation
336.9

Funds released
up-to-date
304.293

Funds utilised upto-June 2014

302.889

The NAVTTC is presently running following mega projects:

Presidents Fanni Maharat Programme

Under the Presidential directive, the NAVTTC has established 130 vocational
training centres and institutes in 79 uncovered tehsils of Sindh, Punjab, KPK,
Balochistan, AJ&K and Gilgit-Baltistan, where no TVET institutes existed
earlier. Under this programme, 37,521 trainees were trained by May 2014.

Prime Ministers Hunarmand Pakistan Programme

This Programme took the initiative of offering short-term skill development
programmes of mostly up-to six-month duration courses in collaboration
with public and private sector training institutes. It covers four priority
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sectors, including construction, agriculture (dairy and livestock), Information

Technology, telecommunication and skills for women. Other sectors, being
addressed, are: hospitality, light engineering, paramedics, services,
traditional trades (cottage crafts etc.) and textile. The geographic spread
covers Islamabad, Punjab, KPK, Sindh, Balochistan, AJ&K, FATA and GilgitBaltistan. Major partners are provincial TEVTAs, reputed public and private
sector institutes, and other organisations. Under this Programme, 116,294
trainees have been trained till August 2014.

PMs Youth Skill Development Programme

The government has launched different programmes and projects for the
youth. Out of these programmes, this Prime Ministers Youth Skill
Development Programme (PMYSDP) is being implemented by the NAVTTC.
In the light of the PMs directives, this Programme focuses on to produce
25,000 Pakistani skilled workforce and manpower to cater to the needs of
the local and international markets, and to enhance employability of the
Pakistani youth. The training classes have started from August 12, 2014.

Targets and achievements

The targets, fixed by the NAVTTC for 2013-14, and achievements made
thereof are as follows:

During the FY 2013-14, the NAVTTC has trained 3922 trainees and 5267
trainees are under training (July 2013 to February 2014).

The NAVTTC is also executing the PMYSDP 2013-14. The Programme was
approved in a meeting of the CDWP, and it envisages training of 25,000
youth in 350 institutes spread all over the country.

The PMYSDP 2013-14 is of Rs800 million, and Rs450 million had been
received by April 2014. Remaining amount of Rs350 million would be
given in the next financial year.

National Vocational Qualification Framework

The NAVTTC has successfully developed Pakistans first National Vocational
Qualification framework (NVQF) for the TVET sector of the country. The final
version of the NVQF is to be notified by the end of August 2014. The NVQF
permits vertical and horizontal mobility of qualifications, while providing
guidelines for recognition of prior learning of the labour force that has
learned the skill through traditional master-disciple (Ustaad-Shagrid)
methods. Once implemented, it will be beneficial for students, employers
and the government.
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Industry Advisory Groups

To bridge various gaps between industries and TVET, the NAVTTC has
constituted 29 Industry Advisory Groups in different economic sectors. The
IAGs are responsible for providing labour market information and
development of competency standards, while focusing on the requirements
of industries for performing jobs, effectively and efficiently.

Development of Curricula
The NAVTTC has notified 196 curricula through the National Curriculum
Review Committees (NCRC). 24 curricula for Diploma of Associate
Engineering (DAE) and 172 for vocational trades have been reviewed and
revised.

Training schemes
Under the Hunarmand Pakistan Programme and Funni Maharat Programme,
a total of 153,815 individuals have been trained till June 2014, and 5000
more trainees are planned to be trained from current years PSDP fund.
Further, Prime Ministers Youth Skill Development Programme will equip
25,000 individuals with hand-on skills, which is under process.

Training of Trainers
The ToT is fundamental to an effective and sustainable skill development
system and quality of the TVET in the country.

HRD policy for TVET teachers

This includes:

Uniform service structure

Mandatory industrial experience (PST/IST)

Career progression

Continual professional development

Pre-service training
This includes:

Teaching qualification for TVET B. Ed (Technical Education)

Joint venture (TUK, PU, VU) Pilot Programme

100 new generation of TVET teachers

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In-service training
This includes:

108 Lead TVET trainers for the IST programme have been trained.

18 E-learning centres have been established all over the country.

1800+ teachers have been trained under the IST programme out of 3000
target in the current year.

Apprenticeship reforms
The NAVTTC has organised a national dialogue on apprenticeship reforms on
January 27, 2014. The provincial TEVTAs, FPCCI, EFP, Workers Federation of
Pakistan, WEBCOP and leading industry of the country attended the event.
Recommendations of the stakeholders have been compiled into the
National Apprenticeship Bill 2014. A presentation on the proposed
apprenticeship reforms and way forward was given to the Minister of State
for Federal Education and Professional Training on July 9, 2014.

National Skills Information System

The NAVTTC is establishing a state of the art National Skill Information Cell
(NSIS) at its headquarters. This Cell will be responsible for developing and
providing reliable information for workforce development in employable
skills, which will serve as base for provision of vocational guidance and
placement services for graduate and employers, and providing timely and
accurate information on demand and supply analysis to the TVET planners,
training institutes, industry, academia, students and researchers.
Initial data on supply and demand of the TVET graduates is collected and
compiled into a database. So as to make it public, the NSIS website has been
launched (Beta version) on http://nsis.navttc.org. In addition to this, several
workshops for supply and demand data collection and questionnaire
development have been held.

Attestation and verification of certificates:

Established an effective and efficient system of verification of technical

and vocational certificates issued by the TTBs and BTEs, under the
NAVTTC headquarters and regional offices

Developed SOPs for verification of the above-mentioned certificates

Developed SOPs for the Certification Section for efficient disposal of all
sorts of assignments related to that Section

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Developed the policy of in-house printing of certificates for all courses

carried out by the NAVTTC throughout Pakistan with regional offices and
Partner Institutions

Developed unified design of certificates issued by all regional offices of

the NAVTTC

Development of software for data storage, sharing, retrieving and

reporting vertically and horizontally in regions connecting with the
centre on verification of certificates issued by the TTBs, BTEs and
NAVTTC is in process.

Policies
National TVET Policy
In-line with the National Skills Strategy, a national Policy for the TVET sector
is in the process of formulation. A technical Working Task Group of 38
members from public and private sector has been notified. The inaugural
session of the Group was held on the 28th of June 2014, which was attended
by the Minister of state for Federal Education and Professional Training. The
consultative work will lead to the formulation of a national policy for the
TVET sector in Pakistan.

Code of Conduct for TVET institutes and professionals

The NAVTTC developed a Code of Conduct for the TEVT institutes in 2011.
The Code of Conduct and Professional Ethics describes principles established
to guide the TVET institutes to create their identity and institutional brand. It
applies to all teachers, while professionalism, trust and accountability are
expected of all concerned. It envisages collective participation in an effective
TVET system, and aims to enhance its reputation for being a well-regulated,
managed and coordinated sector. The Code serves as an instrument, and
provides an important base for promoting good practices in teaching and
learning.

Employment generation
The NAVTTC intends to establish 100 Vocational Counselling and Job
Placement Centres all over the country to provide the pass-outs better
consultancy regarding their in-country and abroad employment. 50 VCs&JPs
have been established till date, which are functioning in various areas of the
country. The NAVTTCs National Skill Information System (Database) is in the
offing, which will envisage the demand and supply of the local and
international trades, and will try to actualise it.
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National Training Bureau

The NTB is responsible for setting skill standards and developing curricula for
various vocational trades, affiliation of vocational institutes, trade testing
and certification of skilled workers, Training of Trainers and training of the
youth.
Following activities and projects have been carried out during 2013-14:

Training activities
Training of Trainers (ToT)
During 2013-14, a total of 221 instructors have been trained at the National
Staff Training Institute (NSTI).
Trade Testing and Certification for skilled workers from public and
private sectors
During 2013-14, a total of 6470 trainees and skilled workers have been
trade-tested and certified in different skills and trades by the TT&C.
Training courses for youth at the NTB Campus (Technical Training
Centre)
The TT&C is imparting regular training courses in different trades of different
durations 3 months, 6 months and a year according to the need of the
employment market. The training is imparted to produce semi-skilled,
skilled and highly-skilled labour force to meet local as well as foreign.
Presently, courses in 21 vocational and technical trades are being offered at
the TTC. During 2013-14, a total of 1246 trainees have been trained.
Construction of hostel building for 100 persons
The Revised Project Construction of Hostel Building for 100 persons in the
NTB Complex was approved by the CDWP at the cost of Rs233.338 million.
The main objective of the Project is to provide accommodation facilities to
instructors and trainees coming to the NTB for training. The Project is being
carried out by the Pak PWD, and is scheduled to complete by June 2015,
which is subject to availability of funds.

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Upgradation of the CNC/CAD/CAM Lab

The NTB has upgraded its Computerised Numerical Control (CNC) Lab by
adding the latest Computerised Controlled Machines (CAM) at the cost of
Rs46.800 million. The new Machines include the Lathe Machine, Milling
Machine, Wire Cut Machine and Co-ordinate Measuring Machine. 21
CAD/CAM Work-Station have also been made operational for training of
trainers and the youth to provide them opportunity of highly-paid
employment.
Public-private partnership
The NTB has entered into agreements with the following foreign companies
on public-private-partnership basis for setting up of the infrastructure, and
to arrange training courses in various skills at its campus, Islamabad.

M/s. Ali Hazza Company (Saudi Arabia based) for establishment of

additional training facilities at the NTB campus at a cost of Rs1.258
billion being invested by the Company construction of six workshops is
near completion to train 2200 trainees annually, which will facilitate
them with employment abroad.

M/s. VETDACO for training of youth and certification of the CITY &
GUILD

Future plans
Arranging training courses in various skills at the NTB Campus with
foreign certification and employment
The NTB has entered into agreement with M/s. Ali Hazza Company for
setting up an infrastructure, and to arrange training courses in various skills
at its campus in Islamabad. Training is planned to start in the next financial
year.

Skills Training Programme for youth

The NTB has planned to train at least 1500 youth in different employable
skills during the year 2014-15.

Training of Trainers
In order to ensure quality of training matching with the market needs, 200
trainers will be trained at the NTB to upgrade their technical and teaching
skills.

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Training courses for youth at the NTB Campus (Technical Training

Centre)
During 2014-15, at least 6500 trainees and skilled workers will be Trade
Tested & Certified in different skills and trades.

National Talent Pool

Introduction
The National Talent Pool (NTP) has consolidated data of high-level
manpower, and is now developing a database of such manpower in the
country and abroad besides transfer of knowledge, modern knowhow and
cutting-edge technology through short to long duration assignments of
expatriate Pakistani professionals to various educational, professional,
scientific and technological research organisations of the country by
implementing following two programmes:

Compilation of data of highly-qualified Pakistanis

Scheme of regular visits of expatriate nationals through the PSDP titled

Presidents Programme for Care of Highly Qualified (Overseas)
Pakistanis (PPQP)

1) Compilation of data of high-level manpower in Pakistan

To systematic planning for development and effective utilisation of highlyeducated professionals, scientific and technical manpower, the NTP was
established to compile basic data of high-level manpower in the country as
per the Rules of Business. The function is intended primarily for manpower
planning, export of highly-qualified manpower and also to meet the
requirement of user organisations to meet the demand of local and
international labour markets for such manpower.

2) Presidents Programme for Care of Highly Qualified Overseas

Pakistanis (PPQP)
The emphasis of the Programme is to create a system in which Pakistani
professionals can make effective contribution in their respective fields of
specialisation. Primarily, it is aimed that minimising adverse impact of braindrain through short to long-term duration visits of the expatriate nationals
to Pakistan, and benefitting from the Pakistani experts through
correspondence and supply of pertinent technical literature to bridge the
technological, skill and knowledge gaps of Pakistan.

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Achievement and progress

Till date, data of more than 504,606 high-level Pakistani professionals have
been collected in respect of doctors, engineers, scientists, social scientists,
educationists, chartered and cost accountants, agriculture experts,
computer scientists, management experts etc. The office has developed a
virtual interface to disseminate such data online through web-portal
http://www.ppqp.gov.pk. Detailed statistics of collected data are given as
under:
S.
No.

Major items

Physical
achievements

Registration of highly-qualified overseas Pakistanis

Registration of highly-qualified Pakistanis in Pakistan

Registration of institutions/organisations
organisations) in Pakistan

(host

29,817

Identification of deficient areas and sectoral needs for

the services

205

Placement of expatriate Pakistani professionals in

Pakistan on short to long-term assignments under the
PSDP titled Presidents Programme for Care of Highly
Qualified Overseas Pakistanis (PPQP) executed by the
National Talent Pool

69

6,249
504,606

In all, 976 consultancies have been carried out by the expatriate Pakistani
professionals in various fields of specialisation, that is, 294 in Applied
Sciences, 253 in Medical Sciences, 214 in Natural Sciences, 159 in Social
Sciences and 56 in Agricultural Sciences. Out of these, 523 professionals
came from the USA, 155 from Canada, 159 from the UK, 29 from Germany,
27 from Australia and 83 from the rest of the world.
During 2013-14, three Programme Management Committee (PMC) meetings
were held. 75 cases of expatriate Pakistani professionals were presented in
the meetings, 60 cases were approved while 33 expatriate Pakistani
professionals have completed their assignments in various prestigious
institutions, organisations and universities in Pakistan. Following are its
details.
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List of expatriate Pakistani professionals visited during 2013-14

Sr.
No

Names, designations and

address of consultants

Fields of
specialisation

Host
organisations

Duration
of visits

Dr Khalida P. Zaki,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Sociology,
Michigan State University,
East Lansing, USA.
Dr Dawood Ashraf
Assistant Professor, Prince
Mohammad Bin Fahd
University (PMU), Al-Khobar,
Saudi Arabia
Dr Aftab Ahmed,
Research Assistant
Professor, University of
Rhode Island, USA.
Dr Khaleeq Ur Rehman
Consultant Oral &
Maxillofacial/ Head and Neck
Reconstructive Surgeon, Royal
Wolverhampton Hospitals
NHS Trust, Wednesfield Road,
Wolverhampton, UK
Dr Mohammad Anwar
Bamber,
Consultant in CranioMaxillofacial Prosthetics and
Technology, Craniofacial
Prosthetics, Unit Kings College
Hospital NHS Foundation
Trust, Dental Hospital, Third
Floor, Camberwell, UK
Dr Summaira Riaz,
Staff Research
Associate/Supervisor,
Department of Viticulture &
Ecology, 2128 Robert Mondavi
Institute, 595 Hilgard Lane,
University of California, Davis,
CA, USA

Sociology, Social
Demography,
Rural and
Community
Studies
Banking and
Finance

NUST,
Islamabad.

4 weeks
th
14 Juneth
13 July,
2013

NUST,
Islamabad.

6 weeks
th
th
4 July- 13
August,
2013

Protein
Chemistry,
Proteomics

National Centre
for Proteomics,
University of
Karachi
Islamabad
Medical and
Dental College,
Islamabad.

4 weeks
th
26 Aug
st
21 Sept,
2013
2 weeks
st
th
1 14
Sept, 2013

Cranio-Maxillofacial
Prosthetics and
Technology

4 weeks

2 weeks
th
th
5 26
Sept, 2013

Plant genomics
(emphasis on
Genetics, breeding,
disease Resistance,
use of genomic
tools for genetic
database
management,
genetic mapping
and gene cloning

Lahore College for

Women
University
(LCWU), Lahore

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Oral and
Maxillofacial/ Head
and Neck
Reconstructive
Surgeon

st

21 Septemberth
26 October,
2013

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In addition to above, 10 expatriate Pakistani professionals are likely to

undertake the assignments during August-September 2014. Details are:
List of professionals likely to undertake assignments
S.
No

Names, designations
and addresses of
consultants

Fields of
specialisation

Dr Farooq Azam, USA

Microbiology

Dr S M Ahmad
UK
Dr Ihtesham ur Rehman
UK

Psychiatrist

Dr Ashiq Anjum,
UK

Dr Farooq Azam,
USA

Distributed
Systems, Cloud
Computing, Big
Data Analysis
Microbiology

Dr Omer Ehsan,
UK

Vascular Surgery

Dr Tariq Masood,
Qatar

Large Scale
Power Systems

Dr Ansa Akram,
UK

Dr Saleem Jehangir,
Japan

Dental
Surgery(Ortho
dontics)
Physiology

10

Dr Muhammad
Humayon Abbas Dar,
Malaysia

Biomaterials
and Medical
Devices

Economics &
Finance

Requisitioning
agencies

Period of visits

National Institute of
Oceanography,
Karachi
University of Health
Sciences, Lahore.
University of
Health sciences,
Lahore

2 weeks
September, 2014

COMSATS Institute
of Information
Technologies,
Sahiwal
National Institute of
Oceanography,
Karachi
Allama Iqbal Medical
College / University,
Lahore.
National University
of Science and
Technology (NUST),
Islamabad.
University of Health
Sciences, Lahore.

4 weeks
August, 2014

University of Health
Sciences, Lahore
COMSATS Institute
of Information
Technology, Lahore.

4 Weeks
August, 2014
4 Weeks
August, 2014

2 weeks
September, 2014
4 weeks
SeptemberOctober, 2014
2 weeks
August, 2014

3 weeks
SeptemberOctober, 2014
6 weeks
July-September,
2014
2 weeks
September, 2014

Further, it is anticipated that about 50-70 professionals will be invited for

short duration assignments in various disciplines. Cases of 14 expatriates are
under-process, and likely to be placed in the forthcoming meeting of the
Programme Management Committee for approval. Details are:
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List of under-process cases

Sr
No.
1

Names, designation
and address of
consultants
Dr Aurangzeb Syed
Professor,
Northern Michigan
University, 1401
Presque Isle Ave,
Marquette, MI 49855,
USA.
Dr M. Danish Nisar
Physical Layer
Algorithm Expert, Intel
Mobile
Communication,
Munich, Germany
Dr Ahmar Mahboob,
Sr. Lecturer, Department
of Linguistics, University of
Sydney, Australia.
Dr Taymiya Zaman
Associate Professor,
University of Sans
Francisco, USA.
Dr Hassan Qudrat Ullah
Associate Professor,
York University,
Canada.
Dr Khalid Almas
Professor, 64 Lawler
Road West Hartford
Connecticut, CT 06117,
USA.

Fields of
specialisation

Requisitioning
agencies

Period of
visit

Centre for
International Peace
Stability (CIPS),
National University
of Sciences
&Technology
(NUST), Islamabad.
Lahore University of
Management Sciences
(LUMS), Lahore.

8 Weeks

Linguistics / Applied
Linguistics

Lahore College for

Women University
of (LCWU), Lahore.

4 Weeks

Comparative
Literature

Agha Khan
University, Karachi.

2 Weeks

Decision Sciences

Hajvery University,
Lahore.

2 Weeks

Peridontology in
Public Health

University of Health
Sciences, Lahore.

2 Weeks

Public Policy
analysis

Telecommunication
Engineering

2 Weeks

Dr Jamal Malik
Sebastianstr. 85 4
53115 Bonn, Germany.

History of South
Asia

Bahauddin Zakariya
University, Multan.

2 Weeks

Prof B. M. A Rahman
Professor of Photonic,
City University London,
Northampton Square,
London ECIV 0HB, UK

Finite Element
Analysis of Optical
and Microwave
Guides

NUST School of
Electrical and
Engineering &
Compute Science,
Islamabad.

2 Weeks

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9

10

11

12

13

14

Dr Muhammad Adnan
Pearson Building,
Gower Street,
Department of
Geography University
College London, London
WCIE 6BT
United Kingdom
Dr Ghaus Rizvi
Faculty of Engineering
and Applied Sciences
University of Ontario
Institute of Technology
Canada
Prof Dr Tahir Irfan Khan
Department of
Mechanical Engineering
& Industrial Engineering
Qatar University, P.O
Box 2713 Doha, Qatar
Mr Tahir Mehmood
146 Waimumu Road
Massey, Auckland, New
Zealand
Dr Iftikhar Ahmad
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Geographic
Information
Sciences

Department of
Computer Sciences
and Information
Technology, NED
University of
Engineering and
Technology, Karachi.

26 Weeks

Mechanical
Engineering

NED University of
Engineering and
Technology, Karachi.

3 Weeks

Metallurgy
Engineering and
Materials
Engineering

Pakistan Institute of
Engineering&
Applied Sciences
(PIEAS), Islamabad.

6 Weeks

E-Learning

Virtual University of
Pakistan, Islamabad
Campus, Islamabad.

2-3
Weeks

Instruction
Detection/
Network Security

Federal Urdu
University,
Islamabad

2 Weeks

Dr Haider A. Khawaja,
Sr. Research Scientist,
University at Albany,
State University of New
York, USA

Physical Chemistry

University of
Karachi, Karachi

3 Weeks

MBBS Medical
College, Mirpur
AJ&K

2 Weeks
8 Days

GC University,
Lahore

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

The Monitoring and Evaluation by the Projects Wing of development
projects is an important element of project cycle. The M&E ensures the best
use of investment in the public sector. An effective M&E is essential to
manage a positive development out come and to re-alignment of resources
according to the requirements. The M&E also ensure that the government
policies and priorities properly addressed. Monitoring assesses
implementation status of projects during execution period on a regular
basis, and helps in timely identification of the bottlenecks and their removal
through suitable remedial measures. On the other hand, the Evaluation
looks at the elements of success and failure in project execution to learn for
better planning in future with regards to achievement of the objectives in
efficient and effective way and assess the impact of projects.

Monitoring of development projects

The Monitoring target for 2013-14 was 430 projects, whereas 100 projects
(22 per cent of the target) have been monitored by the Projects Wing. This
low achievement in monitoring was mainly due to uncertainty in
continuation of the contract employees of the project and non-availability of
the officers against the regular posts in the Projects Wing.
The sector-wise detailed progress of the monitoring of development
projects during 2013-14 is given below:
Number of projects
Sector
/ DG

Release
s as % of
allocation

Exp. as
% of
releases

15.713

36

99.4

5.451

55.7

97.3

4.205

3.838

56

91

25.621

25.002

41.7

97.6

In
PSDP
201314

To be
Monitored
(Target)

Projects
Monitored
(Achievements)

Allocations
(Rs
Billion)

Releases
(Rs
Billion)

Expenditure
(Rs Billion)

Infra

469

120

18

43.865

15.813

Social

366

193

60

10.069

5.603

Other
s
Total

402

140

22

7.507

1237

453

100

61.441

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Evaluation of development projects

Besides monitoring of the on-going projects, the Planning Commission
undertakes evaluation of completed development projects for assessing
their efficiency, effectiveness relevance, impact and sustainability in relation
to planned targets, goals and objectives. During 2013-14, six completed
development projects were evaluated as against a target of ten projects.
The recommendations made in the reports have been beneficial to all
stakeholders.
In addition to regular duties, the Evaluation Section has provided
information regarding foreign-funded completed projects during the last ten
years to the Senate Standing committee against the Starred question.
Information regarding completed projects (PC-IVs and PC-Vs) has also been
provided to the National Assembly Standing Committee.

Management Information System

The MIS has been institutionalised and a web-based Project Monitoring and
Evaluation System (PMES) developed in the PD&R Division for an effective
implementation through continuous flow of e-information amongst all
stakeholders. Following progress has been made in the MIS during 2013-14:

The PMES software has been successfully operationalised in four

ministries/divisions out of 11. These include: Human Rights, Textile
Industries, National Food Securities & Research, and Foreign Affairs.

The PMES currently houses a data-base of 2750 development projects

and is available online.

A number of 130 project directors/project managers have been trained

on the PMES.

Cash/work plan
The Planning and Development Division (Projects Wing) has also been
entrusted responsibility to examine and approve the cash/work plans of the
development projects. During 2013-14 the progress regarding cash/work
plan was as under:

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Table: Progress regarding cash/work plan 2013-14

Sector
Infrastructure
Social sector
Other sector
Total

Approved
projects

Plans
received

Plan
cleared

Plans not cleared, sent

back

469
366
361
1226

36
249
200
485

17
175
101
293

19
74
99
192

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ECONOMIC APPRAISAL
The Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform, as per the Rules of
Business 1973, is responsible for the development of appropriate cost and
physical standards for the effective technical and economic appraisal of
projects. In the Ministry, there is a division of labour in the appraisal of
projects. The technical appraisal is undertaken by the technical section
concerned in consultation with other sections. This covers engineering,
commercial, organisational, environmental and managerial aspects, while
the pre-sanction appraisal of the development projects from the financial,
economic and social points of view is carried out by the Economic Appraisal
Section. The rationale behind the project appraisal is to provide to the
decision-makers financial and economic yardsticks for the selection or
rejection of projects from amongst competing alternative proposals for
investment.
During the period from July 2013 June 2014, the Cost Benefit Analysis of
238 development projects in various sectors were undertaken and requisite
input provided and considered in the relevant forum such as the Central
Development Working Party (CDWP) and Executive Committee of the
National Economic Council (ECNEC). During the corresponding period last
year, 278 projects were appraised. The shortfall in number of project is due
to devolution and enhancement of approving powers of the provincial
development working parties. In addition, projects of AJ&K government
were also examined and requisite input provided in the AK Development
Working Party (AKDWP) meetings held during the reporting period.

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EMPLOYMENT AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Employment has a critical link among economic growth, reduction in poverty
and income inequality. It is now increasingly recognised, based on crosscountry experiences, that creation of productive, remunerative and decent
employment is the key mechanism through which benefits of growth trickle
down to the poor segment of the society. Moreover, well-functioning,
equitable and right-based labour market is essential to ensure this objective.

Current employment scenario

Pakistan has the ninth largest labour force in the world. According to the
Labour Force Survey 2012-13, total labour force in the country was 59.74
million. Out of this, 3.73 million people were unemployed and 56.01 million
people employed. The unemployment rate has increased from six per cent
in 2011-12 to 6.2 per cent in 2012-13. Of the total labour force, males
constitute 77.65 per cent and females are 22.35 per cent.
A brief scenario is given in the following table.
Population and employment ratios
Years
Population
(mn)
Labour force
(mn)
LFPR (%)
EPR (%)

2005/
06
155.4

2006/
07
158.2

2007/
08
163.7

2008/
09
167.2

2009/
10
170.3

2010/
11
174.4

2011/
12
181.7

2012/
13
184.3

47

47.5

48.8

50.9

52.2

54.5

57.1

59.7

53

52.5

52.5

53.1

53.5

53.4

53.4

53.1

49.7

49.8

49.9

50.3

50.7

50.4

50.4

49.9

Source: Labour Force Survey 2012-13, Economic Survey 2013-14, Pakistan Employment Trends
2013

Women workers
Female population constitutes more than 51 per cent of the total
population, but their share in labour market is 22.35 per cent. Only 13.76
million female are in labour force as compared to 59.74 million male in the
total labour force. In terms of employment, 12.52 million females are
employed as compared to 43.49 million males. Of the total unemployed
labour force, females are 1.24 million.

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Youth employment
Youth employment in Pakistan faces many challenges, and some of them are
common in the overall labour market. At this stage, specific policies are
needed to focus more on improving the overall labour market performance
rather than on narrowly targeting youth employment. At the same time,
focusing on long-term investment in human capital through formal and
informal education and strategically strengthening links between education
and the labour market, would greatly benefit youth in the long run.

Governments initiatives for youth

The Prime Minister has launched a Youth Development Programme in
September 2013 with an aim to provide various opportunities to the youth,
including skilled education, trainings, employment and scholarships so that
they can contribute positively in all fields. Under this Programme, six
schemes have been announced, which include: (i) Micro Interest Free Loans,
(ii) Small Business Loans, (iii) Youth Training, (iv) Youth Skill Development, (v)
Fee Assistance, and (vi) PMs Scheme for Laptops. A total amount of Rs21
billion has been allocated for these six schemes in the FY2014-15. Salient
features of the schemes are:

Qarz-e-Hasana
This micro finance facility is aimed at helping the industry by raising current
access level of 2.5 million people to five million in the next five years. The
vulnerable rural and urban poverty-ridden youth are eligible to get loans
under this Scheme. The fund will educate the borrowers to convert from
being takers to givers, so that the fund will continue to grow.

Youth Business Loans

This Scheme focuses on unemployed youth, especially skilled and trained,
looking for establishing new enterprises. Prime Ministers Youth Business
Loan for entrepreneurs between the age group of 21-45 years is
designed to provide subsidised financing at eight per cent mark-up per
annum for 100,000 beneficiaries through designated financial institutions,
initially through the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and First Women Bank
Ltd (FWBL). Small business loans with tenure up to eight years, with the first
year grace period, and a debt: equity of 90: 10 will be disbursed to the SME
beneficiaries across Pakistan. It has a 50 per cent quota for women and five
per cent quota for families of shaheeds (martyrs), widows and disabled
persons.

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Youth Training
Under this Scheme, young individuals with 16 years of education from
recognised institutions will be provided on-the-job training and internships
at the private and public sector offices. It is aimed that professional
development would equip them with abilities to get job opportunities, both
inside and outside the country. A monthly stipend of Rs10,000 will be paid
to each selected applicant for of 12 months.

Laptop Scheme
This Scheme for provision of laptops is an attempt to enhance scope of
research and quality education in the country, and increase access to
information technology. It aims at spreading the use of computers among
college and university students. Students registered in an HEC-approved
educational institution are also eligible for the Scheme. All masters and
doctoral students and 50 per cent under-graduate students will get the
laptops. A total of 100,000 students from across Pakistan will be awarded a
laptop each.

Reimbursement of fee of students from less-developed areas

With an aim to encourage pursuit of higher education, the Scheme will
provide scholarships to post-graduate degrees (MA, MSc or higher level) to
students belonging to remote and under-developed areas of the country.
The tuition fee of any programme selected by the scholarship-holder will be
financed under this Scheme, and paid directly to the relevant university. An
average annual tuition fee, to be financed under the Scheme, is Rs40,000. A
total of 30,000 students will receive scholarships.

Initiatives for employment generation through skill

development
National Vocational and Technical Training Commission
The NAVTTC established through an Act No. XV of 2011 is working as an
apex federal body to facilitate, regulate and provide policy direction for skill
development. The NAVTTC is primarily responsible to set-up National
Occupational Skills Standards, Curriculum Development, National
Qualification Framework (NQF), Labour Market Information Analysis,
Training of Trainers (ToT), public-private partnership and setting-up of
Institutional Standards for Technical Vocational Education and Training
(TVET) providers in the Country.

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Prime Ministers Hunarmand Pakistan Programme

The NAVTTC, in the light of Prime Ministers directions, took the initiative of
offering short-term skill development programmes of mostly up to sixmonth duration courses in collaboration with public and private sector
training institutes. The geographic spread covers Islamabad, Punjab, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Balochistan, AJ&K, FATA and Gilgit-Baltistan. Under
this Programme 116,294 trainees have been trained till August, 2014.
Budget allocations
Project titles
Hunarmand Pakistan
Programme
Youth Skill Development
Programme

(Rs Million)
Funds utilised up
to June, 2014

Financial
Year

Budget
allocation

Funds released
up-to-date

2013-14

350

200

200.000

2013-14

450

450

446.061

National Training Bureau

The NTB, an attached department of the Ministry of Federal Education and
Professional Training, is responsible for providing vocational training to the
potential workers and designing skill standards and developing curricula for
various vocational trades, affiliation of vocational institutes, Trade Testing
and Certification of skilled workers, Training of Trainers and training of the
youth. Following activities and projects have been carried out by the NTB
during 2013-14.

Training of Trainers
The National Staff Training Institute (NSTI) provides training for upgrading
skills of the instructional staff all over the country and AJ&K. The courses are
of different durations, including six-month (Basic Training) three-month (Skill
Up-gradation) and one-month (Advance Level). During 2013-14, 221
instructors were trained.

Trade Testing and Certification (TT&C) for skilled workers from

public and private sectors
This particular training involves Trade Testing and Certification of the
trainees, who are getting training in various centres and institutions as well
as those skilled workers, who gained skills and knowledge through informal
sector in the market or industry. During 2013-14, 6470 trainees and skilled
workers have been Trade Tested and Certified in different skills and trades.

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PLAN COORDINATION
The Plan Coordination Section is responsible for coordinating majority of the
economic and official activities in the Ministry. The assignments include
consistency checking, editing, compilation, finalisation, printing and
circulation of various plans. During 2013-14, the Section has successfully
accomplished following assignments:

Pakistan Vision 2025 and 11th Five Year Plan

This Section successfully carried out a gigantic task by arranging invitation,
confirmation and overall coordination for a consultative conference of a
thousand plus stakeholders on the Pakistan Vision 2025 and the 11th Five
Year Plan (2013-18). A number of committees were constituted to smoothly
perform various activities. A series of meetings were convened by the Chief
Plan Coordination Section to monitor the progress, and take all committees
on board. More than 3000 invitation letters, signed by Minister for Planning,
Development and Reform/Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, were
issued by this section. Lists of invitees and confirmed participants were
segregated, and provided to the Prime Minister Secretariat, administration
and security agencies as and when required. The Conference was held on
the 22nd of November 2013, and chaired by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. It
was attended by PM Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Ministers of the
Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan along
with a large number of people from business community as well as
academia.

Annual Plan 2014-15

The Economic and Technical sections of the Ministry prepared and
processed Annual Plan 2014-15 for further approval of the National
Economic Council (NEC) in its meeting held on May 29, 2014. In this regard,
this Section collected all relevant material from sections and wings
concerned of the Planning Commission, and consolidated draft was
prepared. After its approval by the NEC, the Annual Plan 2014-15 was
published and more than one thousand copies were circulated to all federal
ministries and divisions, provincial governments and other departments,
including leading academic institutions, policy-making and implementing

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organisations in the public sector, development partners as well as NonGovernment Organisations (NGOs) by this Section.

Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC)

To finalise the proposed Annual Plan 2014-15, proposed PSDP 2014-15 to
the tune of Rs525 billion and to review the progress of the PSDP 2013-14 for
Rs540 billion including Block allocation of Rs115 billion, the Annual Plan
Coordination Committee (APCC) meeting was arranged by this Section on
the 26th of May, 2014. The meeting was chaired by Minister for Planning,
Development and Reform Prof Ahsan Iqbal, and attended by federal
secretaries, provincial representatives and heads of different Public Sector
Enterprises (PSEs), like NHA, PAEC, SUPARCO, NRA, HEC, NHA and WAPDA.

Advisory Committee
In order to bring substantial changes in institutions and building consensus
on major national issues, it was proposed by the government that an
Advisory Committee in each ministry and division may be constituted. In this
regard, the Advisory Committee of the Planning Commission/Ministry of
PD&R was constituted with Prime Ministers approval, given on July 11,
2013. Members of the committee include eminent academia experts,
practitioners, professionals, civil society representatives and distinguished
people from business community to create an environment of shared goals
with all stakeholders. In this regard, four meetings of the Advisory
Committee were organised by this Section, which were held under the
chairmanship of Prof Ahsan Iqbal. Minutes of the meetings were prepared
and circulated among the members of the committee and follow up of the
decisions, taken in the meetings, was carried out.

Year Book 2012-13

As per sub rule (2) of Rule 25 of the Rules of Business 1973, the Cabinet
Division requested to furnish Year Book of the Ministry of PD&R for the
financial year 2012-13. In this regard, this Section made a liaison with all
Economic and Technical sections, wings as well as attached departments of
the Ministry to provide material and data to be included in the Year Book
2012-13. Material and data received from different sections and wings was
consolidated and draft was presented before the committee members
constituted to review the draft Year Book. After its approval, the Book was
published and circulated among the quarters concerned.

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Framework of Institutional Cooperation Programme

On July 29, 2013, a Steering Committee comprising representative of the
Economic Affairs Division (EAD), Secretary Ministry of PD&R and H.E.
Ambassador of Royal Norwegian Embassy approved two new projects
funded under the Framework of Institutional Cooperation Programme (FICP)
at a cost of 8.93 million NOK (Rs158 million) for a duration of three years.
The overall responsibility of implementing the programme rests with the
PD&R. In this regard, this Section organised several meetings of the steering
committee on different occasions. Moreover, disbursements of funds for
various ongoing projects, desk monitoring of projects and correspondence
with the Norwegian Embassy was carried out.

Newsletter of the Commission

In continuation of exercise Preparation of Planning Commissions
Newsletter, the Economic and Technical sections of the Ministry were
requested on monthly basis to furnish input and material relevant to their
sections and wings for preparation of the Newsletter. Consolidated draft
newsletter was prepared on the basis of information received and
subsequently uploaded on the website of the Ministry. During this period,
12 issues of the Newsletter were uploaded on the website

National Economic Council

This Section forwarded agenda of the NEC meeting, held on May 29, 2014.
Summaries on the following agenda items were also forwarded to the
Cabinet Division for further approval by the NEC:

Review of Annual Plan 2013-14 and Proposed Annual Plan 2014-15

Review of the Public Sector Development Programmes (PSDP) 2013-14

and Proposed PSDP 2014-15

Progress Report of the ECNEC/CDWP from April 1, 2013 to March 31,

2014

Enhancement of the Sanctioning Power of the CDWP Projects

Approval of the Pakistan Vision 2025

Framework for the 11th Five Year Plan 2013-18

Also, an annual report of the NEC for the financial year 2012-13 was
prepared and forwarded to the Cabinet Division.
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Standing Committees

Material for the meeting of Standing Committee of the National

Assembly on Planning, Development and Reform held on May 22,
2014 was consolidated, and provided to the quarters concerned.

Material for meetings of the Standing Committee of Senate held on

February 4, April 29 and June 30 of 2014 was consolidated, and
forwarded to quarters concerned.

Performance reports
Quarter, Half Year and One Year Performance Reports of the present
government, concerning the Ministry, were prepared, consolidated and
forwarded to quarters concerned for inclusion in the consolidated reports.

Meetings
It is one of the major responsibilities of this Section to convene meetings
with different stakeholders. Following meetings were arranged during 201314.

Agenda and summaries for the ECC meetings were circulated, and briefs
were collected for discussion in the meetings.

Prime Ministers office forwarded proformas on Request to Share

Federal Governments Data for Assessment of the Quality of
Governance in Pakistan June 5, 2013-June 4, 2014 to be submitted to
Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency
(PILDAT). In this regard, the Section convened three meetings with all
ministries. The Chairman PILDAT was invited to a meeting for briefing
the participants. Response from ministries was gathered by the Ministry
of PD&R, and was forwarded to the PM Office.

This Section organised several meetings of the senior management;

prepared and circulated minutes of the meetings.

A seminar Lessons from Korean Development Experience was

organised by the Section. It was chaired by Prof Ahsan Iqbal. The session
was attended by the Secretary PD&R, Ambassador of Republic of Korea
Prof Song Jong Hwan and a large number of officers of the federal
ministries as well as researchers from different fields. Prof Jwa Sung Hee
delivered a lecture.

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Other activities

Material for Finance Ministers Budget Speech 2014-15 was collected

from sections and wings concerned of the Commission, consolidated
and forwarded to Ministry of Finance after approval of the Secretary.

Material for the Economic Survey of Pakistan 2013-14 was provided to

the Ministry of Finance.

Summaries of the Pakistan Vision 2025 and Framework for 11th Five Year
Plan were collected, and forwarded for consideration in a meeting of the
Council of Common Interests (CCI), held on May 29, 2014.

Follow-up action on decisions of the ECC, ECNEC and NEC was taken up,
and progress on implementation was reported to the Cabinet Division.

Follow-up action on implementation of various directives of the

President and Prime Minister was taken up with various line ministries
and departments, and progress was reported to the Cabinet Division.

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PART-III
AUTONOMOUS BODIES/
ATTACHED DEPARTMENTS

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PAKISTAN PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

INSTITUTE
The PPMI is striving for the capacity-building of officers of the federal and
provincial governments, and other public sector organisations in the areas of
project and economic management.

Activities, achievements and progress

The PPMI was given a target of organising 17 training courses during 201314. However, eighteen training courses were organised, which were
attended by 829 officers of BPS-17 to BPS-21 from various federal ministries,
provincial departments and public sector organisations. Topics like public
procurement system, PPRA rules, results-based management, public
policy and strategy formulation, Millennium Development Goals, different
kinds of management change, financial, time, contract, urban and
macroeconomic planning preparation of project documents, that is, PCI to PC-V, monitoring and evaluation, public-private partnership projects
and others were covered. List of the courses conducted during 2013-14
are given below:
S.
No.
1
2
3
4
5

6
7
8

Course titles and dates

Project Preparation/PC-I/PC-II/Appraisal and Approval (3-5
July, 2013)
Results-Based Management (20-23 August, 2013)
Public Procurement System (4-6 September, 2013)
MS Project/SPSS Software (23-26 September, 2013)
Fundamentals of Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation
(22-25 October, 2013) organised by the Pakistan
Evaluation Network (PEN) and Malaysian Evaluation
Society (MES) in collaboration with the PPMI
Public Policy and Strategy Formulation (26-29 November,
2013)
Statistical and Mathematical Tools for Policy Making:
Quantitative Analysis (2-5 December, 2013)
Financial Management: Procedures in Public Sector (16-20
December, 2013)

Number of
participants
77
51
69
45
19

35
34
60

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Millennium Development Goals/Achievements, Challenges

and Efforts Needed (6-10January, 2014)
Public Procurement Management (21-24 January, 2014)

39

Project Preparation/PC-IPC-V/Monitoring and Evaluation

Techniques/Development of KPIs (1-4 February, 2014)
Time Management (24-25 February, 2014)
Urban Management: Tools and Techniques (10-14 March
2014)
Results-Based Management (1-4 April, 2014)

67

15
16

Contract Management (21-24 April, 2014)

Project Identification, Appraisal and Approval,
Implementation
Methodologies/MS
Project/Development of KPIs (5-16 May, 2014)

57
54

17

Managing public-private partnership projects (27-30

May, 2014)

24

18

Change Management (9-12 June, 2014)

30

10
11
12
13
14

Total

42

41
27
58

829

The PPMI will organise 17 regular training courses, and one customised
training course for the officers of federal and provincial governments,
and other public sector organisations during FY 2014-15.

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PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT

ECONOMICS
Public policy, governance and training
The Institute produced ten research articles for different journals, and 11
working papers. Besides this, the PIDE has also published seven research
reports. A few are:

Foreign Aid, External Debt and Economic Growth Nexus in Low-Income

Countries: The Role of Institutional Quality

Fiscal Decentralisation and Economic Growth

The Determinants of Food Prices in Pakistan

Determinants and Implications of Major Conflicts in Pakistan

Macroeconomics and Growth

Following studies were made:

Value-at-Risk and Extreme Value Distribution for Financial Returns of

Pakistani Firms

Energy crisis and productive inefficiency: Micron-evidence from Textile

Sector of Faisalabad

Trade and industry

This Section made following studies:

Market Diversification and Firms Characteristics of Export-Oriented

Manufacturers in Pakistan

Determinants of Intra-Industry Trade between Pakistan and Selected

SAARC Countries

Agriculture and Environment Division

This Division made following six studies:

Private Investment and Fiscal Policy in Pakistan

Multidimensional Wellbeing: An Index of Quality of Life in a Developing

Economy

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Rural Poverty Dynamics in Pakistan: Evidence from Three Waves of the

Panel Survey

Welfare Impact of the Health Intervention in Pakistan: The Case of Lady

Health Workers Programme

Capacity Assessment, Gap Analysis and Costing of Universal Birth

Registration System in Pakistan for Children under Age of Five
(PIDE/UNCIEF Project)

Capacity Assessment, Gap Analysis and Costing of Universal Birth

Registration System in Pakistan for Children under Age of Five
(PIDE/UNCIEF Project)

Centres of Excellence
Centre for Environmental Economics and Climate Change
The CEECC is established at the PIDE to carry out research on efficient use
and conservation of the environmental resources, which are critical for the
long-term sustainable economic development; hence for the survival of
mankind.

Economics of Conflict, Security and Development Centre

This Centre has been established to develop high-quality research and
encourage debate and discussions on critical issues of conflict and security
and their role in the development process. The Centre aims to carry out
policy-oriented research on various socio-economic dimensions of conflict
including poverty and social justice, income and spatial inequalities, human
displacement, reconstruction and rehabilitation, and governance. The
Centre collaborates with the government, international bodies, research
centres and non-governmental organisations to create awareness and
initiate dialogue on vital issues of conflict and security and how these can be
tackled to promote peace and prosperity.

Food Security Centre

This newly-established Food Security Centre (FSC) at the PIDE aims to
develop collaboration, build a data bank, conduct research on issues related
to food security, and provide guidelines for designing a food policy.

Centre of Population, Health and Social Policy

This Centre was initiated with the prime objective of focusing on health
holistically. A major strength of the PIDE lies in its breadth of disciplinary
expertise and interests. Staff members have training in economics,

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demography, anthropology, statistics, and econometrics and business

studies. Health policy development involves three stages: identifying major
disease problems, designing health care systems and defining what
governments can do using the full range of policy instruments. Coherent
health policies need to be strong in all three areas an aim which the CPHSP
pursues.

Nurturing minds seminar series

Exchange of knowledge is one of the most important factors contributing to
the growth and development of ideas. It is a tradition at the PIDE to organise
weekly seminars as under:
No.

Date

Title of the seminar

Speaker(s)

27-Mar-13

Impact of Monetary Policy on

Food Prices: A Case Study of
Pakistan

Abdul Qayyum
Joint Director, PIDE
Hasan Siftain
Junior Researcher, PIDE

3-Apr-13

Remittances and Economic

Growth: The Role of Financial
Development

Umbreen Qayyum
Staff Economist, PIDE
Muhammad Nawaz
Junior Researcher, PIDE

8-Apr-13

Muslim Religiosity and other

areas of his research interest
including Political Violence and
Return Migration

10-Apr-13

Social Capital and Economic

Development: An Empirical
Examination

Riaz Hassan
Professorial Fellow and
Emeritus Professor at the
Flinders University, South
Australia
Nasir Iqbal
Staff Economist, PIDE
Saima Nawaz
PhD Scholar, PIDE

22-May-13

Impact Evaluation an Art and a

Science

Jyotsna Puri (Jo)

Deputy Executive Director
and Head of Evaluation,
International Initiative for
Impact Evaluation (3ie)

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15-May-13

Determinants for the Demand

and Supply of Textile Exports of
Pakistan

23-May-13

24-May-13

Current Energy Situation

Prevailing in the Country and
Its Possible Solutions
Foreign Aid and the Fiscal
Behaviour of Government of
Pakistan

5-Jun-13

Misconceptions of Islamic
Banking

10

21-Aug-13

Governance and the

Effectiveness of Foreign Capital

11

28-Aug-13

12

4-Sep-13

Child Work and Schooling in

Pakistan to What Extent
Poverty and Other
Demographic and Parental
Background Determinants
Matter?
What Determines Payment
Methods and Deal Amount in
Corporate Merger and
Acquisitions of Pakistan

13

5-Sep-13

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Does Globalization Mitigate the

Adverse Effects of Terrorism on
Output and Growth?

Rabia Latif
Visiting Facility at Fatima
Jinnah University
Attiya Yasmin Javid
Professor, PIDE
Shahid Sattar
Member Energy, Planning
and Development Division
Attiya Yasmin Javid
Professor, PIDE
Rabia Butt
Ph.D. Scholar, IIUI,
Islamabad
Kaleem Iqbal
Head Public Sector &
Institutional Relationships,
Executive Manager AlBaraka Bank
Umbreen Qayyum
Staff Economist, PIDE
Hasan Siftain
Junior Researcher, PIDE
Saman Nazir
Staff Demographer, PIDE
Madeeha Gohar Qureshi
Research Economist, PIDE
Hafsa Hina
Lecturer, PIDE
Yasmeen Akhtar
MS scholar at National
University of Science and
Technology (NUST),
Islamabad
Attiya Yasmin Javid
Professor, PIDE
Tariq Abbasi
Assistant Professor at
National University of
Science and Technology
(NUST), Islamabad
Javed Younas
Associate Professor of
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of Economics, School of
Business and
Management, American
University of Sharjah, UAE
Adiqa K. Kiani
Associate Professor, Head
of Economics Department
at Federal Urdu University
of Arts, Science and
Technology, Islamabad
(FUUAST)
Abdul Qayyum
Joint Director, PIDE
Muhammad Arshad Khan
Associate Professor,
COMSATS University,
Islamabad
Darakhshan Younis
MS Scholar, PIDE
Attiya Yasmin Javid
Professor, PIDE

14

18-Sep-13

Agricultural Productivity and

Poverty: Empirical Evidence
from Pakistan

15

30-Sep-13

16

2-Oct-13

Dynamic Relationship and

Volatility Spill over between
the Stock Market and the
Foreign Exchange Market in
Pakistan: Evidence from
EGARCH Modelling
Market Imperfections and
Dividend Policy Decisions:
Evidence from Manufacturing
Sector of Pakistan

17

9-Oct-13

Modelling the Demand for

Bank Loans by Private Business
Sector in Pakistan

Faiza Hassan
PhD Student, PIDE
Abdul Qayyum
Joint Director, PIDE

18

23-Oct-13

Governance for Human

Development: Global Good
Practices and Issues in Pakistan

Shabbir Cheema
Senior Fellow and Director
East-West Centre, Hawaii,
USA. Former Director
Governance UNDP

19

30-Oct-13

Liquidity Benefits from

Underpricing: Evidence from
Initial Public Offerings Listed at
Karachi Stock Exchange

Malik M. Shehr Yar

MPhil Scholar, PIDE
Attiya Yasmin Javid,
Professor, PIDE

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20

27-ov-13

Dividend Policy and Corporate

Governance in Case of
Manufacturing Sector of
Pakistan

Attiya Yasmin Javid

Professor, PIDE
Zubida Batool

21

02-Dec-13

Does Police Strength and

Conviction Reduce Violence?
The Case Study of Punjab

Shahzad Mahmood Jabbar

M Phil Student, PIDE
Hasan M. Mohsin
Senior Research
Economist, PIDE

22

03-Dec-13

Asia-Pacific Trade and

Investment Report 2013

Ejaz Ghani
Joint Director, PIDE

23

04-Dec-13

Inside Ownership, Financial

Decisions and Firm
Performance: Evidence from
Manufacturing Sector of
Pakistan

Haris Arshad
M Phil Scholar, PIDE
Attiya Yasmin Javid
Professor, PIDE

Academics
The PIDE has produced 16 PhDs, who are working with the State Bank of
Pakistan, Planning Commission, Quaid-i-Azam University, IMF and other
such prestigious institutions. During 2007, the PIDE had initiated master
programmes in economics, business administrations, econometrics and
statistics, population sciences. So far 210 students have completed their
degree programmes, and 622 have been enrolled in different subjects.
About 46 events were organised in A. R. Kemal room, including PIDE
seminars, panel discussions, meetings with the HEC and other universities of
Pakistan.

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NATIONAL FERTILIZER DEVELOPMENT

CENTRE
The NFDC is the only national fertilizer organisation, which is regularly
providing advisory and technical services to the Ministry of National Food
Security & Research, Ministry of Industries & Production and Ministry of
Finance on fertilizer-related issues.
The Annual Fertilizer Review for financial year 2012-13 has been published
and distributed among the stakeholders. The review presents extensive
details of supply and demand situation, domestic production, import and
offtake at the national, provincial and district levels along with domestic and
international price trends, etc.
Monthly Fertilizer Review Report for each month from July 2013 to June
2014 has been published and issued to all stakeholders.
The Pakistan Fertilizer Statistics, a quarter annual publication containing last
ten-year data for fertilizer supply and demand situation, including other
factors, has been published and distributed among the stakeholders.
Fertilizer demand forecasting on short and long-term basis is a regular
activity of the NFDC. Under short-term approach, monthly fertilizer demand
estimates are prepared, while on long-term basis annual estimates are
outlined. Under short-term approach, the monthly fertilizer demand
estimates up to Kharif (September) 2014 has been prepared, while on long
term basis, annual estimates up to 2029-30 has been made.
The NFDC is a regular member of the Technical Committee on Fertilizers and
Allied Products of the Pakistan Standard Quality Control Authority (PSQCA).
The Centre regularly participates in meetings of this technical committee,
and contributes productively in finalising standards and other relevant
matters of fertilizers.
The NFDC is also a member of a standing committee on various major crops
of Agricultural Policy Institute (API). During 2013-14, the Centre actively
participated in all relevant meetings of the PSQCA and API. In addition to
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this, the NFDC is also a regular member of the Cotton Committee of the
Ministry of Commerce and Textile Industry. During this period, the Centre
participated and contributed in almost all meetings of this Committee.
The NFDC collects, process and manage a good database having information
on fertilizer production, import, export, prices (national and international),
offtake and use by farmers. Database management is a continuous activity
throughout the year. This data is very useful for future research programme
and policy formulation. The NFDC provided data and relevant information to
all different organisations (both government and private sector) for various
purposes, whenever required by the concerned.
The Centre prepared and submitted technical comments on summaries for
the ECC on import of urea and other fertilizer-related issues for the Deputy
Chairman Planning Commission and Secretary Ministry of PD&R. During this
period, the NFDC also prepared and submitted technical comments to the
quarters concerned on following topics:

Status of inorganic fertilizer production in Pakistan

Formulation of new standard for urea super-phosphate

Status of certification labs for organic and inorganic fertilizers in Pakistan

Specification of urea specially limit of moisture content and biuret

content of urea

Proposal to formulate a new standard for Bio Organo Phosphate (BOP)

The NFDC also prepared and submitted regular briefs (both in English
and Urdu) about fertilizer industry, production capacity, import
requirement and supply and demand situation for the Federal Minister
of National Food Security and Research.

The Centre annually evaluates and works out economics of fertilizer use
on major crops, both for Rabi and Kharif seasons. During 2013-14, it has
been observed that both the Urea and DAP fertilizer remained costly for
all crops, both at support as well as market price. Also the NFDC
provides every year agricultural and fertilizer situation to the
International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA), Paris, for their annual
conferences and reports.
The NFDC furnishes a chapter on fertilizer industry in Pakistan regularly
explaining the latest facts and figures related to fertilizer production,

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imports and consumption to the Ministry of Finance for Economic Survey of

Pakistan.
The Centre regularly estimates Foreign Exchange requirement for subsidy to
be given on urea being imported every year for the Ministry of Finance, and
the same was done in 2013-14.
The NFDC helped the federal ministries of Industries and Production, and
National Food Security & Research in submission of annotated replies to
different queries made by the National Assembly and Senate about various
fertilizer-related issues during 201314.
The NFDC fully contributed, both in technical and physical terms, in the
preparation of the Vision 2025 and the 11th Five Year Plan in respect to the
fertilizer and agriculture sectors.
Fertilizer-related research review and papers were published in the period,
which had in-depth knowledge of countrys fertilizer sector. These
publications were widely acknowledged by researchers and policymakers.
The NFDC has represented the country in various conferences and seminars
at the national and international levels.
The Centre compiled fertilizer subsidy estimates for the Finance Division for
the last ten years. Total fertilizer subsidy estimates for 2002-03 to 2011-12
were in the range of Rs16.18 billion to Rs91.86 billion respectively. The NFDC
has also estimated the fertilizer subsidy for 2012-13 and 2013-14, which are
as Rs54.13 billion and Rs 10.66 billion (only on imported urea) respectively.
Also, contributed in rationalising and reducing prices of locally produced
urea (to a level of Rs1,786 per 50 kilogramme bag) in collaboration with the
Ministry of National Food Security and Research.
Moreover, the Centre assisted the Ministry of Industries and Production in
assessing the opportunity cost of providing natural gas to the fertilizer
industry vis--vis power sector along with estimating the impact of removing
the unbudgeted feed stock gas subsidy on manufacturing of urea.

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In September 2013, the ECC of the Cabinet assigned the Secretary Ministry
of PD&R to review problems, issues and hurdles being faced in import of
fertilizer, its distribution to the end-users, and suggest a way forward in
consultation with the Ministry of Industries and Production and Trading
Corporation of Pakistan (TCP). In the light of above-decision of the ECC,
three detailed meetings were held with all the stakeholders concerned to
identify and examine issues for suggesting appropriate way forward. As a
result of these meetings, a summary and a detailed report was submitted to
the ECC by this Ministry for consideration. The ECC of the Cabinet has
constituted a committee, under the Chairmanship of the Minister for PD&R
including Secretaries PD&R, Industries and production, and National Food
Security & Research as its members, to review functions devolved and
assigned to provinces and federal ministries according to the 18th
amendment. In this process starting from the holding of meetings till
consideration of summary in the ECC of the Cabinet the NFDC played a key
role as the section concerned of the Ministry.
The NFDC has got approval of the concept of the Geographic Information
System (GIS) from the competent authority in June, 2013, in order to digitise
its fertilizer-related figurative data and information to thematic soil fertility
and fertilizer maps for Pakistan in collaboration of the Food Agriculture
Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
The Chief NFDC has been adopted as a member of committee, constituted
by the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, to review the
functions No. 9, 10 and 11 assigned to this Ministry under Rules of Business
1973. Function 9 relates to the FRC meetings, and the NFDC contributed
effectively and provided technical support.
The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) is working under the
chairmanship of the Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic
Affairs, Statistics and Privatisation. This it to examine the differential in
import prices of urea in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, and identify factors
due to which there is a huge price variation of urea in the markets of these
countries. The NFDC, along with the ministries of Commerce, and Industries
and Production, was assigned to study the actual factors responsible for cost
differential in these neighbouring countries. The Centre gathered all the
requisite information and data with respect to urea prices and subsidies in
these countries, analysed and submitted its recommendations to the NPMC.
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NATIONAL LOGISTICS CELL

Nearly four-decade history of Pakistans premier logistics and construction
organisation the National Logistics Cell is replete with shining examples
of total commitment towards nation-building and economic development of
the country. Established in 1978 to resolve logistics crisis triggered by
massive congestion at the Karachi Port, the NLC has grown in size and
stature due to its illustrious performance in multiple fields, like
transportation, logistics, engineering, construction, Dry Ports and Border
Terminals Management, transparent and efficient Toll Revenue Collection,
development of skilled human resource base, revival of the Freight Train
operation and scores of voluntary projects under the Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) domain. The Cell is a self-sustained organisation and
receives no budgetary support from the government of Pakistan despite the
fact that it performs all the tasks assigned, including complete logistic
management of the NDMA and PDMA.

Organisation and role

The NLC is a state-owned and controlled strategic and crisis management
organisation, which is affiliated with the Planning Commission. The Cell
works under overall framework of the National Logistic Board (NLB), headed
by the Minister for PD&R, and performs crises management tasks during
emergencies and natural calamities.
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Strategic Business Units

Freight Services
The NLC owns and operates the countrys largest fleet of modern vehicles
and undertakes massive dry and liquid cargo operations across the country.
The Dry Cargo segment of the NLC has a lifting capacity of 15000 metric
tonnes with financial turnover of Rs3554 million. The outfit has generated
average annual revenue to the tune of Rs5 billion over the last ten years.
The Cell alone lifts more than half of the countrys domestic crude oil
production from far-flung oilfields in North and South Zones, and transports
it to refineries in Karachi and Rawalpindi. The NLC is the preferred choice of
the Pakistan Vanaspati Association for transportation of the edible oil from
terminals at port to the production units across Pakistan.

Engineers NLC
The NLC Engineers is regarded as the most dynamic and credible
construction outfit of Pakistan presently engaged in executing projects
worth more than Rs100 billion in the length and breadth of the country. The
organisation has rightly emerged as the trendsetter in the construction, and
has a proud history of completing mega projects before scheduled
completion time in an economical manner much to the satisfaction of its
clients. The countrys longest flyover and largest underpass has been
constructed by the Engineers NLC. Breaking the barriers of space and time,
the NLC introduced 24/7 working culture in construction and successfully
completed mega projects in densely populated urban centres and
inaccessible mountainous terrains of the country. Following are some of the
projects completed by the NLC Engineers in record time:
Names of flyovers, bridge and roads

Constructed in...
100 days

6 Road Flyover, Rawalpindi

Chandni Chowk Flyover, Rawalpindi

127 days

Bridge on Nullah Leh, Rawalpindi

130 days

Kalma Chowk Flyover, Lahore

135 days

Golra Road, Rawalpindi

40 days

Muslim Town Flyover, Lahore

148 days

th

Management of dry ports and border terminals

The dry ports and border terminals, managed by the NLC, are known for
their client-friendly facilities, state-of-the-art infrastructure with least
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administrative encumbrances in accordance with the government policies,

rules and regulations. Businessmen and traders are afforded facilities, like
easy customs clearance, comprehensive handling services, safe and
accessible warehousing and inland movement of goods to any location
within Pakistan. These ports and terminals are adequately equipped with
the latest scanners, weigh bridges, cranes, reach stackers, top and fork
lifters, tender fire crash, generator, tractors and mechanical brooms, etc.
The NLC has set up border terminals at Wagha, Torkham, Jamrud and
Chaman. These terminals are playing a crucial role in boosting trade with the
neighbouring India and Afghanistan. Similar terminals are being established
at Khokhrapar, Sust and Taftan border points to facilitate import-export
business with China and Iran respectively.

Tolling projects
The NLC was assigned the task of reviving the sick tolling sector in 1999, and
making it a major source of earning for the government. The Cell introduced
a comprehensive package of reforms in collection of the toll revenue
primarily focusing on prevention of corruption, induction of strong
management and efficient human resource, installation of e-system on toll
plazas, round-the-clock monitoring through CCTVs and feedback from
commuters and general public. Due to tremendous credibility established by
the NLC, people now by and large consider paying toll tax as a civic
responsibility. The Cell has also the distinction of being the highest revenue
collector for the National Highway Authority, and the NLC has contributed
more than Rs31 billion from toll collection to the national exchequer.

NLC Express Freight Train

For revival of the freight train service, the NLC launched a pilot project
Express Freight Train (NEFT) in 2009. After successful run of dozens of trains,
the then Chairman National Logistics Board (NLB) and Minister Finance, in
the 46th NLB meeting, directed the NLC to extend all out assistance to the
Pakistan Railways to revive itself by financing repair of its locomotives
besides purchasing ten locomotives from Korea. The NLC has procured ten
refurbished GMU-30 locomotives from the Korean Rail (KORAIL), which are
being used for freight operations in coordination with the Pakistan Railways.

Applied Technologies Institutes, Mandra and Dina

The ATIN Mandra and Dina, established by the NLC, are playing a key role in
creating a pool of skilled human resource base in Pakistan. The Institutes are
offering quality education and vocational know-how to students for enabling
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them to compete in the national and international job market besides

starting their own small businesses. The Institutes have so far provided
vocational training to more than 7000 students in multiple disciplines.

Crisis management role

The NLC has selflessly served the nation when faced with any crisis. The Cell
suspends its routine business to concentrate fully on its primary role of crisis
management. The NLC has made valuable contributions to address logistics
crisis whenever it surfaced in any part of the country. Since its inception, the
Cell has been frequently employed by different governments to tackle
challenges, which it met successfully. The Cell provided critical logistics
support to the national and international relief agencies during the
earthquake of 2005, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) crisis 2009, floods of
2010, Awaran earthquake of 2013, Thar Drought in 2014 and North
Waziristan IDPs Relief Operation 2014. Besides relief operations, the NLC
played crucial role in resolving crisis like wheat shortage in1985, 1988 and
1996, POL transporters strike in 1983, 1991 and 1995, water crisis in
Islamabad in1994 and the GCP strike in1995, etc.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Sharing success with the community constitutes an essential feature of the
core values of every corporate organisation. Cognizant of its obligation to
the society, the NLC has initiated projects aimed at the betterment of the
common people and serving them without distinction of caste and creed. Of
all the public sector institutions, the Cell is one of the pioneers in
undertaking CSR projects. The NLC has established educational and technical
institutes, play grounds, public parks and a modern Motocross Track, etc.

Overseas projects
The NLC has extended its business operations to the region by undertaking
projects in Afghanistan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The Cell has successfully
completed construction of five projects Allama Iqbal Faculty of Arts in
Kabul, Nishtar Kidney Centre in Jalalabad, Sir Syed Post-Graduate Science
Faculty in Nangrahar and Liaqat Ali Khan Engineering Faculty in Mazar-eSharif and 200-Bed Jinnah Hospital in Kabul. The projects are part of $300
million assistance programme of the government of Pakistan for
reconstruction and rehabilitation of Afghanistan.

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PART-IV
ANNEXURES

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Annexure - A
Sections of the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform
I. Administration Wing
II. Economic sections

Economic Appraisal Section

Employment and Research Section

International Trade and Finance Section

Macroeconomic Section

Money, Price and Fiscal Policy Section

Plan Coordination Section

Poverty Alleviation Section

Public Investment Authorisation Section

Public Investment Programming Section

III. Technical Sections

Agriculture and Food Section

Devolution and Area Development Section

Education Section

Governance Section

Health Section

Industries and Commerce Section

Manpower Section

Mass Media, Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Section

Nutrition Section

Physical Planning and Housing Section

Population and Social Planning Section

Printing and Publication Section

Science and Technology Section

Social Welfare Section

Transport and Communication Section

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Water Resources Section

Drawing Section
IV. Wings

Energy Wing

Projects Wing
V. Attached cells, departments and autonomous bodies

National Fertilizer Development Centre (NFDC)

Pakistan Planning and Management Institute (PPMI)

Pakistan Institute of Development ECONOMICS (PIDE)

National Logistics Cell (NLC)

Overseas Development Centre (ODC)

Afghan Cell

Environment

Forestry and Wildlife

Gender Based Governance System Project

Jawaid Azfar Computer Centre (JACC)

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Annexure-B
Projects completed/substantially completed during 2013-14
No.
1.
2.

3.
4.
5.
6.

7.

8.
9.
10.
11.

12.

13.
14.
15.

Names of projects
CABINET DIVISION
Establishment of Allergy Centre with Diagnostic, Curative and
Research Facilities NIH, Islamabad
Improvement / Upgradation of Existing Building and Equipment
for the Manufacturing of Measles Vaccine from Concentrate
(secondary manufacture) according to current GMP and GLP at
NIH, Islamabad
Improvement, upgradation and capacity enhancement of existing
HDC building for the manufacture of Cell Culture, NIH
Providing / Installation of Security Equipment and Fire Alarm
System at Cabinet Block Building, Islamabad
Rehabilitation/Replacement of 32 Lifts at Pak Secretariat Building,
Islamabad
Upgradation / Renovation of Public Address, Simultaneous
Interpretation and Automatic vote costing (PA/SIS/AVC) System
Installed in the Senate Hall at Parliament Building, Islamabad
Construction of Security Wall outside the Existing Boundary Wall
of Islamabad Heliport, Islamabad
Total (Cabinet)
CAPITAL ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Computerization of National Braille Press at National Special
Education Centre for Visually Handicapped Children, Islamabad
Construction of Model Child Welfare Centre, Humak Islamabad
Construction of Renovation of Nursing Hostel at PIMS Islamabad
Prime Minister's Special Initiative for Management of Dengue
Fever and Pollen Allergy, Islamabad
Total (CAD)
CLIMATE CHANGE DIVISION
Establishment of National Bio safety Centre (NBC) Project
(Islamabad)
COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION
NH&MP [Purchase of Land for Construction of NH&MP Offices at
Gwadar]
Chund Bridge Over River Chenab (Jhang)
Construction of 2 Lane Bridge over River Chenab at Head
Muhammad Wala, District Multan

(Rs Million)
Costs
45.9
86.3

140.2
37.4
174
63.7

42.6
590.1
38
39.5
38.2
39.5
155.2
39.5

0.9
1085.8
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No.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

21.
22.
23.
24.

25.
26.

27.
28.
29.
30.

31.
32.
33.

Names of projects
DI Khan-Zam Tower-Mughalkot (N-50) (124 Km)(KUC-DIK) (DI
Khan, KPK and Mughalkot, Punjab)
Hiran Minar Interchange M-2 (Sheikhupura)
Realignment near Jacobabad and Dera Allah Yar (N-65)
(Jacobabad, Dera Allah Yar)
Rehabilitation of Larkana-Naudero Lakhi Road (29 Km) (Shikarpur,
Larkana)
Shershah Bridge on River Chenab (N-70) (Multan)
Total (Communications)
DEFENCE DIVISION
Construction of CSO (N) Office Islamabad
Construction of IMG Hostel at Met. Complex University road
Karachi
Establishment of Digitized Ops Room at HQ PMSA Building
(Karachi)
Establishment of FG Degree College for Boys at Nowshera
Total (Defence)
ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION
Construction of NIPA Complex at Sumungly Road, Quetta Revised
(District Quetta)
Construction of Boundary Wall to the NSPP Headquarters at
Islamabad
Total (Establishment)
FINANCE DIVISION
Construction / Replacement of New & Existing Sewerage System
(Lyari Dev Package) (Karachi)
Construction / Replacement of New & Existing Water Supply Line
(Lyari Dev. Package) (Karachi)
Construction of Various Roads in District Tando Allahyar
(Hyderabad Package)
Improvement / Widening Roads of Sui Town (Dera Bugti Package)
(District Dera Bugti)
Total (Finance)
HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION
Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) Characterization Lab, Pakistan
Instt. of Engg. and Applied Sciences(PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad
Provision of Overseas Scholarships and Multipurpose Conference
Hall at University of Gujrat
Renovation and Restoration of Historical Building of Main GCU
Campus, Lahore
Total (HEC)

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Costs
3650.3
362.1
680.5
3529.3
1023.1
12840.5
8.9
32
20
59.7
120.6
350.1
11.7
361.7
367
370.4
426
76.5
1239.9
51.1
50.3
99.5
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No.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.

43.
44.
45.

46.
47.
48.
49.
50.

51.
52.
53.
54.
55.

Names of projects
HOUSING AND WORKS DIVISION
Construction of Boat Bridge on Ravi at Dadoana Patton I/C
Metalled Road, Tehsil Kabirwala, District Khanewal
Construction of Office Cum Residential Accommodation for I.B. at
Chitral
Fire prevention & Fire fighting arrangements in Prime Minister's
House, Islamabad
Improvement and Special Repair of Block No. I and IV Markaz G-6
Allotted to NAB, Rawalpindi
Provision of Reception, Waiting Office Guard Room and
Compound Wall at Fatima Jinnah Hostel G-5/2 at Islamabad
Up-gradation / Renovation of Block-35 National Accountability
Bureau, Karachi
Acquisition of Land for Construction of Parking and Police
Barracks at Supreme Court of Pakistan, Islamabad
Construction of Boundary Wall around Pak. PWD Complex at
Multan
Replacement of Air Conditioning Units at Supreme Court Branch
Registry & Judges Rest House (HM-IV) Bath Island Karachi
Total (Housing & Works)
INDUSTRIES DIVISION
Agro Food Processing Facilities (AFP), Multan
SME Sub Contracting Exchange in Gujranwala
SMEDA SME Facilitation Complex at PITAC, Lahore
Total (Industries)
INFORMATION & BROADCASTING DIVISION
2x100 KW SW Transmitter & H.F Aerial System Landhi, Karachi
Balancing and Modernization of Equipment Phase-V, All Over
Pakistan
Rebroadcast Station, Umerkot (Sindh)
Pushto News Services
Saraiki News Services
Total (I&B)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & TELECOM DIVISION
Automation of Trading Corporation of Pakistan, Karachi
Construction of Office Accommodation of PCB at H-9/1, ICT
Consultancy for Re-Engineering of GoP Business Processes,
Islamabad
E-Services at Chief/Deputy Commissioner's Office, Islamabad
E-Services at Civil Services Academy, Lahore

Costs
58
19.6
6.3
59.8
4.2
22.3
51.6
5.1
4.4
231.3
207.7
26.1
57.2
291
433.5
112.4
45.6
4
4
599.4
37.2
54.9
2.9
80.4
39.5

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No.
56.
57.

58.
59.
60.

61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73
74
75
76
77
78
79

Names of projects
HMIS at Tertiary Health Care Level Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore
Online Access to Statutory and Case Laws, Karachi
Total (IT)
INTER PROVINCIAL COORDINATION DIVISION
Lying of Synthetic Hockey Turf at Rawalakot (AJ&K)
Merit Scholarships for Minority Students (Phase-II) (All over
Pakistan)
Repair, Renovation & construction of Additional Rooms at Fatima
Jinnah Hostel at Pakistan Sports complex, Islamabad
Total (IPC)
INTERIOR DIVISION
Const of Staff family Residences for FC Officers& staff at FC HQ
Hangu, Bannu and Tank districts
Const of canteen, two Barracks accommodation, 128 main
Recreation hall, Const of parameter wall at FC HQ Fort Hangu
Const. of Soakage Pits in UC Bhara Kahu and Phulgran
Construction of 1 x Additional Wing Accommodation for Swat
Scouts at Warsak
Construction of 20 x Other ranks Qtrs Makran Scouts F.C at Turbat
Balochistan
Construction of 9 KM Rural Roads in UC Rawat & Sihala
(Islamabad)
Construction of Admin Block, Quarter Guard, 03 Barracks,
Magazine and House Stable in Diplomatic Enclave Islamabad
Construction of FC Rear Camp and Storage Area at Rawalpindi
(Revised)
Construction of FIA Cat-II Police Station at Faisalabad
Construction of FIA Cat-II Police Station Building at Dera Ismail
Khan
Construction of Married Accommodation for 30 x Inspectors of
Bhittai Rangers at Karachi
Construction of Regional Passport Office at Sialkot, Punjab
Dev. Of Olive vegetable Nursery in ICT
Establishment of Session Division & Civil District East, Islamabad
Improvement of Bazaar Road at Bhara Kahu (Islamabad)
Improvement of Nilore Area Bangial and Dhok Maskeen-Agla
Mohra Road (Islamabad)
Installation of 18 x Nos Tube Wells for FC Balochistan
Lockup for deportees/victims for FIA at Turbat (District Turbat)
Provision of additional facilities and construction of Tube well at
National Police Academy, Islamabad

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Costs
40
32.2
287
47.1
17.7
33.7
98.5
39.6
37.7
47.7
247.5
20.2
52.9
201
55
26.1
16.2
24.6
35.1
50
58.2
45
57.2
36.7
23.3
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No.
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98

99
100
101
102

Names of projects
Purchase of Electro-medical Equipment for FC Hospital at Quetta
Purchase of Three Crawler mounted water well drilling Rig in ICT
Rehab/Up-gradation of road/street pavement at Jilani UC Bhara
Kahu (Islamabad)
Rehabilitation of Prince Shahpur Phulgran & Raja Akhtar Road
(Islamabad)
Street Pavement in Mohra Nagial, Humak, Sheikhpur and Kortana
(Islamabad)
Up-gradation and Rehabilitation of ten Women Community
Centres in 10 Union Councils of the ICT, Islamabad
Const of breast wall and rising of existing culver at Rajwal, ICT
Construction of 12 x Border Posts for FC Balochistan. (Multiple
Districts)
Construction of 20 x Under Ground Magazines for Units Sector
HQ South, FC Balochistan
Construction of Boundary Wall around the premises of 96 Flats
and Renovation 96 Flats, Sector G-9/1, Islamabad
Construction of Litigant Shed and other allied facilities in F-8
Markaz, Islamabad
Construction of Nullah & Soakage pit in Partal Jhang Sayedan, ICT
Construction of Parameter Boundary Wall around Sector HQ
Chenab Rangers at Sialkot
Construction of Police Barracks (Western Side) at Plot No.18-A, G13 Markaz, Islamabad
Construction of road from shah Allah Ditta road to link Lubhana
road near reservoir, ICT Islamabad
Extension/up-gradation of water supply scheme at Shahdara,
Dhok Charhan, Mohalla Thalli, ICT
Feasibility study for Solar based water supply schemes in Rural
Area of Islamabad
Improvement of road & street in Golra Sector, ICT Islamabad
Installation of hand/ motorized pump & strengthening of existing
water supply scheme in isolated dhokes/ villages of rural area of
ICT
Provision of drainage facilities in IRD Markaz Sihala, ICT
Provision of Video conferencing facilities for District and session
Division East Islamabad
Provision of Video conferencing facilities for District and session
Division West Islamabad
Sewerage/Drainage at Police Lines HQ, H-11, Islamabad

Costs
474.5
59.8
55.8
59.8
60
10
6.8
57.5
58
43.1
26.6
25
14.8
58.3
33.8
20.5
4
56.8
48.9

49.9
15.6
15.6
59.1

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No.
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111

112
113

114

115
116
117
118
119

120
121

122

123
124

Names of projects
Small Water Supply Scheme Pir Sohawa i/c F.G.B Primary school
Mughal, Islamabad
Street pavement in 7 Villages of UC Koral, ICT, Islamabad
Street Pavement at Kalinger, Islamabad
Street pavement in 9 villages of UC Tarlai, ICT Islamabad
Water Supply Ali Pur, Nai Abadi, ICT
Water Supply Scheme at Gulberg Town, Madina Town, Ali Pur, ICT
Water Supply Scheme Burma, ICT
Water Supply scheme Chakian, UC Sihala, ICT
Construction of Pre-cast R.C.C Planks Boundary Wall of Model
Prison Plot for ICT, Islamabad
Total (Interior)
NARCOTICS CONTROL DIVISION
Drug Free City Lahore
NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY & RESEARCH DIVISION
Establishment of Animal Quarantine Station, Gwadar
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES, REGULATIONS & COORDINATION
DIVISION
Strengthening of National Control Authority for Biological and its
Independent Laboratory, Islamabad
PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
Bannu Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Radiotherapy, Bannu
Detailed Exploration of Uranium (Phase-VII), DG Khan
Detailed Exploration of Uranium Resources in Bannu Basin and
Kohat Plateau (Kohat)
Upgradation of CHASCENT (CHASNUPP Centre of Nuclear
Training) (Chashma, Mianwali)
Digital Radiotherapy Simulator (NORI) Islamabad
Total (PAEC)
PAKISTAN NUCLEAR REGULATORY AUTHORITY
Establishment of National Dosimetry and Protection Level
Calibration Laboratory (PNRA) Islamabad
National Programme on Environmental Radioactivity Surveillance
Islamabad, Kundian, Karachi
Total (PNRA)
PETROLEUM & NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION
Up gradation/ Strengthening of Geosciences Advance Research
Laboratories, GSP Islamabad
PORTS & SHIPPING DIVISION
Acquisition of Fibreglass Security Boats
Gwadar Port Infrastructure Development on Misc Work

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Costs
14.5
40
27.7
57.6
17.7
19.5
26
20.5
13.4
2652
60
38.3

278.6

672.1
856.6
499
537
45.6
2610.2
364.4
310
674.4
249.9

55
40

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125

126
127

128
129
130
131
132
133
134

135
136
137
138
139
140
141

142
143
144

Names of projects
Installation of Two Pontoons
Total (Ports)
PRODUCTION DIVISION
Ceramics Development & Training Complex, Gujranwala
RAILWAYS DIVISION
Replacement of 3 brake down / Rescue Cranes and procurement
of five sets of relief train equipment. (All Pakistan)
REVENUE DIVISION
Construction of Hostel Adjacent to old Custom House, Karachi
Construction of Mujeeb Khan Custom Check Post at Kohat Tunnel
Construction of New Taxpayers Facilitation Centre at Dera Ismail
Khan
Purchase of Land for TFC, Gwadar
Purchase of Land for Tax Facilitation Centre at Chishtian
Purchase of Land for TFC, Charsada
Purchase of Land for TFC, Hafizabad
Total (Revenue)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH DIVISION
Development and Application of Plant Tissue Culture Technology
for the Production of Stress Tolerant Crop, PCSIR Labs Karachi
Embedded Control System Development (ECSD), NIE Islamabad
Enhancement & Management of Groundwater Resources in
Balochistan
Establishment of Product Conformity Centre, PSQCA, Karachi
Exploration and Exploitation of Lightweight Aggregates along the
Coast of Balochistan, CWHR
Rainwater Harvesting and Desertification Control in the KharanChagai Desert of Balochistan PCRWR
Up gradation Renovation/ Reconstruction and Modernization of
Animal House (For Rearing/ Breeding & supply of Research
Experimental Animals) for R&D Activities & Drugs Development/
Evaluation, PCSIR Karachi
Upgradation and Modernization of Workshop Facilities at PCSIR
Laboratories, Peshawar
Upgradation of facilities to produce Silicon Solar Modules up to
80 KW, PCRET Islamabad
Water Quality Monitoring in Rural Areas of Pakistan and
Installation of Low Cost Water Conditioning & Filtration Units
(Phase-II)
Total (S&T)

Costs
40
135
361.6
1638

59.8
36.4
15.9
1.3
2
10
9.1
134.5
28.2
34.8
38.7
18.3
35
37.4
38.7

148
418.5
39.7

837.2

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No.
145
146
147
148
149

Names of projects
WATER & POWER DIVISION (POWER SECTOR)
Allai Khwar Hydro Power Project (121 MW) (Mansehra) (IDB)
WATER & POWER DIVISION (WATER SECTOR)
Construction of Aujo Escapa RD No.135 Lower Nara Canal
(Sanghar)
Construction of Delay Action Dams Ground Water Recharge of
Pishin Quetta Mastung & Mangocher
Feasibility Study of Small Dams in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (District
Peshawar)
Mangla Water Shed Management Project, Rawalpindi, Jhelum,
Mirpur
Total (Water)
Grand total

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Costs
13834.9
92.5
1099.8
97
273.7
1563
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Mega projects financed during 2013-14
No.
1.

2
3

4
5
6
7
8

9
10

11
12
13
14

15

(Rs Million)
Costs

Names of projects
CABINET DIVISION
Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus Project (Islamabad Portion,
13.9 km)
COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION
Karachi-Lahore Motorway (Land Acquisition)
Construction of Hassanabdal-Havelian-Manshera Expressway
(E-35) 110 Km (Phase-1, 59 Km) (Rawalpindi, Abbottabad,
Havelian)
Rehab/Imp / Widening of KKH (Raikot-Khunjerab Section 335
km (Gilgit-Baltistan) (Exim Bank China)
N-5 Highway Rehabilitation Project (Revised) (All Provinces)
Construction of Faisalabad-Khanewal Expressway (184 km) M-4
(Faisalabad, TT Sindh, Jhang and Khanewal) (ADB)
Improvement and Widening of Jaglot-Skardu Road (S-I, 167 km)
Realignment of KKH and Barrier lake Attabad, Hunza, Gilgit
Baltistan (17 km) New (7 km Rehab) (Hunza Gilgit-Baltistan)
(China)
Rehabilitation of NHA Highways Network damaged during
Floods 2010 (All Over Pakistan) (ADB Loan)
Gwadar-Turbat-Hoshab Section (200 Km) of Gwadar-Ratodero
Road (892 Km) M-8, including Khuzdar - Shahdadkot-Ratodero
(143 km)-(Gwadar, Turbat, Khuzdar in Balochistan and Kamber,
Shahdadkot and Larkana in Sindh)
Widening & Improvement of N-85, Hoshab-Nag-Basima-Surab
Road (459 Km) (Khuzdar, Panjgur)
Makran Coastal Road (N-10) Liari-Gwadar (531 Km) + GwadarGabd Road(122 km)
Lowari Tunnel & Access Roads (Dir)
Rehabilitation & Reconstruction of Damaged Sections of NHA
Roads (27.77 km) in Earthquake Affected Areas (Revised), i)
Battal-Battagram-Thakot (N-35 25 km), ii) Basian-BalakotNaran-Mahandri (N-15), 65 km - (WB) iii) MuzaffarabadChakotti (S-2/JVR), 58 Km
M-4 Motorway 57 km Package-IV) (Incl. Rs1 bn for LA) (Multan)
(IDB)

23840

60590
46811

30911
29000
28792
24935
23974

23600
23169

22412
21216
18133
14789

14495

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No.

Names of projects

16

Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway M-9 (136 km) (Malir, Dadu,

Jamshoro, Hyderabad)
Islamabad-Muzaffarabad Kohala Road (N-75) (43 km) (IMDCW)
(Rawalpindi)
Ratodero-Dadu Sehwan ACW (200 km) Sindh (PK-55) (Dadu,
Jamshoro, Larkana) (JICA)
Bridge over River Indus at Larkana
Rakhi Gaj-Bewata (N-70) East West (34 km) Pk-57 (Dera Ghazi
Khan) (Japan)
National Highway Development Sector Improvement Program
(NHDSIP) - Revised [Qillah Saifullah-Zhob (N-50) - 155 km](ADB)
Lyari Expressway (16.5 Km) (Karachi)
Kalat-Quetta-Chaman Section of N-25 (247 km) KHC
Malakand Tunnel (N-45) (Malakand) (ADB)
Peshawar Northern Bypass (34 km) (Peshawar)
Improvement and Widening of N-45 (141 km) {Including Takht
Bhai Flyover} (Dir)
Rehabilitation / Upgradation of Tri District Link (45 km)
Southern Punjab (Jalal Pur Pir Wala) (Multan)
National Highway Development Sector Improvement Program
(NHDSIP)-Revised [Sukkur-Jacobabad (N-65) - 68.365 km] ADB)
2nd Kohat Tunnel on N-55 [JICA]
Multan Inner Ring Road Including Six Interchanges (Multan)
Rahim Yar Khan TMP -Bahawalpur ACW (N-5) (166 km)
Nokkundi-Taftan (126 km)
DEFENCE DIVISION
National Electronics Complex of Pakistan (Phase-I) NESCOM
Islamabad (China)
New Gwadar International Airport (NGIA) (Oman)
EDUCATION & TRAINING DIVISION
Improving Human Development Indicators in Pakistan (Country
wide)
FINANCE DIVISION
Gwadar Development Authority
Greater Water Supply Quetta (Main) (Quetta)
Greater Karachi Sewerage Plant (S-III) (Karachi)
Project for Improvement of Financial Reporting & Auditing
(PIFRA) (Phase-II), Islamabad - Revised (IDA/World Bank Credit)
2 x 50 MW Power Plant from Syngas (IGCC - 2009) Tharparkar

17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35

36
37
38
39
40

Year Book 2013-14

Costs
13439
12666
12342
11589
10009
9777
9735
9327
9043
9003
8550
8494
8041
8000
7846
7600
7560
10889
7675
8150

25000
17000
13492
9582
8899

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No.
41
42

43
44
45
46

47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55

56
87
58
59
60
61

Names of projects

Costs

HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION

Overseas Scholarship for MS/MPhil leading to PhD in selected
fields (Phase II)
Human Resource Development Initiative MS Leading to PhD
Programme of Faculty Development for Engineering
Universities/ UESTPs
Indigenous PhD fellowship for 5000 Scholars, HEC (Phase-II)
KASHMIR AFFAIRS& GILGIT-BALTISTAN DIVISION
30 MW Hydro Power Project Ghowari on Shayoke River (ADB)
48 MW Jagran Hydro Power Project AJ&K (France)
LAW, JUSTICE & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRSDIVISION
Provincial Programme under Access to Justice Programme (All
over Pakistan)
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES, REGULATIONS &
COORDINATION
National Program for Family Planning & Primary Health Care
Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), Control of
Diarrheal Disease (CDD) N.I.H Islamabad (IDA)
National Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Programme
(MNCH) (UK)
Prime Minister's Program for Prevention & Control of Hepatitis
PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
Karachi Coastal Power Project
Chashma Nuclear Power Project (C3 & C4) (Mianwali) (China)
Chemical Processing Plant CPP) (Mianwali)
Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Plant (NFEP) (Mianwali)
Establishment of Turbines and Power Plants Equipment
Manufacturing Facilities at HMC, Taxila
RAILWAYS DIVISION
Procurement of 150 D.E. Locomotives. (All Pakistan)
Procurement/ manufacturing of 50 Diesel Electric Locomotives.
(All Pakistan)
Procurement/Manufacture of 202 New Design Passenger
Carriages (EXIM Bank China) (All Pakistan)
Doubling of Track from Shahdara to Lalamusa (Lahore, Gujrat)
Procurement / Manufacture of 75 Nos. New D.E. Locos (Exim
Bank China ) (All Pakistan)
Doubling of Track from Khanewal to Raiwind (Revised)
(Khanewal, Lahore)

14522
11806

9973
7786
7056
11880

53406
26442
19995
13905
958729
189918
22098
14248
21543

55488
19407
15890
13593
12700
12617

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No.

Names of projects

62

Procurement of 500 high capacity bogie wagons and 40 power

vans (All Pakistan)
Replacement of old and obsolete signal gear from Lodhran
Khanewal-Shahdara Bagh mainline section of PR (IDB)
Doubling of Track from Shahdara to Faisalabad (Lahore,
Faisalabad)
Revival of Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) as modern commuter
system (Revised) (Karachi)
Rehabilitation and improvement of track (Revised) Karachi to
Khanpur
Track rehabilitation on Khanpur-Lodhran section (Khanpur,
Lodhran)
Rehabilitation of railway assets damaged during riots of 27-28
December, 2007 (Sukkur, Karachi)
WATER & POWER DIVSION (POWER SECTOR)
Neelum Jhelum Hydro Power Project (969 MW) (China, Kuwait,
Saudi Arabia, IDB and OPEC)
Installation of New Coal Fired Power Plants having Capacity
2x660 MW at Jamshoro (ADB)
Construction of Diamer Basha Dam Project Land Acquisition
(4500 MW)
Tarbela Fourth Extension Hydro Power Project (1410 MW)
(Swabi) (World Bank, IDA)
Conversion of FO / Gas Fired Boilers to Coal of 1350 MW Units
1-6 Thermal Power Station, Muzaffargarh (ADB)
Golan Gol Hydro Power Project (106 MW) (Chitral) (OPEC)
Addition of 500 / 220 KV Substation T/L for strengthen of
existing NTDC System and to enhance the Transmission
Capacity of new 500 & 220 KV Substation at Lahore (Japan)
Conversion of FO / Gas Fired Boilers to Coal of 450 MW Units
1&2 Thermal Power Station, Jamshoro (ADB)
Dubair Khawar Hydro Power Project, Kohistan, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa (IDB)
Power Transmission Enhancement Project, Tranche-II (Ten Sub
Projects of 500 & 220 KV T/Line) (ADB)
Allai Khwar Hydro Power Project (121 MW) (Mansehra) (IDB)
4 New Projects to be Financed by JBIC (i) 500 KV Rahimyar Khan
Grid Station & Transmission Line (ii) 220 KV Chishtian Grid
Station & 220 KV Vehari-Chishtian Transmission Line (iii) 220 KV
Gujrat Grid Station & 220 KV Transmission Line (iv) 220 KV Sha

63
64
65
66
67
68

71
72
73
74
75
76
77

78
79
80
81
82

Year Book 2013-14

Costs
11998
10720
10281
9617
6405
8978
7835

274,883
155,232
119,975
83,601
72,765
25,751
24,317

24,255
20,824
20,193
13,835
13,152

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No.

Names of projects

Costs

83

New 220 KV Grid Station at Khuzdar / 220 KV Dadu Khuzdar

D/C Transmission Line (Japan)
Keyal Khawar Hydro Power Project, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
(Battagram) (Germany)
WATER & POWER DIVISION (WATER SECTOR)
Raising of Mangla Dam including resettlement (Revised) (Large)
CRBC 1st Lift cum Gravity Project DI Khan
Kachhi Canal Project (Phase-I) (Dera Bugti, Nasirabad)
Construction of 08 Small / Medium Dams in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
Lining of Irrigation Channels in Punjab (All over Punjab)
Greater Thal Canal (Phase - I) (Bahkkar, Layyah)
Extension of Right Bank Outfall Drain from Sehwan to Sea,
(RBOD-II), Dadu and Thatta districts of Sindh
Nai Gaj Dam, Dadu Sindh (Medium) (China)
Gomal Zam Dam (South Waziristan) (Medium) (USA)
Irrigation System Rehabilitation Punjab (Phase-I) (All over
Punjab)
Rainee Canal (Phase - I) (Ghotki, Sukkur)
Naulong Storage Dam, Jhal Magsi Balochistan (Medium) (China)
Kurram Tangi Dam, North Waziristan, (Medium) (USA)
Revamping/Rehabilitation of Irrigation and Drainage System of
Sindh (All over Sindh)
Lower Indus Right Bank Irrigation and Drainage-I, Sindh (Dadu,
Larkana and Kambar)
Bara Dam, Khyber Agency, FATA (Medium)
Lining of Distributaries and Minors in Sindh (All over Sindh)
Construction of Small Storage Dams, Delay Action Dams,
Retention Weirs & ISSO Barriers in Sindh (Multiple Districts)
Resettlement of Extended Families of Mangla Dam Raising
Project
Darwat Dam, Jamshoro Sindh (Medium) (China)
Remedial Measures to Control Water-logging, Muzaffargarh
and TP Link Canal, Kot Addu, District Muzaffargarh
Rehabilitation of Irrigation System in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (All
over KPK)

8,540

84

85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106

7,067

97,553
61,067
59,352
32,778
30,996
30,467
29,217
26,236
22,480
19,519
18,862
18,027
17,205
16,796
14,707
14,208
13,828
12,211
10,450
9,300
8,565
8,485

Year Book 2013-14