Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has announced formation of seventeen task forces to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Addressing an event in Islamabad, he said these task forces consist of experts from government, political parties, and public and private sectors to collaborate in driving progress toward the SDGs.
The Minister urged the political forces and experts from all walks of life to come together and take the country forward on the path of progress and prosperity.
He said instead of protesting in the streets, it is essential for us to sit in parliament and relevant forums to help ensure national stability.
Ahsan Iqbal said human resource development is essential for any country’s progress and without eradicating poverty and hunger sustainable national development is impossible.
The Minister said twelve out of the seventeen SDGs are directly or indirectly related to poverty eradication, education quality, gender equality, clean water and affordable energy.
Earlier, Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives, Prof. Ahsan on Thursday said that sustainable economic development is essential for eradicating poverty and economic empowerment in the country.
Wealth creation, equal distribution of wealth, and economic competitiveness in society are necessary to eradicate poverty and sustainable economic development in the country, the minister said.
The Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives said this while chairing a roundtable consultation on Targeting Zero poverty, here in the auditorium of Planning Development and Special Initiatives.
The minister said that quality education, gender equality and maintaining peace and justice in the society must be for sustainable economic development and prosperity in the country.
Meanwhile, he announced a task force for sustainable economic development and to eradicate poverty to remove inequality in the country.
