The National Economic Council (NEC) will meet in Islamabad today to approve a long-term development blueprint — Vision 2025 — for the country with an initial consolidated development programme of Rs1.310 trillion and economic growth rate of 5.1 per cent during the next financial year.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will preside over the meeting to be attended by chief ministers of the four provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan, the prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, the governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa and federal and provincial ministers for finance and development.
Under the vision, the government aims to achieve export target of $150 billion, transform Pakistan into an upper-middle income country, reduce multi-dimensional poverty level from 49pc at present to less than 20pc by 2025.
