Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday urged his cabinet members to immediately commence work towards achieving the targets set in a five-year roadmap shared with all the relevant ministries.
Addressing a cabinet meeting, the prime minister said he had shared the broad parameters of the five-year plan with the relevant ministries by setting various targets to be achieved immediately without wasting time.
Under the parameters, he added, the ministries concerned should evolve mechanisms, hire human resources, and formulate strategies to meet the set targets.
“Responsibility with accountability will be the hallmark of the five-year roadmap as no system in the world can progress without it,” he opined.
The prime minister said that for this purpose, all available resources and tools should be explored, and those not available immediately should be procured.
He said that a forum like the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) was available to overcome delays and red tape. He added that the relevant rules should also be followed for hiring global consultants.
The prime minister stressed the utilization of the country’s talented human resources to achieve the targets.
He also urged the ministries to adopt innovative tools and thinking and reduce the file work burden.
“We have a five-year term to transform the country’s economic situation, but for that purpose, we have to commence our respective work immediately,” he emphasized.
To achieve self-sufficiency, the prime minister said they had to reduce the burden of foreign debts, increase GDP, create jobs, develop agriculture and IT sectors, bring reforms in the energy sector and end smuggling.