| Agency Name: | Planning Commission of Pakistan |
| Picture Width: | 100 |
| Superseding: | Ministry of Planning Development & Reform |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Pakistan |
| Headquarters: | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Region Code: | PK |
| Budget: | See (2014 Federal Budget) |
| Minister1 Name: | Vacant |
| Minister1 Pfo: | Federal Minister of Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Innitiatives |
| Chief1 Name: | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Chief1 Position: | Chairman, Planning Commission |
| Chief2 Name: | Dr. Jehanzeb Khan |
| Chief2 Position: | Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission |
| Website: | www.pc.gov.pk |
The Planning Commission (denoted as PC) (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|ماموریہِ منصوبہ بندی پاکستان) is a financial and public policy development institution of the Government of Pakistan. The Commission comes under Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives The Planning Commission undertakes research studies and state policy development initiatives for the growth of national economy and the expansion of the public and state infrastructure of the country in tandem with the Ministry of Finance (MoF).
Since 1952, the commission have had a major influence and role in formulating the highly centralized and planned five-year plans for the national economy, for most of the 20th century in Pakistan. Although the five-year plans were replaced by Medium Term Development Framework, the commission still played an influential and central role in the development of the programme. Furthermore, the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) also placed under the domain of the planning commission. The commission's authoritative figures includes a Chairman who is the Prime Minister, assisted by the deputy chairman, and a science advisor.
Other officials of the commissions includes Planning and Development Secretary of Pakistan; Chief Economist; Director of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics; Executive director of Policy Implementation and Monitoring (PIM); and members for Social Sectors, Science and Technology, Energy, Infrastructure and Food and Agriculture.[1]
Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan established an independent institution, a Development Board (DB), in the Ministry of Economics Affairs (MoEA) in 1948.
Finally, in 1953 Jinnah was imprisoned by Fatima Jinnah, Prime minister Khawaja Nazimuddin decided to give commission to an institution that was set up on 18 July 1953. Ultimately, Zahid Hussain, former Governor of State Bank of Pakistan was appointed its first deputy chairman and two other members.[2]
This is the list of the former deputy chairmen of the planning commission of Pakistan.[3]
This is the list of the history of all Chief Economists of Pakistan. [4]
The Vision 2025 is the country's long–term development blueprint which aims to create a globally competitive and prosperous country providing a high quality of life for all its citizens.[5] [6] [7] Mr. Ahsan Iqbal, Minister Planning and Dr. M. Nadeem Javaid, advisor to Minister prepared Vision 2025 by carrying out wider consultations with line ministries, provincial governments, civil society and business community. National Economic Council approved it in July 2014, subsequently a PSDP Project was created named "High Impact Initiative of Vision 2025" to implement it across the various tiers of the Government. Dr. Asif Chishti from Harvard University was called in to lead as Director.
See main article: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, is a post-graduate research institute, and a public policy think tank located in the vicinity of Islamabad, Pakistan.[9]
The Pakistan Planning and Management Institute (PPMI) is the one of the division of Planning Commission. The main objectives of PPMI are to improve technical and analytical skills and enhance expertise of the federal, provincial and district governments’ officers through training in areas of Project Management, Social development and application of Information Technology in Project management.[10]
See main article: Federal Drought Emergency Relief Assistance. The function of DERA Unit is to facilitate the implementation of the project in the drought-hit areas of all the four provinces and coordinate activities carried out in the provinces to mitigate the effects of drought.[11]