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PM Nawaz chairs NEC meeting reviewing ADP achievements

Islamabad (May 19, 2017): A meeting of National Economic Council expected to approve the Annual Development Plan for the next financial year chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is underway here.

The meeting will also review the achievements of the on-going plan.

The Annual Plan Coordination Committee has already recommended to the NEC development programme worth 2113 billion rupees for the next financial year.

The meeting is being attended amongst others by the federal and provincial ministers, Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, provincial chief ministers and the prime minister of Azad Kashmir.

According to details Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will give a briefing at the meeting during which the federal budget for next fiscal year 2017-18 and National Economic Program will also be given the final shape.

Fixing the GDP growth target at six percent for the next fiscal is also expected to be approved.

The decisions of the CDWP and ECNEC will also be reviewed in the meeting.

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