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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | July 8, 1952 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Pakistan |
| Headquarters | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Annual budget | See (2014 Federal Budget) |
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| Website | www.pc.gov.pk |
The Planning Commission (denoted as PC) (Urdu: 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]