Message from Advisor to Chief Minister on Economic Affairs, Planning & Development

Pakistan with its large young population, rapid urbanization rates, the Indus river system, natural resources and its emerging role as a unique economic corridor (CPEC) has an amazing opportunity to become a major prosperous participant in global supply chains and the world economy, Punjab will have a major role in this economic transformation of Pakistan.
Punjab is well positioned to change from its current inward looking agrarian focus to a competitive, export driven, high growth economic paradigm fueled by socio-economic transformations required for creating a global competitive advantage for Pakistan.
The Punjab Spatial Strategy 2047 (PSS) has been developed to achieve this transformation, the structural changes in the economy can only be strategically undertaken through evidence-based planning systems.
The formulation of PSS ensures integration of spatial planning data and tools into the development and planning roadmap for transforming Punjab it is expected to have a lasting spatial impact on policymaking, planning and development interventions by both the public and private sectors.