Prime Minister Of Pakistan
*Pakistan’s success story with Imran Khan in 2020
The government of Prime Minister Imran Khan has handled the economic impact of pandemic with effective strategies and emerged successful during tough times in 2020 as well. No doubt, the year 2020 has known to be a tale of challenges worldwide. The Outline of the significant milestones mention below achieved through the government of Pakistan during last year along with a set of the Prime Minister’s New Year resolutions for year 2021:
Health
- Sehat Sahulat Card for entire Punjab (end of year 2021), entire KP including ex-FATA merged districts (end of Jan 2021), entire AJK & GB. Also for Police, Lawyers, Transgenders etc.
- Indigenous production of medical equipment counting ventilators and cardiac stents launched
- Isolation Hospital and Infectious Treatment Centre (IHITC) inaugurated in Islamabad
- Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar – Medical, Surgical and Allied Services Block inaugurated
- DHQ Hafizabad groundbreaking
- DHQ Chakwal groundbreaking
- 250-bed Peshawar Institute of Cardiology inaugurated
Education
- Single National Curriculum finalised
- University of Hafizabad groundbreaking
- University of Chakwal groundbreaking
- Pak-Austria Facchochschule Institute inaugurated in Haripur
- Namal Knowledge City Phase 1 groundbreaking
- Sialkot University of Applied Engineering and Technology groundbreaking
- SNC to be completely rolled out by 2023.
Climate
- Largest forest of Pakistan in Kundian, Mianwali launched with 250 million trees target
- Green Stimulus Package to offer employment and combat climate change alsol
- Monsoon Tree Plantation campaign
- Largest tree plantation drive in Pakistan’s history – 3.5 million trees planted on August 9th
- Billion Tree Honey Initiative
- Protected Areas Initiative
- Clean Green Index awards
- Travel Responsibly for Eco-tourism in KP (TREK) Initiative launched
- Locust Crisis tackled successfully
- UN biodiversity Summit, Austrian World Summit & Climate Ambition Summit addressed by PM Imran Khan
Covid Resposne
- 1st ever NSC meeting on Public Health
- NCOC formed to serve as nerve centre
- Rs. 1.2 trillion COVID Relief Package, Rs. 180 billion disbursed through Ehsaas Emergency Cash, multiple other economic stimulus measures
- Smart lockdown
- Construction Industry Package to ensure employment for daily wagers
- Response acknowledged by WHO as one of the best
Welfare State
- Ehsaas Kafaalat, – One Woman One Account ( 7 million families to benefit) – Special Persons (2 million families to benefit)
- Ehsaas Amdan Program
- Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarships distribution
- Ehsaas Nashonuma to fight stunted growth
- Rs. 180 billion disbursed during COVID to 15 million families transparently
Development Projects
- Naya Pakistan Housing 20000 housing units worth Rs. 100 bn inaugurated by PM
- Allama Iqbal Industrial City Faisalabad groundbreaking
- BRT inauguration
- Karachi Transformation Plan – Karachi Package
- Ravi Urban Development Project
- 5 decades after Mangla and Tarbela, construction for 2 large dams, Diamer-Basha and Mohmand, is well underway
- Azad Pattan and Kohala Hydropower Projects
- Mohmand – Sheikh Zayed Road inaugurated
- Special Economic Zones initiated under CPEC
- Quaid-e-Azam Business Park Sheikhupura
- Balochistan & Sindh High Speed Broadband Project
- Chakwal Northern Bypass
Economy
- Remittances (Jul-Nov): $11.8 billion 27 percent increase
- Exports (Jul-Dec): $12.1 billion 5 percent increase
- Large Scale Manufacturing (July-Oct): 6.7 percent increase
- Foreign Exchange Reserves crossed $13 billion, highest since February 2018
Foreign Policy
- Qatar visit by PM
- Malaysia visit by PM
- UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres visit to Pak
- UNGA President Volkan Bozkir visit to Pak
- PM Imran Khan’s maiden visit to Kabul
- Continued role in Afghan Peace Process, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar visit to Pak, Taliban Political Commission visit to Pak, Abdullah Abdullah visit to Pak
- 9. UNGA address by PM & multiple sidelines events on Climate, Money Laundering and COVID
- 10. Pakistan’s re-election to UNHRC
Kashmir
- Feb 5 – Kashmir Solidarity Day
- Jul 13 – Kashmir Martyrs Day
- Aug 5 – Kashmir Youm-e-Istehsaal
- Oct 27 – Kashmir Black Day
- Kashmir Legislative Assembly Addressed by PM Imran Khan twice
Other Notable Developments
- Legislation against money laundering, terrorism and sex crimes.
- PM Imran Khan’s Policy Announcement to conduct Senate Elections through open ballot and next General Elections via e-voting.
- PM Imran Khan announcement of provisional provincial status for Gilgit-Baltistan
PM Imran Khan’s New Year Resolutions/Targets For 2021
- Universal health coverage for all citizens through Sehat Sahulat Program
- No Pakistani should go to bed hungry (“Koi Pakistani bhooka na soye”) New project to be launched soon under Ehsaas Program.