Pakistan’s Vision 2025, launched by the Ministry of Planning, Development & Reform, rightly outlines an ambitious roadmap to position the country among the world’s top 25 economies by 2025 and ultimately among the top 10 by 2047.

The plan is structured around seven key pillars: developing human and social capital, achieving sustained and inclusive growth, ensuring good governance and institutional reform, attaining energy, water, and food security, fostering private sector-led growth, building a competitive knowledge economy, and enhancing modern infrastructure with regional connectivity.

The emphasis on human development and infrastructure is particularly commendable, as these are foundational pillars for sustainable progress.

While the vision is comprehensive and well-conceived, the challenge lies not in strategic planning but in effective implementation. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, known for his strategic acumen from his previous tenure in the PML(N) government, has demonstrated a clear understanding of what is required at the macro level.

However, the PML(N) leadership, or, for that matter any government at the federal level, often falls short when it comes to translating such plans into actionable outcomes.

The lack of full ownership of strategic visions and their integration into the processes, protocols, and policies of federal and provincial governments and ministries has historically been a significant gap.

If Vision 2025 does not achieve buy-in at all levels of governance and is not implemented rigorously across the board, it risks becoming another intellectual exercise rather than a transformative national agenda.

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