Islamabad - The PML-N government has finalized the Vision 2025 and is ready for its implementation, aiming to put Pakistan on way to sustainable economic growth trajectory, creating a globally competitive and prosperous country by providing a high quality of life for all citizens.
A top official in the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms told APP that “No country in this world has progressed without a clear and defined Vision coupled with unity, hard work and positivity from its people”.
He said that Pakistan Vision 2025 has unanimous approval of all provincial governments as it was cleared by National Economic Council as well as Council of Common Interest.
Highlighting the details of the Vision 2025, the official said that over the last decade, Pakistan’s per capita income has grown at less than 3 per cent per year, while other countries - Bangladesh, China, India, South Korea, and Sri Lanka - are growing at rates between 6 and 9 per cent per year.
“If these trends continue, by 2047, the centenary year of the birth of Pakistan, the average incomes of these countries would be between 4 and 8 times higher. In other words, while Pakistan would reach the per capita income level of Indonesia ($3,500), others would resemble such countries as Russia ($15,000), Portugal ($21,000), or Spain ($30,000)”, he remarked. He added that besides the obvious implications of lagging behind other similar countries, slower growth also tends to be associated with heightened social frustrations and conflict, lower quality of social services, poorer health conditions, enormous gaps in essential resources (especially water, energy and food security), and lack of national autonomy.
He further said that while there are several reasons for the relatively slower growth rate of Pakistan, including a number of geopolitical as well as domestic factors, an important one is the absence of a clear national vision supported by sustained political commitment. “China, South Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia were inspired by the great visions of their leaders. In turn, the populace validated the leadership by renewing their mandates repeatedly and ensuring sustained political support”, he remarked.
Indeed, the top official said that while Pakistan was founded on the Quaid’s vision of a prosperous country, governed with justice, equity, and responsibility-as spelled out in his address to the Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947-this vision has yet to be realized in practice.
Today, he said, it is imperative that the core elements of the Quaid’s strategy are pursued consciously and actively.
The Vision 2025, he said, exercise was started, under the guidance of the Prime Minister, to restore the tradition of perspective planning in Pakistan. “It revives the spirit of earlier similar exercises, namely Vision 2010 and Vision 2030, which, unfortunately were derailed because of political disruptions”, he remarked. He said that in a multi-party democratic set up, ownership of vision is as important as its technical soundness.
Vision 2025 , he said was drawn up after consultation with a wide range of stakeholders, including parliamentarians, representatives of political parties, federal ministries, provincial governments, business leaders, international institutions, universities, think tanks, and NGOs, as well as independent experts. A national consultative conference, with over one thousand invitees, was convened in November 2013 and the conference was chaired by the Prime Minister and attended by the Chief Ministers of all four Provinces as well as the Prime Minister of AJ&K, he added.
The results of the consultations, he said have been compiled in the form of a detailed Vision 2025 document.

The Vision 2025, he said aims to serve four functions. The first function, he said, will be a compilation of the consensus views of national and international stakeholders regarding the future direction of the country.