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@EPBDT

2 days ago

The Shadow Five-Year Development Plan 2026–2031 outlines a transformative vision for sustainable growth, identifying 21 priority sectors, with a strong focus on the Digital Economy, Agriculture, Housing & Construction and Energy. The plan aims to accelerate economic progress by adding ~20 million new jobs and achieving an ambitious 8.5% GDP growth rate within five years. #Shadowdocuments #Economy #GDP

EPBDT's tweet photo. The Shadow Five-Year Development Plan 2026–2031 outlines a transformative vision for sustainable growth, identifying 21 priority sectors, with a strong focus on the Digital Economy, Agriculture, Housing & Construction and Energy. The plan aims to accelerate economic progress by adding ~20 million new jobs and achieving an ambitious 8.5% GDP growth rate within five years.

#Shadowdocuments #Economy #GDP

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3 days ago

@RukhsanaImranA1 You may view them here: https://t.co/9GY9dnHFPB

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@EPBDT

5 days ago

Find the Shadow Policy Documents at: https://t.co/9GY9dnHFPB

Ahmad Nawaz Sukhera @ansukhera

5 days ago

Launched @EPBDT’s following Documents at the FPCCI Lahore on May 25th: 1) Shadow Federal Budget 2) Shadow Economic Survey 3) Shadow 5-Year Development Plan 4) Shadow Tax Policy & Tax Administration Reform paper. Anybody interested may check them out at EPBD’s website.

ansukhera's tweet photo. Launched @EPBDT’s following Documents at the FPCCI Lahore on May 25th:

1) Shadow Federal Budget
2) Shadow Economic Survey
3) Shadow 5-Year Development Plan
4) Shadow Tax Policy & Tax Administration Reform paper.

Anybody interested may check them out at EPBD’s website. https://t.co/yS3Xzi8V6w

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High growth will not emerge from a single reform. It requires deep structural changes and some hard decisions. By leveraging high-impact, low-hanging interventions, Pakistan can realistically move toward an 8.5% growth trajectory over the next five years and sustain it beyond. The low-hanging fruits are: housing and construction activity, digital economy, agriculture, human capital development, and fiscal reform, alongside broader productivity and investment deepening. In aggregate, these reform pathways point to a potential $236 billion expansion in economic output, with growth rising toward 8.5% by FY2031, generating 20 million jobs. The constraint is no longer analytical. It is institutional. The gap lies in execution capacity, political will, and the ability to sustain reform momentum beyond policy cycles. Read full Shadow Policy Documents here: https://t.co/GXEhvpP02M

EPBDT's tweet photo. High growth will not emerge from a single reform. It requires deep structural changes and some hard decisions.

By leveraging high-impact, low-hanging interventions, Pakistan can realistically move toward an 8.5% growth trajectory over the next five years and sustain it beyond.

The low-hanging fruits are: housing and construction activity, digital economy, agriculture, human capital development, and fiscal reform, alongside broader productivity and investment deepening.

In aggregate, these reform pathways point to a potential $236 billion expansion in economic output, with growth rising toward 8.5% by FY2031, generating 20 million jobs.

The constraint is no longer analytical. It is institutional. The gap lies in execution capacity, political will, and the ability to sustain reform momentum beyond policy cycles.

Read full Shadow Policy Documents here:
https://t.co/GXEhvpP02M

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@EPBDT

3 days ago

The Chairman EPBD, Dr. Gohar Ejaz, HI, SI outlined pathways to take the country out of survival mode and onto a path of sustained economic growth, as proposed in our shadow documents, with @AajKamranKhan on "On My Radar with Kamran Khan" ahead of Government's Budget

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@HamzaRahman0 @ansukhera Hello, you may view them here: https://t.co/9GY9dnHFPB

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EPBD has done precisely that by bringing out the following Four Shadow Policy Documents: - Tax Policy & Administration Reforms - Shadow Federal Budget 2026-27 - Shadow Economic Survey 2026 - Shadow Five-Year Development Plan 2026-31 These documents can be accessed at the following link: https://t.co/GXEhvpP02M

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4 days ago

In his latest article, Chairman EPBD Dr. Gohar Ejaz, HI, SI, outlines why sustainable economic growth requires export-led industrialization, competitive energy pricing, tax reforms, and a policymaking process that includes the business community Read Here:

Economic Policy & Business Development

@EPBDT

5 days ago

https://t.co/QJ45gR6FaE

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Pakistan's Federal Budget has consistently been approved in under 15 days, a timeline so compressed, that meaningful legislative scrutiny is structurally impossible. The consequences are predictable: committees lack the time to examine allocations critically, public consultations are bypassed entirely, and executive priorities go unchallenged. When compared to India's 7–8 weeks, Canada's 2–3 months, or the United States' 6+ months of congressional review, it becomes clear that Pakistan's budget process is not a deliberative exercise, it is a formality. The result is a budget that reflects the priorities of a few rather than the needs of the many, leaving citizens and businesses with little say in decisions that directly shape their economic lives. EPBD's proposed Budget Calendar offers a structured path out of this cycle. By extending the process to 6–8 weeks: beginning with Pre-Budget Consultation Papers in mid-April, followed by stakeholder hearings, parliamentary presentation in mid-May, and public debate through June before a June 30 passage deadline, the process can be transformed from a rubber stamp into a genuine democratic exercise. Backed by an Independent Parliamentary Budget Office, mandatory debate periods, and institutionalized public hearings, this framework would ensure that budgets are scrutinized, contested, and ultimately made more responsive to the people and businesses they are meant to serve. To read the full EPBD Shadow Federal Budget 2026-27 and explore our detailed recommendations, visit: https://t.co/SYtKieNOYm

EPBDT's tweet photo. Pakistan's Federal Budget has consistently been approved in under 15 days, a timeline so compressed, that meaningful legislative scrutiny is structurally impossible.

The consequences are predictable: committees lack the time to examine allocations critically, public consultations are bypassed entirely, and executive priorities go unchallenged. When compared to India's 7–8 weeks, Canada's 2–3 months, or the United States' 6+ months of congressional review, it becomes clear that Pakistan's budget process is not a deliberative exercise, it is a formality.

The result is a budget that reflects the priorities of a few rather than the needs of the many, leaving citizens and businesses with little say in decisions that directly shape their economic lives.

EPBD's proposed Budget Calendar offers a structured path out of this cycle. By extending the process to 6–8 weeks: beginning with Pre-Budget Consultation Papers in mid-April, followed by stakeholder hearings, parliamentary presentation in mid-May, and public debate through June before a June 30 passage deadline, the process can be transformed from a rubber stamp into a genuine democratic exercise.

Backed by an Independent Parliamentary Budget Office, mandatory debate periods, and institutionalized public hearings, this framework would ensure that budgets are scrutinized, contested, and ultimately made more responsive to the people and businesses they are meant to serve.

To read the full EPBD Shadow Federal Budget 2026-27 and explore our detailed recommendations, visit: https://t.co/SYtKieNOYm

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کم ٹیکس، کم سرکاری اخراجات، زیادہ سرمایہ کاری ا��ر زیادہ روزگار۔ چیئرمین EPBD ڈاکٹر گوہر اعجاز نے حکومت سے مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ ٹیکس اصلاحات، اخراجات میں کمی اور نجی شعبے کی مشاورت پر مبنی شیڈو بجٹ تجاویز کو سنجیدگی سے زیرِ غور لایا جائے مزید جانیے: https://t.co/jmHNYltwFi

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