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International conference on “Framework for Economic Growth, Pakistan”Closing Ceremony / Remarks by ParliamentariansRemarks ByDr. Nadeem Ul HaqueDeputy Chairman Planning CommissionWe have here in the panel Mr. AjayChhibber (Assistant Secretary General, UNand Assistant Administrator and RegionalDirector for the Asia and the Pacific,UNDP), Mr. Timo Pakkala (UN PakistanResident Coordinator/UNDP ResidentRepresentative); and two importantmembers of the Parliament Dr. FauziaWahab (MNA) and Palwasha Khan (MNA).We are here with the panel to discuss thesubject of growth and to respond to yourquestions.Questions from the audience:Questions and answers by ParliamentariansAnd their special remarksQuestion: I must congratulate Deputy Chairman particularly and Planning Commission generallyfor organizing an outstanding event and such a large gathering in this room. Particularly after18 th Amendment when Planning Commission needs to convert sub-national governments I don’tknow why the provinces are absent in this conference on FEG. They should be here and part ofthis conference as they are the main players in implementation.Question: Political will and commitment is fundamental to reforms, and particularly the reformswe have been talking for the last two days. Under the devolution powers and resources would betransferred from the federal government to the provinces. Do you think that the political willwork to make the things happen?Question: We talked about urban development earlier. Do we have necessary resources available,like energy etc., to have that perceived level of urbanization in Pakistan? Should we go for urbandevelopment while knowing that the coefficient of correlation between poverty alleviation andagricultural development is very high especially in sub-continent, as opposed to urban sector?Question: We can see a lot of brain drain in Pakistan especially in educated people. Do we haveany plan to create opportunities for the people of Pakistan?Question: We heard about what Indonesia and Malaysia is doing for the growth of the country.One thing common in success of both the countries was high political will. Are Parliamentariansserious to bring change? And second question is that if the government changes, will thisstrategy document sustain?Question (Amer Durrani, World Bank): I have one question to ask from the parliamentarians thatwhen the parliament is going to think about the Pakistan?124
International conference on “Framework for Economic Growth, Pakistan”Question: I was persuaded last night by Richard Florida’s lecture. Framework for EconomicGrowth focuses primarily on urban development. I would say that if we take example ofCalifornia in USA they first developed their agriculture sector, created surpluses from agriculturesector, invested in required infrastructure and at the end they have the Silicon Valley. Is thereany short cut without going through that route to the growth? I would like your comment on theFEG.Question: We are making policies for the poor people here but all the people sitting in this roomare from elite class. Is there any plan to bring poor people here and listen to them?Question: After this conference we would make certain decisions and points to follow on. Myquestion is that would we be able to say “No” or “Yes” at our own to certain projects and pointsand would not be compelled to do that in Planning Commission?***Special remarks and answers to questionsBy Palwasha KhanMNALet me thank Planning Commission andyou for producing this document. Aboutpolitical will, which has repeatedly beenmentioned here, my view is that politicalwill eventually come from the people ofPakistan. If you felling we are not doingthe right things then change us. What we canguarantee is political will for the rest of thetenure for which we have been elected.Political will is not something which I thinkguarantee sitting here. I can guarantee youpolitical will for the next tenure as I don’tknow what happens in the next poll. So it isup to you people and youth which havepower of the ballot. I would say that theenergetic youth and community who havebeen mentioned here also are moreimportant.We have a tradition of scrapping of what haspreviously been done and to start somethingnew. So by the time project a start deliveringthere comes a change in government. Do wehave magnanimity to own something whichis started by someone else? No. Let us behonest to the people and do what they askfrom us. We can’t ignore them. so politicalwill is a two way thing and directlyconnected to the people.Special remarks and answers to questionsBy Fauzia WahabMNAI would like to say that FEG is a valuabledocument. If anybody goes through thisdocument I am sure that he will find that it isnot something political and has nothing to125
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