Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged his cabinet members to immediately commence work towards achieving the targets set in a five-year roadmap he shared with all the relevant ministries on Saturday.

Addressing a cabinet meeting, the prime minister said he shared broad parameters of the five-year plan with the relevant ministries and set various targets. He added these ministries must form strategies immediately to resolve the litany of issues plaguing the country.

“We have to come together and use the resources and tools at our disposal without wasting time,” PM Shehbaz said. “We will procure whatever tools we don’t have.”

Under the shared parameters, he said the ministries concerned should evolve mechanisms, hire human resources and formulate strategies to meet their targets within the five-year period.

He said that to overcome delays and red tape, a forum like the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) was available to hire consultants and experts. However, the premier maintained that the relevant rules must be adhered to.

Shehbaz said that a fully automated accountability mechanism would be implemented to ensure the relevant ministries meet their goals. “Responsibility, with authority and accountability, will be the hallmark of the five-year roadmap. No system in the world can progress without it,” he said.

“We will sit with ministers and see why........

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