Goals for Millennium Development Goals and the implementation of the SDGs in Pakistan

    Pakistan has been a strong supporter of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development since then was launched in 2015. With the Resolution of the National Assembly in February 2016, it became the first country in the world to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of its national development plan. Taking notes from the past Pakistan national and provincial meetings have information on the goals of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The SDG Taskforces were established to monitor progress towards the targets. 

    In fact, Pakistan began discussing the post-2015 Agenda in early 2013, when national consultations were held. Pakistan's commitment to the SDGs is reflected in these events. The 12-Year Five-Year Plan, as well as the provincial medium-term development plans, have recently been aligned with the 2030 Agenda. Pakistan is making progress in many areas, including reducing poverty and child abuse and promoting transparency and accountability, gender equality and the advancement of women are among the issues that need to be addressed.

    Pakistan's political commitment The 2030 Agenda is underpinned by these priorities.

The government's Department of Planning, Development, and Transformation (MoPD & R) and the provincial and local departments of Planning and Development (P&DDs) have guided these units in compiling Pakistan's first Voluntary National Review (VNR). Over the course of a few months, the review process has integrated a multi-stakeholder meeting center into seven pre-determined bodies.

    These structures, led by the Department of Planning, Development, and Transformation (MoPD & R) and the provincial and administrative departments of Planning and Development (P & DDs), were instrumental in compiling Pakistan's first Voluntary National Review (VNR). A few months of a comprehensive collaboration center involving all stakeholders in the seven pre-determined bodies were included in the review process. Pakistan also aims to ensure that the 2030 Agenda engages everyone by building social media platforms that address our cultural, linguistic, and geographical diversity to ensure that "no one is left behind." Several policies and regulations have been drafted and promulgated since 2016.

    Commitment to poverty alleviation is the main focus, Ehsaas (compassion) was established in 2019 with the aim of increasing social protection, safety nets, and human development throughout the country.

 Pakistan's national goal is to improve access to and quality of education. Improved school monitoring systems, as well as interventions designed for out-of-school children, are the focus of this program. Although women's literacy remains low, rising girls' enrollment rates indicate that Pakistan is on the verge of closing the education gap between men and women. The involvement of female employees is increasing, unemployment among young women is declining, and women are increasingly playing the role of senior and middle management and professional roles.

    The National Sanitation Policy 2006, and the National Water Policy 2018, guide measures to improve water and sanitation. Progress is being made in these areas, according to the data. Over the past decade, the government has also increased access to power by 8%. Percentage of people who rely on clean water.

    The price of petrol increased by 11 percent over the same period. This has many health benefits and long-term environmental performance It also improved job opportunities for young people, as it focuses on market-based skills development efforts in education.

    Newly appointed executives have announced Pakistan's new Housing Scheme, in which houses will be built and sold at a fair price for a large portion of the population, with the opportunity to take out long-term loans to pay for its purchase. The first phase of the project started in April 2019, with 110,000 units being built in Quetta and Gwadar. The Pakistani government is eager to work with the private sector on the new Pakistan Housing Project.

    Pakistan strives to build institutional structures, raise awareness, build fruitful relationships, and improve cooperation as part of its commitment to the 2030 Agenda. Strengthening existing alliances and innovation, while using technology, is an important part of its implementation.

    Use of technology and fundraising. Partnerships and close consultation with a number of regional and international governmental and non-governmental organizations, the business sector, the public, and media stakeholders will be able to achieve their goals and continue to be a priority. Pakistan will continue to grow despite economic and financial difficulties in order to contribute to the achievement of the SDGs through new, targeted, and targeted applications in the social, economic, and environmental sectors all connected.

                               Pakistan national baseline and 2030 targets

v Reduce the number of people living in poverty from 29.5 percent in 2013/14 to 9% in 2014/15.

v Reduce multidimensional poverty from 38.8% to 19% in 2014/15.

v Increase the government's direct funding for poverty reduction programs from 33% of the Federal Consolidated Budget (2014/15) to 45 percent of the Federal Consolidated Budget (2015/16).

v Increase total government spending on critical services from 18.1 percent to 25.3 percent in the Federal Consolidated Budget (2014/15).

v Reduce stunting in children under the age of five years from 44% in 2012/13 to 10% (moderate) and 119 percent in 2015.

v The under-five mortality rate has dropped from 89 (in 2012/13) to 40 (in 2014/15). Proportion ion is reduced.

v Reduce the rate of adolescent births (15-19 years) from 44% to 22% (2012/13)

v Increase children and young people's minimal reading and math competency from 57% in 2014/15 to 100%

v Raise the education parity indices to 1.0 from 0.88 for primary and 0.87 for secondary (2014/15).

v the percentage of women in executive roles from 4.8 percent to 5% (2017/18)

v Increase the percentage of women in the workforce from 38.1 percent to 45 percent (2012-13).

v Increase the number of people who use securely managed drinking water services from 77% in 2013-14 to 85% in 2014-15. Reduce unemployment to 3.5 percent from 5.94 percent in 2014/15.

v Increase manufacturing value-added from 13.56 percent of GDP and 18489 dollars per capita (2015/16) to 16 percent of GDP and 96,000 dollars per capita (2016/17).

v Increase manufacturing employment from 1533 percent to 18 percent (2014/15).

v Increase the percentage of small-scale industries in overall industrial value-added from 6% to 12% in 2014/15.

v Increase household spending or income per capita growth rates by 15% over the national average of 926 percent.

v Improve household expenditure or income per capita growth rates from the national average of 926 percent by 15 times, and the bottom 40% of the population=71% (2014/15) by 25 times.

v Reduce the number of persons living on less than half of the median income from 16.6% in 2014 to 10% in 2015.

v Increase the forest area as a percentage of total land area from 5% to 8% (2014-15).

v Increase total government revenue from 14.5 percent to 18 percent from 2014 to 2012.

v Increase the percentage of domestic budget funded by domestic tans from 56 percent to 65 percent (2017/18).

v Increase remittances as a percentage of overall GDP from 7.1 percent to 10% (2012/13)


 By: Mosidiq Rahim 

The writer is a post-graduate student from the Economics Department University of Turbat

Turbat Kech Balochistan