At Inter Parliamentary Union hearing in New York, Pakistan has called for greater parliamentary role in advancing sustainable development goals.

Making a national statement on the subject of “the Deep Challenge of the SDGs: Mobilizing political will', Senator Mohammad Abdul Qadir said that deliberations needed to focus on the systemic reforms required to make the international financial architecture more equitable and responsive in order to get the SDGs back on track.

He said that Pakistan was the first country to adopt the SDGs as its own national development agenda.