Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, has called for making collective efforts for lifting ‘Uraan Pakistan’ programme from vision to delivery, and ultimate victory.

He was addressing the concluding session of the Annual Conference 2025 organized by Pakistan Institute of Development Economics in Islamabad on Thursday.

During the conference, held under the theme “Smart Provinces for a Smarter Pakistan”, the Deputy Prime Minister underscored the role of provinces as the front-line of service delivery across education, healthcare, digital governance, and disaster response.

He emphasized that building a smarter, stronger Pakistan depends on empowered provinces that deliver, digitize, and implement policies effectively.

Ishaq Dar also called for targeted investment, greater inclusion, stronger collaboration, and proactive provincial engagement.