Pakistan-us knowledge corridor: Planning minister meets US officials

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is fast emerging as a success story in Asia due to the economic reforms introduced by the government, said Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform, Ahsan Iqbal. He held a joint meeting with senior officials of the State Department and the USAID at the Embassy of Pakistan, Washington DC. The meeting reviewed the progress in implementation of the “Pakistan US Knowledge Corridor” envisioned by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during his last official visit to Washington in October 2015. He said the government is committed to developing quality human resource for the future to transform Pakistan’s economy into a Knowledge Economy. Initiative to train 10,000 PhDs in the next ten years at top US universities is a critical element of Vision 2025, which seeks to put Pakistan in top 25 economies of the world.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 3^rd, 2017.

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