Pakistan In Focus - ECONOMIC TIMES OF PAKISTAN - Government mulls either 5-year or 3-year economic plan.

Despite a lapse of almost one and a half year, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government remains unable to launch the country's 12th five-year macroeconomic plan amid confusion in its ranks whether to give a five-year plan or a three-year economic growth strategy.

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Jehanzeb Khan on Friday chaired yet another meeting to review preparations for Pakistan's 12th Five-Year Plan (2018-23). The meeting discussed the issue of whether the government should come up with a five-year plan as one and a half year had already passed.

The PTI government has failed to finalise the plan in the past 16 months despite...