ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb says collective efforts are needed to achieve Sustainable Development Goals in different sectors.
She was addressing a conference on Sustainable Development in Islamabad on Wednesday.
The Minister of State said SDGs Secretariat has been set up at Parliament House for an oversight role of Parliamentarians to achieve goals of progress and prosperity. She stressed the need for coordination between the Federal and Provincial Governments to achieve human development goals.
She said in the Vision 2025, the targets of SDGs in different fields have been set under international framework and the relevant Ministries and Departments have been apprised about their tasks in this regard.
She said Prime Minister has already announced holding of national population census in March next year. She said it would help for better planning for future development.
Marriyum Aurgangzeb pointed out that forty four percent of children in the country have stunted growth and such programs are being introduced to reverse this course.She said the people will witness reduction in this trend in the next five to ten years which will be a big achievement.
The Minister of State said that the topic of SDGs has been made part of syllabus in the schools of Islamabad in order to create greater awareness about them. She said the prime minister is personally monitoring the implementation on the sustainable development goals.
She reaffirmed the commitment to achieve the SDGS in cooperation with all the stakeholders in order to ensure bright and peaceful future for the country.
