83829 Punjab Consultations Report World Bank Group (WBG) Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) 2015-19 Table of Contents A. Introduction / Background B. WBG Presentation: CPS 2015 Roadmap and Emerging Priorities C. Summary of Discussion Points and Feedback Received I. Meeting with the Chief Minister, Punjab II. Meeting with the Additional Chief Secretary and Team III. Meeting with the Parliamentarians and Political Leaders of Punjab IV. Meeting with Academia, Think Tanks V. Meeting with the Civil Society and Youth Groups VI. Meeting with the Private Sector in Punjab D. Follow up / Next Steps Attachment: List of Persons Met Punjab Consultations Lahore, September 11th-12th, 2013 World Bank Group (WBG) Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) 2015-19 A. INTRODUCTION / BACKGROUND 1. The CPS consultation meetings with the Government of Punjab and other stakeholders were held on September 11-12, 2013, in Lahore. The objective was to exchange views on the challenges and development priorities for the province for WBG support under its new five-year strategy. The WBG team met with key Secretaries of the Government of Punjab led by the Additional Chief Secretary, the parliamentarians and political leaders from Punjab‟s mainstream political parties; representatives of civil society, non-governmental organizations, academia, think tanks and the private sector. Please see Annex I for list of participants in the consultations sessions. 2. Based on the feedback received from the government and other stakeholders, key priorities for Punjab are emerging as: i. Energy (hydro, solar and energy imports) ii. Water management (upstream dams for energy and disaster management, rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure and new development, on-farm water management, rural and urban drinking water supply) iii. Productivity and value addition (livestock and agriculture; industry) iv. Health (primary health care, population management) v. Education and skills development (focus on women and youth) vi. Fiscal management, transparency and service delivery Improvement (implementation capacity, performance monitoring, improved interface for business and citizens) vii. Private sector participation (PPPs, investment climate) 3. Consultations at Lahore were part of the process of engagement to identify priorities for WBG support for the new five-year country strategy for Pakistan. Several meetings have taken place to date, including strategic level discussions with the Prime Minister, Federal Ministers of Finance, Planning and Development, and Water and Power; meeting with the Economic Team including the Governor State Bank, as well as the Chief Ministers of the four provinces. For the federal government, AJK and GB counterparts, a technical level session was co-chaired by the Economic Affairs Division (EAD) where representatives from key ministries were invited. In addition, separate sessions were also held with representatives from the Government of AJK and GB respectively. For the provinces, meetings were held at the provincial capitals of Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan and KP with the provincial administration under the leadership of Chief Secretaries or Additional Chief Secretaries. A separate session was also organized with the FATA Secretariat in Peshawar. 4. In addition to the federal, provincial, and regional governments, the WBG has also reached out to a range of other stakeholders including parliamentarians and political leaders, academia, think tanks, media, civil society, youth groups and the private sector. Findings and outcome of these discussion sessions are being documented for record and shared with the participants. 5. As explained during the consultations process, while an effort will be made to take various views on board, some level of prioritization and trade-offs would have to be made as WBG would not be able to respond to all demands with its limited resources. We would need to exercise selectivity to seek visible impact and results. One important element of the WBG strategy would be to leverage the strengths of the private sector and other development partners to support the key priorities in Pakistan. The three institutions of the World Bank Group will work together to bring value to the clients in Pakistan. The WBG includes International Development Association (IDA), the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). The IDA and IBRD work with the governments and provide concessional credits, grants, loans and knowledge support (analytical work and non-lending technical assistance). IFC provides advice and commercial loans to the private sector, while MIGA provides political risk insurance guarantees for private investment in the country. B. WBG PRESENTATION: CPS 2015 ROADMAP AND EMERGING PRIORITIES 6. The WBG presentation focused on the process of CPS development, timeline and the emerging diagnostic of challenges and opportunities for Pakistan. Key areas of reforms priorities for the country, as highlighted during various consultations, were also shared. 7. The CPS preparation process includes two rounds of consultations with the federal and provincial governments and other stakeholders – the first one from July 2013- January 2014 is for priority setting and the follow–up in February 2014 to validate the draft strategy. After EAD‟s review of the final draft, the CPS would be presented to the WBG Board of Executive Directors in June 2014 and the implementation period of the CPS would start from July 1st, 2014. The implementation plan includes regular performance/portfolio reviews, an annual exercise of results assessment and learning reviews; a mid-term progress report (half-way into implementation), and a full program evaluation at the end of the CPS implementation period. This process allows for flexibility to review performance and results on an ongoing basis and make adjustments as necessary. 8. The priority setting process for the Country Partnership Strategy starts with preparing a Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD), an assessment of challenges and opportunities, and disseminating it early in the process of consultations. Based on the emerging themes or priorities, the areas of focus are identified and are clearly linked with the outcomes. The implementation plan is prepared separately providing details of interventions and programs to achieve the intended outcomes. 9. The initial diagnostic suggests that there are both challenges and opportunities for Pakistan that together with the key global trends, are influencing and shaping up the development landscape of the country. And if addressed in a systematic way, it can unlock the great potential for economic revival and growth and can create a path to growth and poverty reduction that is inclusive, equitable and sustainable in terms of employment generation, livelihoods and human opportunity for all. 10. Looking at the key global trends, one finds that the Official Donor Assistance is shrinking and more and more, these limited resources are being used to crowd-in private capital. Technology and innovation are driving development solutions and interconnectivity, e.g. increasing use of smart phones for monitoring and transparency, BISP smart cards based payment system in Pakistan. Besides, citizen‟s active engagement in development process is increasing, and climate change is driving development agendas in a major way. 11. Given this global context, Pakistan‟s economic growth and development is challenged by scarcity of financial resource and heavy dependence on external financing, slow progress on MDGs, rapidly increasing population and growing urbanization vis-à-vis limited resources and infrastructure, manifesting itself to an extent in the energy crisis and water scarcity that we witness today. Recurring natural disasters and deteriorating law and order and security environment are also holding back development in Pakistan. On the positive side, the recent democratic political transition, a geographic location with potential regional linkages, natural resource base, the ongoing devolution process, and the increasing working-age young and female population, are some key opportunities for Pakistan that can contribute to the economic revival and growth in the country. It is important to recognize, however, that this cannot be done by the government and donors alone; private sector needs to be a partner in this process. And to facilitate private sector participation, improving investment climate and business environment remains the key. 12. In terms of key priorities for Pakistan, we have heard that job creation and employment generation remains an important goal for the country. There are several important ingredients to a successful job strategy but a central one is that it has to be private sector led for which conducive investment conditions are necessary. Another critical element is the human resource development. Pakistan would need an educated, skilled and healthy workforce for creating more and productive jobs and sustaining higher growth. 13. The Planning Minister, in the five-year plan for Pakistan, is focusing on indigenous / homegrown drivers for jobs and growth to minimize dependence on external factors. The initial set of priorities include raising own revenues for investments, improving investment climate for private sector, value chains for industry and agriculture products, and improving regional linkages for trade. The energy security, infrastructure upgrade, and building social capital remain key support areas for this agenda. 14. While human development is a central pillar of any jobs strategy, we have heard that on its own it remains a key priority and the government‟s focus on infrastructure should not be at the expense of human development. This calls for continued investments in education and skills, health and nutrition, income support and microfinance. 15. The third theme that has come out as priority is that of governance and anti-corruption reforms. There is an increasing recognition that support to devolution / local governments, addressing weaknesses in the public service delivery mechanisms, and promoting transparency would be required for sustaining any development gains in Pakistan. C. KEY DISCUSSION POINTS AND FEEDBACK RECEIVED 16. The discussion at the consultation sessions was focused around the following five questions to the participants. Session-wise summary of feedback is provided below: i. Do you share similar diagnosis of the challenges, opportunities & priorities for Pakistan? ii. What should be the top three reform priorities for WBG to support? In order to be selective, what should the Bank do more of and less of? iii. What could be some of the success indicators / Results? e.g. number of jobs created, level of resources mobilized etc.? iv. What are the risks we need to mitigate in the strategy? v. How can we improve implementation? C-I: MEETING WITH THE CHIEF MINISTER PUNJAB 17. The Chief Minister, Punjab, Mr. Shahbaz Sharif, outlined his vision and priorities for the province during the breakfast meeting with the visiting South Asia Vice President of the World Bank, Mr. Philippe Houerou, on August 23rd, 2013. The Chief Minister (CM) highlighted that his focus is on „ performance, transparency and delivering results with speed‟ while explaining the vision for his government. In terms of priorities for the five-year tenure of the government, his vision for the province includes:  Improving security  Focus on cheaper energy sources for Punjab including renewable such as solar energy. He also sought World Bank support for large hydro power projects in Pakistan, including Basha Dam.  Skills development for the youth, universal access to education  Health systems strengthening  Improving business conditions and investment climate in the province; development of industrial parks, particularly for garments exports;  Regional cooperation: The Chief Minister expressed his strong support to the India-Pakistan power connectivity project. To achieve these goals, he emphasized that Punjab government believes in strong delivery mechanism, and a management team has been put in place to deliver fast results with transparency. C-II: MEETING WITH THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY AND TECHNICAL TEAM 17. The ACS highlighted main areas of emphasis for the Punjab government as --- energy and improvement in investment climate for growth and job creation; enhancing productivity at every level (industry, agriculture and water); improving governance, transparency and capacity to deliver public services. 18. Water and Energy: The management of the water – from its source in the mountains down to its supply to houses in the cities in the villages for drinking, sanitation and farming through the irrigation, urban water supply and on farm water management systems -- was the biggest challenge. Investment in repair and maintenance of existing infrastructure and construction of new infrastructure in the form of dams and barrages is needed. Resolving the water crisis will also have direct implications for the energy crisis – another priority area for the government. It was explained that the impending water crisis is a scary prospect but investment in this sector will also automatically have bearing on energy and disaster management, both of which are also priority areas at the moment. In addition to storage facilities, water dispersal methods and rehabilitation of canals needs to be addressed. 19. Productivity and value addition in Agriculture and Livestock: Since agriculture forms the backbone of Punjab‟s economy, its potential needs to be fully utilized. But the sector is showing dismal performance because of poor value-addition in agricultural and livestock related output. The World Bank may provide technical and financial support to improve value addition in agricultural output, preservation for resources, and increase productivity. Focus needs to be on high yield varieties, diversification of crops, regulation of seed certification, post-harvest loss reduction, processing logistics, access to markets, introduction of technology and mechanization in farming. Similarly, in livestock there is potential to improve meat production and export. 20. Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs): Government needs support in developing PPPs rules and for evaluation of private sector proposals. To help the thinking on enhancing private sector participation, IFC was requested to share the investment climate study. Also, to share the regional / global experience on managing special economic zones. PPPs are taking too long to implement in the transport sector, there is a need to have standardized models to facilitate. Mines and minerals was another area where the Bank was asked to help exchange global experience on private sector participation. 21. Fiscal management and service delivery: implementation and service delivery remain weak given the resource and capacity constraints. It was highlighted that while we may think big but real challenge comes at the time of implementation. Focus needs to be on addressing governance and capacity gaps. While trainings of government staff have been useful, impact can only be visible after a sustained effort. The PIFRA project was appreciated; priority right now is to find a way to reconcile tax and non-tax receipts and to make sure they land in the treasury in a timely manner. Punjab has experimented with use of technology to improve delivery and to check corruption -- smart phones to be used to improve data collection mechanisms across a host of departments - and open data plans for the Punjab which will help improve implementation and transparency. 22. Education and skills development remains a priority and the government is focusing on bringing improvements in the ongoing reform program. It was highlighted that the problems is not as much the lack of jobs as the mismatch between jobs and skills. And thus the priority needs to be that people are given the skills to fill the gap between what the available jobs require and what the applicants have to offer. The World Bank can play a role in this by supporting existing institutions (like TEVTA) that are already providing such services. 23. Primary Health Care and Population Growth: there is a need for the government to prioritize primary health; focus should be on the 3000-4000 primary health care facilities that are lagging, strengthening the delivery mechanisms, and developing human resource. Problems of resource constraints are exacerbated by Pakistan‟s high population growth rate. Gains of service delivery are hard to maintain in the face of the growing population. 24. Improving implementation: It was stressed that the World Bank should focus on a few key areas, put in a sustained effort over time and only then can impact be achieved. It would also be important to ensure equity in resource distribution among all regions and segments of population to minimize polarization. C-III: Meeting with the Parliamentarians and Political Leaders of Punjab 25. Weak management of public resource and service delivery: Participants highlighted that deteriorating ability to govern and provide basic services to the citizens was one of the biggest problems confronting Pakistan that needs to be fixed. There is a need for rebuilding, reinventing government, and changing the mindset of the civil servants to a point where it can effectively carry out governance, maintain order and able to provide timely and quality services to the citizens. Structure of government needs to be streamlined to eliminate all areas of over-lap or duplicity of tasks that create inefficiencies. The government also needs to be made more responsive because in its current state, the provincial bureaucracy is very unwieldy. Local government system needs to be strengthened. Salary structure, career streams and training system need to be revisited. Need to shift focus from short-term project outputs to outcomes and results. Stress on greater transparency and mechanisms such as RTI, use of technology solutions for modernizing government and parliamentary system (e.g. emails are still not recognized as official communication in the parliament). 26. Provincial revenues and fiscal management: With greater provincial autonomy, focus should be on building capacity to assume greater responsibility. Provinces should generate own revenues and need to be accountable for dealing with unprecedented sums of money at their disposal. Strict financial discipline and transparency in expenditures is required. While expanding the tax net is a basic necessity today, any such expansion would not be useful unless corruption and leakages are plugged. 27. Education, skills development and health for lifting people out of poverty: Within education, focus on female education as a priority. Short-term infrastructure development approach would not work, there is a need to invest in people, provide opportunities and exposure to make them employable and more entrepreneurial. Small pilots can initiate / generate change. Some kind of “no child left behind” policy needs to be enforced. For equity reasons, there needs to be a common syllabus for every child. Functional literacy and skills development should be promoted as part of college education. C-IV: Discussion with the Academia/ Think Tanks 28. The WBG was asked to bring the focus on inclusive and sustainable growth, to share the fruits of development more widely with vulnerable population groups such as women, and backward regions/areas. The Bank should also push the sustainability agenda, beyond the narrow environment angle to include overall sustainability of reforms and development. 29. Energy, water infrastructure: It was suggested that Bank‟s comparative advantage lies in supporting infrastructure development, and that is where Pakistan‟s needs and the Bank‟s strengths align best. This is based on the view that Bank‟s efforts at institutional reform in the past haven‟t delivered desired results. Investment in infrastructure is important especially for Punjab, which is struggling with a serious and prolonged energy deficit. Bank can play an important role in development of multiple avenues of power generation including renewable, solar and hydropower energy. Biofuel is already being tried in some areas and working out remarkably well in rural setting as a source of recycling cow dung, running tube wells and taking care of basic energy need. Kabul river cascade can be developed on the same lines as Indus treaty. Regional energy projects should be given priority. Participants shared concerns about negative impact of the proposed coal energy projects that government intends to initiate. Bank was asked to sensitize the government and stakeholders about doing a thorough environment assessment before starting any mega coal projects. 30. Flood management was another key concern. The Bank was advised to continue working on water and irrigation in rural areas. It was recommended that the World Bank should expand its irrigation projects for more comprehensive reform to address problems of on-farm water scarcity. Such reform can reduce irrigation water wastage by over 50 percent, which will go a long way towards addressing the emerging water crisis. Reform measures are also needed to ensure that women labor at farms get compensated equal to male workers. 31. Regulatory reforms, particularly land reforms are important in Punjab‟s context. Computerization of land records is just a start, and it can help resolve future litigation of land transfers, check fraud and corruption and can also generate income for the government. 32. Livestock and milk production is an area that can play most important role in alleviating rural poverty of the non-land owning peasants. World Bank can make substantial contributions by enabling access to markets and value-addition. This will play a direct role in poverty alleviation of the non-landing owning segment of population in rural areas, and farmers would also be willing to make 40-50% financial contribution. 33. Bank was asked to provide support in developing value chains of different products for trade with China and India other markets as well as help address bottlenecks. With Pakistan‟s commitment to IMF to give MFN status to India, the Bank has an opportunity to help the government develop institutions to support trade and regional links. Investment in border infrastructure could be one area of focus-- Wagah border logistics improvement can be a good intervention. It was stressed in the meeting that the national railways need to be revitalized as it is the cheapest form of transporting goods and passengers. The World Bank was encouraged to bring attention to this issue as it could lead to economic opportunity and jobs. 34. Devolution, provincial fiscal responsibility: The devolved functions should be fully picked up by the provinces and level of responsibility should commensurate with increased share of expenditure. Equity of taxation and revenue effort at the provincial level need to be emphasized. 35. Investment climate: Pakistan is sliding on doing business indicators; cost of doing business is high. Bank can help improve corporate law and make private sector interactions with the government more efficient. At the last count, the government was interacting with businesses in 137 different transactions – and this needs to be cleaned up. 36. Education: Participants highlighted the need to invest in education – full spectrum from primary to higher education as there are linkages; higher education could only improve with improvements in the levels below including primary and secondary. Issues of access and equity are big hurdles to education for all and a more inclusive model has to be designed that can address the needs of all – academia and private sector need to be involved. Women education and technical skills development was highlighted as a priority. Policies governing the higher education sector are not at par with international norms and standards. There are virtually no consultations on policies; funding agencies have no liaison with universities. There is huge coordination gap that exists between government implementing departments / agencies and higher education institutions. Investments by Higher Education Commission over the last few years were appreciated and welcomed. However, problems have emerged after the 18th amendments that have led to near paralysis. Some recent policies curbing the autonomy of the universities and powers of the university vice chancellors were particularly debilitating. 37. Packaging health and nutrition elements in education sector interventions: the educationists present at the consultation session stressed on the need to combine education with health and nutrition interventions to ensure retention, as nutrition status of student is generally very bad. Health checks for children along-with free education could be considered. 38. Improving Implementation Performance: with the IMF program and stabilization effort, the development program and constraint on available resources, the Pakistan rupee counterpart funds for donor financed projects would be affected. This may have negative impact on the project implementation cycle, at least in the first couple of years. Bank was also advised to help introduce accountability and monitoring mechanisms at the highest level to improve delivery and implementation performance. The Bank was also advised to evaluate and take lessons on board from institutional reform projects such as PIFRA, power sector and tax administration projects. 39. The participants suggested that five years is too long a time frame and that the CPS phasing may be considered -- an initial three year strategy where the Bank can start with the assumption that the funds program will work. In this time the financing constraints that the government faces at the moment may be solved and then the final two years can be used to readjust and refocus. The participants were informed that the WBG strategy cycle and Strategy already provides flexibility to have annual and mid-term reviews to make adjustments if needed. C-V: Meeting with the Civil Society and Youth Groups 40. Many of the participants represented the younger demographic, represented organizations working with the youth and shared the problems faced by the youth today. They unequivocally stressed that youth engagement and development needs to be the top priority for development in Pakistan today since they are marginalized from society and terribly unequipped to deal with the changing demands of the job market. The youth engagement strategy needs to focus on social entrepreneurship. It was also emphasized that the most disadvantaged youth often live in rural areas in extreme poverty. A one size fit all solution can never work and therefore strategies for different areas and economic levels need to be suitably adapted. Technical and vocational skills should be made part of the school curriculum, with a number of specialized streams. The mis-match between what the education institutes are producing and what the job market is asking for needs to be addressed on two fronts. First, vocational training institutes need to be expanded and improved so they can give good quality technical skills to those who are looking for employable skills. And second, job placement strategy of these institutes need to be strengthened to help provide guidance to the youth and a way to match the supply and demand that exist in the labor market. 41. Strengthening government capacity to engage on youth issues: To improve the government level intervention for youth engagement, it is important to build their capacity to implement relevant policies. As one participant pointed out, Punjab has drafted a holistic youth policy but implementation remains weak. Similarly the Right to Information act is a great tool to empower the youth and society, but without sufficient awareness, training and implementation, these policies do not have impact. Access to finance is also important for the youth, measures to introduce schemes such as youth saving accounts, student / education loans could be considered. 42. Women participation and empowerment needs to be a priority for the World Bank. While the previous Local Government (LG) system allowed women a chance to participate in local politics and also be groomed in the process for provincial or national assemblies, this opportunity was lost with the roll- back of the LG system. There is a need to ensure women are provided equal opportunities for political participation in the new system. Also, attention is required to strengthen the laws, legislations and institutions such as Ombudsman for sexual harassment to support womenfolk. 43. Facilitate alliances of civil society and the government for implementation: World Bank can help in bringing the NGOs and governments together for public good. CSOs can also help with monitoring of development projects. 44. Other priorities shared by the participants: education, health, disaster risk reduction, environment sustainability, water security, energy, development of region-specific strategies and training local human resources in remote areas. C-VI: Meeting with the Private Sector: 45. Education came out as one of the key priorities. The participants identified that if the current state of things continues where Pakistan fails to educate and train its youth, then the „youth bulge‟, a great resource, will become a substantial liability. The young also need to be trained for entrepreneurship, so they can not only support themselves but also are able to create jobs in the economy. Public school system is in a bad shape. Quality of graduates from public sector colleges is also not at par with private institutions. Students are not ready for university education and are not able to secure any decent jobs. Collective efforts from government and private sector are needed. Public Private Partnerships need to be encouraged; private sector expertise can be used to improve public education system. 46. Energy is a major constraint for the private sector and industry has been badly hurt by the energy crisis and gas shortages. Participants called for „fair and equitable‟ distribution of the scarce resource and termed predictability in energy availability as essential for productivity, value addition and job creation. Low cost generation, particularly hydro was supported. Also, encouraging private sector investment for replacing inefficient domestic gas appliances. Since mega projects by the government would take time to generate energy, one suggestion for the World Bank was to provide a credit line for the private sector to set up captive power or medium sized projects using coal or biomass to alleviate the crisis in the short run. There were also suggestions for addressing the overall infrastructure deficit to support private sector activity in the country. In terms of selectivity, WBG was asked to pick one sector of focus and that could be energy. 47. Value Addition in Agriculture, Horticulture, Livestock and Dairy: Another priority of the sector was for the World Bank to help the private sector in value addition of various products and strengthening the value chains. This will lead to greater productivity, create jobs and raise incomes. Efficient and equitable distribution and use of irrigation water, modern farming techniques were also termed important; need to focus of small and medium farmers as they are vulnerable due to high input costs, lack of access to credit and irrigation water due to influence of large landholders. 48. Non-functional government and weak capacity to implement was highlighted as the biggest constraint which is affecting the private sector. World Bank‟s role was seen in improving governance and transparency. The participants stressed that good governance also means that the government is fair and predictable in its policies and services – both aspects have been missing in government and the private sector has suffered because of it. Taxation has not been fair and equitable; tax base is not being broadened. The fertilizer industry has suffered because government has declined to honor its commitments and sovereign guarantee. WBG needs to look at alternative delivery mechanisms, partnering with civil society and private sector and empowering people for checks and balances. Also, it was important that the World Bank improves its image – which has suffered over time – and that has limited the World Bank‟s ability to create impact. D. FOLLOW UP / NEXT STEPS 58. The WBG team thanked the participants for their active participation, contributions and sharing views on the challenges and priorities for Punjab. As mentioned before, the WBG has limited resources and may not be able to respond to all demands. We would however share the inputs at various forums and try to facilitate and leverage support for Punjab development priorities to the extent possible. 59. Next steps: the consultations report documenting the discussions being shared with everyone. Second round of consultations would take place in February 2014 and first draft of the WBG CPS document will be shared for validation and comments. The CPS will be finalized and presented to the WBG Board of Executive Directors in June 2014. CPS implementation will start from July 1, 2014. During implementation, effort will be made to share widely progress and results on a regular basis. Please follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/WorldBankPakistan) or the webpage (www.worldbank.org.pk) for providing feedback and regular updates/information on Pakistan Country Strategy and Program. We can also be reached at the following address: The World Bank 20-A Shahrah-e-Jamhuriat G-5/1, Islamabad Phone: (+92-51) 227-9641-6 Fax: (+92-51) 227-9648-9 E: mariamaltaf@worldbank.org E: islamabadoffice@worldbank.org Attachment: List of Persons Met Attachment: List of Persons Met CPS Consultations with the Additional Chief Secretary & Government of Punjab Officials 11th Sept 2013 S No Name Designation/ Organization 1. Mr. Irfan Elahi Chair P & D 2. Mr. Arif Anwar Baloch Secretary P & D 3. Mr. Kanwar Anwaar Ali khan Deputy Secretary, Board of Revenue 4. Mr. Sajid Latif Director General- PITB 5. Ms. Saima Saeed PD, PRMP 6. Mr. Mohammd Anwar Rashid Secretary Environment 7. Mr. Rana Hassan Akhtar Additional Secretary- (School Education) 8. Mr. Shauqat Ali Secretary 9. Mr. ArifBaloch Secretary P & D 10. Mr. Javaid Akbar Member (PPP) 11. Mr. Zahid Saeed Secretary Irrigation 12. Mr. Irfan Ali Secretary Industries 13. Mr. Shahid Farid Deputy Secretary LG & CD Department 14. Mr. Khalid Bukhari Chief PPH - P & D Department 15. Mr. Syed Shahid Abbas Chief Health P & D Department 16. S. I Sher Chief Education 17. Mr. Zulfiqar Ahmed AAMN 18. Mr. Abdul Razzaq Sr. M & E Specialist The Urban Unit 19. Mr. Salman Yusuf Deputy Secretary HUD & PHED 20. Mr. ShahidZaman Additional Secretary, Higher Education 21. Syed Mehmoodul Hassan Head PMO irrigation 22. Mr. RizwanSherwani Deputy Secretary Excise and Taxation 23. Mr. Muhammad Asif GM(HRM) Waseem 24. Mr. Asim Iqbal PD ESRP 25. Dr. Ijaz Munir Secretary Agriculture 26. Mr. Ahmed Raza Sarwar AFG (B) 27. Mr. Hassan Iqbal Secretary Health 28. Dr. Umer Chairman PITB 29. Mr. Amjad Duraiz Chief ECA 30. Ms. Shaista Akhlaque P. O (ECA-II) 31. Ms. Huma Zafar Consultant, WB 32. Mr. Zubair Khurshid Bhatti Senior Public Sector Management Specialist 33. Mr. Hanid Mukhtar Senior Economist 34. Ms. Shabana Khawar Senior Country officer 35. Mr. Rachid Benmessaoud Country Director, World Bank 36. Ms. Uzma Basim Senior Operations officer, World Bank CPS Consultation Session with Parliamentarians Sept 11th, 2013 S No Name Designation- Party 1. Mr. Shafqat Mahmood MPA, PTI 2. Ms. Andleeb Abbas MPA, PTI 3. Mr. Kanwal Noman MPA, PML (N) 4. Mr. Humayun Akhtar Khan MPA, PML 5. Mr. Rachid Benmessaoud Country Director, World Bank 6. Ms. Uzma Basim Senior Operations officer, World Bank 7. Mr. Hanid Mukhtar Senior Economist 8. Ms. Shabana Khawar Senior Country officer 9. Mr. Zubair Khurshid Bhatti Senior Public Sector Management Specialist 10. Ms. Ayesha Shahid Consultant, WB 11. Ms. Huma Zafar Consultant, WB CPS Consultations with Academia, Think Tanks Sept 12th, 2013. S No Name Designation 1. Prof. Dr. M. Khaleeq ur Vice Chancellor, GC University Rahman 2. Dr. SabihaMansoor Vice Chancellor, Lahore College Women’s University 3. Mr. Hafeez Pasha Dean, Beaconhouse National University 4. Mr. Mueen Afzal Ex-Secretary General Finance & Economic Affairs 5. Mr. Zubair Khurshid Bhatti Senior Public Sector Management Specialist 6. Ms. Shabana Khawar Senior Country officer 7. Ms. Uzma Basim Senior Operations officer, World Bank 8. Mr. Rachid Benmessaoud Country Director, World Bank 9. Mr. Hanid Mukhtar Senior Economist 10. Ms. Ayesha Shahid Consultant, WB 11. Ms. Huma Zafar Consultant, WB CPS Consultation with Civil Society and Youth Groups Sept 12th, 2013 S No Name Designation/ Organization 1. Ms. Mariam Azeem Youth Parliament 2. Ms. Naghma Rashid CEO Damen 3. Mr. Muhammad Shahzad Executive Director Channan Development Authority Khan 4. Mr. Ali Raza Khan CEO Yes Network 5. Mr. Salman Javed South Asia Partnership- Pakistan 6. Mr. Shahid Iqbal ED_ Al- Khidmat Foundation 7. Mr. AbrarulHaq Chairman ED Youth Parliament of Pakistan 8. Ms. Fouzia Viqar Shirkat Gah 9. Ms. Amna Shahab Senior Manager WWF 10. Dr. Ejaz Ahmad Senior Director WWF 11. Mr. Zubair Khurshid Bhatti Senior Public Sector Management Specialist 12. Ms. Ayesha Shahid Consultant, World Bank 13. Ms. Huma Zafar Consultant, WB 14. Ms. Uzma Basim Senior Operations officer, World Bank 15. Mr. Rachid Benmessaoud Country Director, World Bank CPS Consultation session with Private Sector – Punjab Sept 11th , 2013 S No Name Designation/ Organization 1. S. M Mohsin Chairman 2. Ms. Seema Aziz Chairman Care Foundation 3. Mr. Fazal Sheikh CEO, Fatima Group of Companies 4. Mr. James A. Tebbe Rector, Forman Christian College 5. Mr. Zeeshan Sohail Nestle 6. Mr. Abdul Basit Big Bird Group 7. Mr. Arslan Cheema National Sales Manager, Haleeb Foods LTD 8. Mr. Faisal Malik CEO, Haleeb Foods 9. Mr. Akram Durrani CEO DH Fertilizers LTD 10. Mr. Faisal Iqbal General Manager Finance SNGPL 11. Mr. Sohail Naqvi VC, LUMS 12. Mr. Zubair Khurshid Bhatti Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, WB 13. Mr. Moazzam I. Ahmed Senior Country Officer, IFC 14. Mr. Rachid Benmessaoud Country Director, WB 15. Mr. Hanid Mukhtar Senior Economist 16. Ms. Shabana Khawar Senior Country officer 17. Ms. Uzma Basim Senior Operations officer, WB 18. Ms. Ayesha Shahid Consultant , WB 19. Ms. Huma Zafar Consultant, WB