LAHORE: Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Punjab government have agreed to enhance public private partnership opportunities in infrastructure and social sectors.
This was agreed at a dialogue organised by ADB Pakistan Resident Mission in collaboration with the Planning and Development Department (P&DD). The dialogue was led jointly by Pakistan Resident Mission Country Director Werner E Liepach and Planning & Development Punjab Chairman Muhammad Jahanzeb Khan.
The government officials made presentations on PPPs in Punjab in the areas of urban development, health and education sectors, and highlighted the need for ADB assistance through transaction advisory services, among others, which were followed by sector specific discussion.
Provincial Secretary P&D Punjab Iftikhar Ali Sahoo, CEO Urban Unit Dr Nasir Javed, Members of P&D Board Dr. Shabana Haider(Health Sector), Agha Waqar Javaid (PPP Cell), Dr Mehmood Khalid Qamar (Social Sector), Chief Economist P&D Dr Amanullah, representatives of School Education and Finance Department Punjab, relevant ADB staff from PRM, urban unit division (CWUW) and public management/finance unit division (CWPF) attended the meeting.
On the occasion different presentations included Punjab’s Vision for Private Sector Led Growth by Secretary P&DD, Public Private Partnership’s in Punjab by Member, PPP Cell, Public Private Partnership’s in Healthcare by Member(Health) P&D and Presentation by Special Secretary, School Education Department on Public Private Partnerships in Education were also made.
