Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, appoints Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal as the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan (DCPC)

Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, appoints Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal as the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan (DCPC). He was first appointed to this position during Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s second tenure in 1997. Later, he served as Federal Minister for Planning and Development in 2013, 2022, and 2024. Notably, Ahsan Iqbal has concurrently held the offices of Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission and Federal Minister for Planning and Development from 2013-2017 and 2022-2023. Therefore, his reappointment to this role is not unusual.