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By: SDPI

Executive summary At the United Nations Millennium Summit, in September 2000, Pakistan among the other world leaders adopted the Millennium Declaration, including a vision for development and the eradication of poverty, the Millennium Development Goals. The MDG Framework will be completing its tenure in December 2015. Pakistan  performance  on  MDGs  remained  less  satisfactory  as  compared  to  other  countries  in  the Region. According to the National MDG 2013, Pakistan is off-track on 24 targets out of the total 33 indicators.  Pakistan  has  been  facing  multifaceted  issues  related  to  political  stability,  security  and natural disaster that have adversely hampered the development efforts. This includes the earthquakes in 2005 and 2013, floods in 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012 and in 2014, the energy crisis and security crisis from internal and external sources. Besides the constraints arising from the country security situation, issues related to governance and weak institutions have played a major role in the non-achievement of MDGs. Investment in statistical machineries to collect and make available timely data on the status of MDGs should have been given priority. The unavailability of data has been a major constraint in measuring progress towards MDGs and making informed decisions. For the new set of the development agenda to replace  MDGs after 2015, the UN launched global consultative process on post 2015 development agenda which will replace the MDGs Framework. Pakistan was selected one of the 100 countries for the national consultations, starting in December 2012. Inputs and feedback was gathered including representatives from Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), farmers, laborers, employers and workers associations, religious, ethnic and sexual minorities, students, parliamentarians, academia, development partners including donors and national staff of UN agencies, disabled persons, government officials at the federal and provincial levels, media, private sector, internally displaced people, women organizations etc. The key area that come up as priority from Pakistan consultation included peace, Justice and human Security, Governance, Energy, environment and Disaster Mitigation, inclusive economic growth and social development and Gender Equality.