Finance minister engages SPDC leadership on structural reforms, fiscal federalism

ISLAMABAD, Dec 15 (APP): Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday held a detailed meeting with a delegation of the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), led by its Chairman Javed Jabbar, to discuss key structural, fiscal and socio-economic challenges and explore avenues for sustained, evidence-based policy support.

The delegation included SPDC Board Members Ahmed Farooq Bazai, Ms. Mahtab Akbar Rashdi, Naveed Kamran Baloch, and Dr. Saba Gul Khattak.

The Finance Minister welcomed the SPDC delegation and appreciated the Centre’s three decades of independent and non-partisan research contributions to national policy discourse.

During the discussion, the Minister shared an overview of the government’s ongoing institutional reform and rightsizing agenda, explaining that the process is being implemented in phases to ensure depth, transparency, and manageability.