Govt reviews structural reforms, fiscal federalism with SPDC

December 16, 2025 (MLN):  Government priorities on economic reform, fiscal federalism and evidence-based policymaking were reinforced as part of efforts to strengthen governance, fiscal sustainability and long-term development.

These issues were discussed at a meeting between the Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, and a delegation of the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) led by its Chairman, Mr. Javed Jabbar, said a press release issued.

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

Welcoming the delegation, the finance minister acknowledged SPDC’s three decades of independent and non-partisan research and its sustained engagement with successive federal and provincial governments, particularly on intergovernmental fiscal relations.