Islamabad, March 6, 2025: Today, the newly appointed Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) had an intro meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif where they began outlining the major issues for the country such as economic reforms, governance restructuring, and social development programs. The meeting took place at the Prime Minister’s office and demonstrated the government’s desire for sound governance and program execution.

Special Assistant calls on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hit the ground running with the new SAPM by providing encouragement and caution in the same breath. The Prime Minister show his trust on performance, says it requires full attention and he also focused on efficiency, and transparency. This two combined statement underscored the need of public welfare and economic stability in the region.

“Special Assistants play an important role in assisting the government in meeting the Middle Eastern and International financiers’ expectations,” commented the prime minister.

He added, “Contrary to economic headwinds, the government is trying to rig these things. Startup social reforms, and govern more wisely.”

The SAPM guaranteed to have a hands-on approach to all areas of responsibility and undertook to him with the certain promise that he would engage the relevant ministries and departments to facilitate the work of progressive government policy implementation.

As we all know, Sources in the Prime Minister’s office always reveal information, this meeting addressed very sensitive topics, which were:

• Economic Stability: Measures aimed at increasing economic growth, foreign investment, and applying systematic changes.

• Public Service Enhancements: Further steps aimed at improving the governance, accountability, and delivery of services.

• Development Initiatives: These plans focus on the acceleration of infrastructure projects as well as the increase of social development programs.

Political experts regard this move as another attempt to consolidate the country’s governance structure. In light of Pakistan’s prevailing economy and politics, it is logical to assume that integrating more seasoned advisors is useful for optimizing policy and administration.

This hint comes in the context of the government restructuring to streamline decision-making. Recently, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been vocal about the need to appoint skilled persons in the core positions to ensure the timely growth of the nation.

The meeting wrapped up with the prime minister repeating the administration’s resolve to serve the people with the utmost commitment. He instructed all government servants, including the new SAPM, to ensure policies are implemented in a way that serves the people.

The appointment letter was published earlier this week. More announcements regarding the SAPM’s functions and associated initiatives are likely to be shared soon as the government works on its new policy framework.