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ISLAMABAD, (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Friday said achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was
essential for long-term prosperity of the country.
He was speaking on Prime Minister’s Global SDG’s Achievement
Programme while chairing the meeting of federal cabinet here at the
PM’s Office.
Nawaz Sharif said Pakistan was the first country in the world
to have adopted SDGs by parliament as part of national development
agenda.
He said under the programme, equal opportunities would be
given to all areas and people of the country mainly in health and
education sectors with special focus on the less developed areas.
The Prime Minister said local communities must be fully
involved for effective implementation of SDGs.