Parliament of Pakistan adopted sustainable development goals (SDGs) as its own

national development goals in February 2016. Ministry of Planning internalized SDGs

in its development framework well before formally signing in September 2015 and it
embedded SDGs in Pakistan Vision 2025.Accordingly, Ministry of Planning,
Development and Reform established a coordination mechanism with the federating
units. To achieve success on SDGs agenda a strong partnership between public and
private sector and civil society is needed. In recent years, the private sector has also
come up with many social impact funds, venture philanthropy initiatives and shown
interest in balancing investor return with social responsibilities to help the cause of
social uplift of the communities. The government could provide an enabling
environment to enable the private sector to internalize SDGs into their business
processes and re-engineer some of their business practices for greater good of the
society.

Starting from Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) in March
2015, to Addis Ababa Finance for Development Conference in July 2015, SDGs in
September 2015 and COP21 in Paris end of 2015 -- the global platforms and
frameworks -- have emerged as a common call urging for a more result oriented
development cooperation between developing and developed countries to build
resilience of systems, infrastructures and communities in under developed, least
developed and developing countries.