Pakistan, June 6 -- Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday said the incumbent government had achieved a significant milestone by preparing a Rs4 trillion national development outlay for the fiscal year 2025-26, in just the second year of its five-year term, a target originally scheduled for 2028-29.

Speaking to the media at the launch of the Monthly Development Plan, he credited improved governance, enhanced provincial coordination, and robust tax collection as key drivers behind the country's early achievement of major development targets.

He praised the government's fiscal management, particularly in tax collection, saying "The government has increased tax collection by 29 percent....