Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Friday used a dental metaphor to describe how the coalition government performed a root canal on Pakistan’s economy to make it smile again. ALSO READ Govt Orders Nationwide Testing After Shocking Packaged Food Quality ResultsReferring to the period from 2018 to 2022, Iqbal said Pakistan’s economy had been damaged by policies that created serious challenges. He said the government’s Uraan Pakistan initiative aims to transform the country into a $1 trillion economy by 2035. New PhD Programs Planned in DentistryThe Vice Chancellor of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University said Pakistan is launching nine new PhD programs in dentistry for the first time. He credited the Planning Minister for supporting the expansion of dental education and approving the university’s new medical block project.