Re: An ode to Shaukat Aziz
But ... obviously rapid and unprecedented economy growth and very high rate of per capita income growth ... energy demand is increasing very fast too.
That's true. it is entirely believable that the outstanding economic growth that teh Musharraf/Aziz tag-team has delivered is so high that it's led to electricity demand rising well above the 35% increase in supply, which could lead to the load shedding that anecdotes are claimed to suggest, though there seem to be few facts to support this.
However, between us, Sa1eem, it seems that we've identified at least 2 outright lies in the original article.
1) The original article that Shamraz Khan posted says that Shaukat Aziz spent 2 decades as a private banker, whereas the truth is 2.5 years.
2) The article says that Pakistan's electricity supply did not grow at all under Shaukat Aziz, whereas it grew by 35%.
I do wonder how much of the rest of the original article in this thread consists of lies and half-truths too.