An ode to Shaukat Aziz

[Grand_Vizier]

Re: An ode to Shaukat Aziz

@Shamraz_Khan

Since 1999, when Shaukat Aziz became a member of Musharraf’s “dream” team and took over as finance minister till the day he left office as prime minister, not one megawatt of electricity was added to the national grid. Yet, because of Shaukat Aziz’s policies of providing cheap credit to one and all, he can be credited with selling more consumer electronics than any advertising campaign. But if we weren’t generating more power, how was the average Pakistani supposed to run his fancy new air-conditioner and deep-freezer?

Is it just me or does this not reconcile with this? I found a source based on the CIA World Factbook saying that Pakistan is making more electricity, including 12.4% more in 2005 than in 2004.

Pakistan Electricity - production - Energy

Year Electricity - production (kWh) Rank Percent Change Date of Information
2003 66,960,000,000 36 2001
2004 66,960,000,000 37 0.00 % 2001
2005 75,270,000,000 33 12.41 % 2003
2006 76,920,000,000 35 2.19 % 2003
2007 80,240,000,000 32 4.32 % 2004

In fact, here’s a source (which from it’s appearance, is based on older data from the CIA World Factbook) that says that in 1998 Pakistan was making 59 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. http://www.ed-u.com/pk.html . Assuming Shaukat Aziz’s influence began in 1999, this would suggest that Pakistan’s electricity production rose by 33% under Shaukat Aziz’s influence.