Written By: Honorable Shaukat Aziz, ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan
2009: When I was asked to write a piece on the economic way forward, I hesitated at first because I felt that with a new government in place it is better that we leave the way forward to the new economic managers, rather than play the role [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Electricity’
1 February, 2009
Economic way forward for Pakistan
23 January, 2009
Electricity: Solutions and Ongoing Projects
History
After the construction of the Hydro-Electric Tarbela Dam and the Mangla Dam, by General Ayub Khan and General
Yahya Khan in the 1960’s, our governments failed to conceive and initiate major electricity projects.
The inept governments of PML-N and PPP, that still consider themselves vital to democratic dialogue within the provinces, failed to create dialogue within [...]
23 January, 2009
Pakistan’s Hydroelectric Power Development
Courtesy: South Asia Investor Review
Pakistan and Germany have initiated serious discussions of German funding of eight ongoing and new hydropower projects worth billions of dollars. These talks are taking place in Islamabad between visiting German Minister for Economic Co-operation and Development Ms. Heidemaire Wiegoreak Zeul and Pakistani Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance Mr. Shaukat Tarin, [...]
