Pakistan: All energy targets missed

ISLAMABAD (August 04 2007): The government has missed all energy sector targets, reflecting badly on everyone involved. An official document, made available to Business Recorder, indicated that President General Pervez Musharraf had fixed targets for the government in 2005 and given clear direction to achieve them through a better strategy.

But none of the targets have been met even after two years. The failure in achieving any target for energy sector is enough to narrate the whole story of the government performance. According to the document, the President had chaired a meeting at camp office Rawalpindi on February 15 to review energy security action plan and this concluded at fixing of key targets for the government.
As on August 3, not a single target had been achieved. Even a series of follow-up meetings at the highest level could not make things happen. One wonders who would make the decision makers feel that indifference on their part is costing Pakistan dearly, if the President can not do it.

Business Recorder