Im sick of Musheraff taking credit for the economic boom
A) Sanctions removed - No credit to his diplomacy, credit to 9/11
B) American Aid provided a stimulus around 2% of GDP(aid stopped in 2008) - No credit his economic policies, credit war on terror
Ayub Khan did the same trick, americans gave him huge aid then started giving in loans, by the time ayub khan , 20% of the federal budjet went towards repaying american loans
C) Property Investments by overseas pakistanis -no credit his policies, credit racists in wests driving pakistanis home
D) Investment from Gulf went to property to meet demand of overseas Pakistanis
E) Cheap Credit which went to elite and upper middle class. They borrowed alot of money and imported lots of goods, in 2009 this led to BOP crises as pakistan was importing too much and musheraff had no export policies
Economic growth has little to do with government. Government should just keep regulations limited,law and order , corruption free, not give trade advantages to economic rivals like India and educate the workforce