Abstract :
When, in 1947, Pakistan came into being, the late Mohammad Ali Jinnah said: `Nature has given you everything; you have got unlimited resources. The foundations of your State have been laid and it is now for you to build as quickly and as well as you can.¿ In the context of this message it was recognised that eletrical power was prerequisite to all development projects, and as such it had to be given top priority.
