all this time, pml-n -- punjab has been in defeat of pml-n. now, the other issue is will they perform well? well, there being. to time in the past when the government has done very well in terms of performance. but this issue that has to be resolved in karachi. the question is who is actually rolling the province? i think he's taken it back now, calling for a separate karachi of the thinking. so we just have to see, where is the chief minister going come from an will it be a coalition? will it be straight own night -- or just have to wait and see. >> i think on that note if you would join me in thanking ambassador riaz mohammad khan, trained to try and read. [applause] and maleeha lodhi. we are grateful she joined us. it is beyond the appointed hour of 11:30. it has been a profitable exchange and we've made it that. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> how do you feel about describing your science click >> i'll make the attempt. imagine you had a yardstick be cut into 10 pieces and throw a nine, take the remaining thing and cut it in 10 pie

so during the campaign, pml-n and his economic team, particularly identified the long-term structuralssues and those are well known. our long-term structural economic programs of the country. how to get investment going in the country to raise the potential growth rate is essential. is the problem with infrastructure at infrastructure development is needed. education. you have to have the labor force at the right set of skills in demand by the terrier, by modern industry and so on. that is a problem. new industries moving away from the standard industries of textiles is another issue. let me say -- i characterize them as long-term structural issues. they existed before the ppp and will have continued. so they will have to be addressed. what are the immediate issue is? i would like to focus my comments here this morning in the brief time i have on the immediate short-term issues that the government -- the new government on day one will have to start worrying about. one, fiscal public finances. secondly, somewhat related and not bring out the relationship in a while. energy. everyone ta

and pml-n had released when jan. pta promise for the future because they did not have that experience. ppp on the other hand was basically invoking the legacy, the sacrifices this is the first time was the performance, which figured the voters choice. when it punish ppp for the performance of corruption they lost their both -- guy on me and nawaz sharif. the general impression is pti comes to the world bank of ppp, not the world bank they were not able to do kurds pml-n, nawaz sharif's party. all the parties now pay more attention to the need to show performance, to show results and be sensitive to the needs like, for example was not. one of the glaring examples is the power shortages. they did nothing. we have yet to see that this is perhaps in my view the most positive aspect of the 2013 elections. the fact that pml-n won by a comfortable margin will allow nawaz sharif to confirm without the demands of coalition parties and maneuvering the pakistani politics and perhaps is unavoidable when you have a situation of h

this is a pml. i know what that is. i worked with one of those before and you come in and get more respect on the work place and much is going to go forward more. >> you know, one of the biggest assets are your professors. you know, they are the leaders of the industry currently. they have so much to share and had i not been in the program, i would not have access to that and like she mentioned, we have amazing guest speakers who come in and give you insider information that she wouldn't have found otherwise. the other asset is your peers. christian and i started together. were actually in almost every single -- we see a lot of each other. but like our peers they come from different backgrounds and it's really interesting. it made for great networking. >> the most recent hire on my team is a graduate of the program and i can tell you without a doubt out of all the people i've hired because of the program she came like a base of knowledge that far exceeded what i had. she was able to jump into the work that needed to be

and this election is that change message, and i think that change will, with imran khan or pml-n, itbasically catalyzing this kind of a desire for change. and it is being felt. >> reporter: this election will mark the first time in pakistan's history that a civilian government hands over power to another. there's a history of military coups, but last month the army chief pledged to support the outcome, no matter who wins. >> i assure you, that we stand committed to wholeheartedly assist in the conduct of free, fair and peaceful elections; to >> reporter: meanwhile, the wide array of candidates and parties has campaigned to the wire, putting up posters. and handing out flags by the dozens. but with hundreds of candidates competing, pakistanis may have other reasons to be nervous, as andrew wilder points out. >> where there is concern is that if we do have a hung parliament and lots of wheeling and dealing and compromises have to be made and half the assembly has to be given a cabinet portfolio to get them on board, it's not necessarily going to lead to a picture of good governance and

the pml and, their cries were out there, music blaring and people dancing in the streets. you can see there was police cars around, but we know that the army was out because there are lots of threats. but you never saw a single army guy for army people appear to me that was remarkably ken because usually pakistan is a sure first brainier forces. here they were invisible, but very fair. they were keeping basically the peace. so to me, it was one of the most exciting trips i've taken. i go every year. but this was an incredible time to be there. one of the faxes and many traditions come if you don tribal structures in place of the traditional voting patterns. this is particularly true of the punjab, which is where i hail from, where the winner hails from and so it was somewhat of a foregone conclusion. i say he was the bookies favorite and the one and so he was a clear winner. and then there are coalitions, which basically means there's a weak structure if congress and the presidency is just tired to enact will. the right thing now gets in pakistan. a few facts and figures b