Corruption issues

When Musharraf came to power, he claimed that the corruption in the government bureaucracy would be cleaned up.. According to Transparency International, Pakistan has improved its ratings under Musharraf's regime, from being the 11th most corrupt country to fall down to 41st.

In 2002, according to a survey by Transparency International, Pakistan’s rating improved from 11th most corrupt country in 2001 to 24th, according to a TI press release .

In 2007, according to Transparency International, Pakistan is clearly ranked 138th out of 179 countries. That places Pakistan as the 41st most corrupt country in 2007 .

The Steel Mills case is one of the biggest FALSE controversies surrounding Musharraf and Shaukat Aziz. Steels Mills case had been hyped by the opposition parties to gain political advantage in 2008 elections. The worth of Steels Mills in 1999 as calculated in Nawaz Sharif government was $0.294 billion. . The worth of Steels Mills GREW under Shaukat Aziz government to become $349 million [15] and while a Saudi group Tuwairqi agreed to pay $362 million for Steels Mills .

The Shaukat Aziz government was privatizing Steels Mills in profit of $13 million and had NOT sold the access 14,500 acres of land of Pakistan Steel Mills and negotiations were on with the Sindh government to set up an Industrial Park on that land