Economy was a consumer based economy.Our exports kept going down.Nawaz dakoo did nothing to increase exports.He used say economy is good because everyone has a mobile phone.No attempt was made to revive the industry.The dollar rate was kept artificially low by using up foreign exchangeYou are right. Economy was not that worse at that time. Even Crude Oil was at Dollar 30 to 40 range.
But Khan was not going to win at that time. Other than few seats, it was a PMLN win.