The Dawn report you shared about the textile export data is from July to November of last year. Dr. Pasha gave his statement in March of this year.
This is for your information about Dr. Pasha's background.
Also spelled as Hafiz Pasha, he completed his master's degree from
Cambridge University,
England, and a PhD from
Stanford University,
USA.
He has served as the dean of the School of Social Sciences at the
Beaconhouse National University, Lahore and is currently the Professor Emeritus. Pasha has served till 2007 as a United Nations Assistant Secretary General and United Nations Development Program Assistant Administrator and a director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. He is the first Pakistani to hold this distinction.
He has served as the
Federal Minister for
Finance, Federal Minister of Commerce,<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafeez_Pasha_(economist)#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> and Economic Affairs, Deputy
Chairman of the
Planning Commission, with the status of a federal minister,
Education Minister and
Commerce Minister in three governments.