ELECTRICITY CRISIS IN PAKISTAN

Energy is the fuel of a nation. The economic engine and the wheels of industry, agriculture and business need energy to move forward. Unfortunately in Pakistan, real solutions to meet the energy requirements of the nation have never been communicated or attained.
The latest and perhaps the most worrying crisis faced by the Pakistani nation these days is the shortage in supply of electricity. Though it has been more than a year since when the country is facing this crisis, but till now no proper solution has been made to this problem. The electric power shortage crisis in Pakistan is affecting economy and situation is getting worse day by day. Only 46% of the total population of the country has the facility of electricity but still the government is unable to manage a steady power to them.

Yet the systemic issues such as the failure to build new dams and previous Government’s inability to add even a single megawatt of new power to the grid during nine years of its rule, it seems that the present crisis is a result of bad management and the lack of foresight.The rising prices of oil products are also a major cause of power crisis in Pakistan where more than 60% of electricity is generated from furnace oil. The house hold sector is the largest consumer of electricity accounting for 44.2% of total electricity consumption.