ENERGY CRISIS IN PAKISTAN

PAKISTAN has been facing an energy crisis since 2007. The main reason for the current crisis is that there is no efforts made in past for the growing population in Pakistan
An energy crisis is the supply of energy resources to an economy. Electricity is the basic need of human life. It has great importance to every country`s economy. Pakistan energy requirements are increasing day by day. Wapda and Kesc purchase expensive oil and transfer the cost to consumers.

When governments purchase more oil, then prices in the international market also increase. When the price of electricity is raised, it gives boost to inflation and increase in the prices of items of everyday use. The main reason behind the energy crises is the wrong policies of the government. It has lack of taking decisions and corruption is another major reason.

The government should have to develop electricity through other alternative resources of energy like nuclear energy, natural gas exploration, natural gas import, solar energy, coal, and wind energy. The government should produce electricity through coal, wind and water as it is cheaper than the actual cost. Hydroelectricity is the cheapest source of electricity.

Energy crises affect at least 50 per cent of the industrial sector that results to increase in the rate of unemployment. Kesc doing more than 12 hours of load shedding a day. The country is the world’s fourth-largest producer of cloth and the industry accounts for 60 per cent of export revenue according to official data. But the shortages of the energy give a burden on the PAKISTAN economy.

OPINION: KALABAGH and THAR project —- will not be implemented because the influential leaders and politicians don’t want Pakistan to prosper and just want money and money. They want to loot Pakistan and least interested in development of Pakistan. And so is USA, India, Israel & some other countries and that is why we have power shortage which will prevail till we are enlightened to make an end to corrupt leadership.