3. Today,Pakistan is faced with several
challenges; electricity crisis being a
primary concern.
More than 18 hours outage.
4. The causes of acute shortage of electricity in
Pakistan are:
Lack of Energy Conservation Program
Circular dept
Shortage in river waters
Fewer dams
Power theft
Cost of Fuel
Incomplete projects
5. Electricitycrises badly effect education
Great effect on industries
Effect on economy
Effect on agriculture
Unemployment increased
6. First of all government should remove corruption,
inefficiency and mismanagement from WAPDA
The government should build up a stringent framework
to purchase cheap electricity from China and Iran.
KESC, LESCO and PEPCO’s performance should be
regularly monitored by the government to eliminate any
loopholes in its effective functioning.
Power should be generated from solar energy, nuclear
energy, wind turbines and water turbines.
7. Pakistan has the resources to meet its
growing energy requirements.
The challenge lies in making these options
commercially, economically and politically
feasible.