Electricity crisis in Pakistan
are one of the major reasons which are hindering the economic growth of
Pakistan. Unavailability of power is affecting directly or in directly on every
sector of life. Making people feel frustrated as well as helpless. The load
shedding span has mounted to almost 12 hours a day to industries and about 8
hours to domestic consumers. This destructive power shortage has brought the
industrialist as well as the local people on roads for an urge of protest, but
despite of all such anti government actions this struggle is in vein as there is
no progress in the electricity supply to the consumers. Due to unavailability of
electricity Pakistan’s export is highly affected as industries are unable to
meet up to the orders leaving their clients with no other option instead of
switching to other vendors in other countries.
This energy crisis is ultimately becoming the major cause of increasing
unemployment in or country. There is no electricity so industries are being
forced fully shut down leaving the labor and employees helpless and without any
jobs. It is stated that in the last 3 years thousands of employee who have lost
their job due to these energy crisis have returned to their homes from where
they have come in search of job. Many of the orders were cancelled in industries
and which were not cancelled never met to the prescribed standards and quality.
Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) is blamed for this electricity
shortage but according to them they are also handcuffed in from the gas
suppliers as they required 22 million cubic feet gas for a normal production
which is reduced to about 115 million cubic meter a day, so when their will be
no fuel there will be no electricity produced. So in concluding Pakistan is
facing one of the most disparaging and critical power shortage and if it is not
resolved at major priority Pakistan’s economy which is still not developed will
be in real time danger.