Pakistan is facing a severe energy crisis with up to 18 hours of daily blackouts. The crisis is negatively impacting all aspects of life and the economy. The main causes are insufficient energy production and poor distribution infrastructure. Alternative solutions include promoting energy conservation, controlling theft, improving distribution networks, and increasing domestic energy production through projects like new dams and power plants to close the demand-supply gap exacerbated by population growth. The crisis benefits foreign energy suppliers and industrial competitors while harming domestic industries, employment, and development.

1. Energy Crisis in Pakistan and its Economical
Solution
By Alina Baber
Introduction:
Energy is very important for all the industrial, financial, technological, agricultural, social, economical and
individual activities of the daily life. Electricity Crisis is one of the worst challenges the Pakistan is facing
today.
Pakistan is currently facing up to 18 hours of electricity outage a day, it will be more increased in future.
State actions, activities, economy and exercises are highly effected by lack of energy resources and this
crisis are making lives of all groups so miserable whether upper class or lower class.
Causes of Energy crisis in Pakistan:
Pakistan has been facing an unprecedented energy crisis since the last few years. The main causes
of electricity crisis in Pakistan are the insufficient capacity of electricity production and its distribution.
The causes of acute shortage of electricity in Pakistan are:
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Lack of Energy Conservation Program: Wastage of energy is a serious problem. Currently, the
elite class is consuming maximum energy and using it for its luxury even with understanding.
High rate of illiteracy and lack of bill payments also causes improper and careless usage.
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Cost of Fuel: The high cost of fuel i.e. the price of crude is continuously increased.
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Monopoly: WAPDA and KESC have a monopoly in this business.
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Lack of usage resources: the leadership’s governments since 1996 are not trying to focus to
solve this problem and develop new power projects to add more energy, it will cater to the ever
increasing demand.
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Decrement in demand of supply and Increment in demand: Pakistan has been unable to
build and develop projects to solve this issue example any major dam in the country and
power plants etc. The population has been increasing very rapidly since 2000. As the
population has been increasing the electricity demand has also increase but the supply has
remained the same.
Power Shortage Challenges in Pakistan:

2. The shortage of energy and power highly effect different sectors of Pakistan’s Economy. Lack of Energy
resources effect the industrial sector , the industries are the backbone of any countries economy .by
power shortage , factories, miles cant working properly and suffering losses, which causes , industry
shutdown and unemployment issues , by which poverty rate, production and market and establishment
of a country is highly effected.
People who are suffering from Energy crisis:
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The Economy of Pakistan is highly effect.
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Industries are suffering losses by power shortage.
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Lower class faces the issues of poverty and unemployment, crimes etc.
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Lack of technology usage and development bring Pakistan back from the different countries.
People who are in beneficial side from Energy crisis:
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Foreign energy suppliers are getting benefit from it.
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Pakistan’s industrial competitors such as India are taking advantage of Pakistan’s current
situations.
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Enemy of Pakistan are taking advantage of it by using the jobless employers of the Pakistan in
Terrorism and Enemy Countries are making Pakistan more weak in economically and
technological etc.
Alternative Economical Solution to Energy crisis in Pakistan:
Pakistan is in a serious energy crisis that is affecting all sectors of the economy and the various parts of
the society. there are some economical solutions to resolve the issue.
• Solution for energy crisis is a change in lifestyles and demand of energy by increasing production
and supply of energy.
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Increasing prices always not a good decision when it is done without focusing the consumer
scarcity, it is highly effect the market equilibrium.
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Transmission losses and a poor distribution system also account for Pakistan's energy crisis.
The government and its responsible departments need to take firm action to control power theft
and to improve the distribution system in general.

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Government should focus on increasing production and development to efficiently use energy
resources and increase capacity energy production in Pakistan.