PAKISTAN has been facing an energy crisis since 2007. The main reason for the current crisis is that in the past no efforts were made to ensure increase in power-generation capacity along with increase in population growth.

An energy crises is any great shortfall in the supply of energy resources to an economy. Electricity is the basic need of human life. It has great importance as it is directly related to every country's economy.

Pakistan energy requirements are increasing day by day and not only economic growth but political stability is linked with the availability of energy resources.

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, then the whole economy gets disturbed as a result of inflation and increase in the prices of items of everyday use.

The major reason which has led to 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.

Energy crises destroy at least 50 per cent of the industrial sector that leads to increase in the rate of unemployment. It badly affects the fixed income group because cost of goods and services increase.

The current shortage of electricity in Pakistan clearly implies failure on the part of the government to tackle it. 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.

ASAD ALI KHAN Lahore