THE government has now announced a two - day weekend to manage power crisis. This will further damage the fragile economy by reducing the working days in offices. The solution to the energy crisis consists in not giving another day off at all. Will the government suggest that it will turn off the water supply to all homes due to the water crisis?

A two - day weekend will only decrease production, increasing demand and damaging economy. It can help only if people consider not wasting the resources on weekends like money, electricity to help stabilise the economy.

The government should focus more on improving the current electricity supply system. The government should think of investing one - time like building solar energy systems.

This is likely to be one - time investment with no extra monthly or yearly cost. Pakistan has plenty of space which can be utilised for generating power from sun, plus in Sindh we have plenty of coal resources through which we can create electricity.

IFRAH SHAMIM Karachi