energy crisis

Pakistan is facing the worst energy crisis of its history, the crisis that has thepotential to totally cripple its economy. Magnitude of the problem can be gauged from the fact that Pakistan
is facing shortage of electricity and gas while about 40% of its households have notyet received electricity and only 18% have access to gas supply. Meeting existing demand and that of the developmental sector will require manifold increase in the production or availability of the two
products. If we look at the global statistics there is a strong correlation between energy availability and level of nation's development.
The nations topping the list of human development are also the largest per capita consumers of energy. The world average per capita energy use is about 650 million BTUs while American consume 352 million BTUs,Malaysia 104 million BTUs, China 56.2 million BTUs, India 15.9 million BTUs and Pakistan is trailing at 14.2 million BTUs. These figures clearly exhibit that the availability of energy acts as locomotive for development that is critically important to pull Pakistan out of quagmire created byterrorism and fundamentalism. It is an established fact that these tendencies bread in anenvironment infested by poverty and lack of education.