Pakistan In Crisis: Power Supply Cut Off On PM's Office In Non-payment Crackdown
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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2014 · Comedy
Power blackouts have become a regular part of everyday life in Pakistan with some areas going without electricity for up to 20 hours a day. The country's new Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has promised to make easing the crisis one of his top priorities. A major cause of the problem is thought to be residents - both rich and poor - who illegally connect their homes to their city's power grid by attaching metal hooks to nearby electricity lines. The BBC's Zarghuna Kargar reports, 13 June 2013. Would you like to know more? Pakistan's complex power theft problem (arabnews, May 5, 2014) http://www.arabnews.com/news/565766 "... The ministry is carrying out a massive drive to recover dues and has recently disconnected power supply to prominent government buildings such as President House, Prime Minister's Secretariat, Parliament Lodges and official residence of chief justice of Pakistan. The power supply disconnection campaign is expected to be carried out without discrimination, targeting even the influential individuals. According to official sources, the recovery drive has so far been successful and Rs 3.2 billion has been recovered from electricity bill defaulters, mainly public sector departments. As temperatures soar higher in summer, the electricity shortage increases to about 7,000 MW in Pakistan. The shortfall leads to loadshedding spells of up to 18 hours in some parts of the country, which has badly hurt its manufacturing sector, leading to massive unemployment and a fall in exports. The government has launched several new projects to add power generation capacity to the national grid system. However, power theft remains one of the key problems faced by Pakistan's energy sector..." Pakistan's energy crisis to end within few years: PM (samaa, May 3, 2014) http://bit.ly/1rTINUb "Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Friday said that the Pakistan would completely overcome power and gas crises within few years as all-out efforts were underway in this regard. Addressing a reception at a local hotel here, he said the government is striving day in and day out to grapple with the energy problems, claiming that at least 9000 Megawatts of electricity will be available after the construction of new dams. The Prime Minister Sharif told the participants that 9000 Megawatts will be availed from Diamer and Dasu dams, adding the first such project will be inaugurated on May 6 in Karachi. Lauding British Prime Minister David Cameron as the 'real friend of Pakistan', the third-time premier Sharif remarked Britain will offer assistance to Paksitan in its fight against terrorism and power crisis, claiming that his government will incorporate 21,000 Megawatts in the national grid within ten years..." Pakistan cuts off power supply on PM's office in non-payment crackdown (buenosairesherald, Apr 29, 2014) http://bit.ly/1iOFaPQ "Pakistan's power ministry said it would cut off supplies to major offices, including the prime minister's, in a crackdown on customers not paying their electricity bills. Pakistan's economy is crippled by persistent blackouts lasting up to 12 hours a day partly because influential families, politicians and bureaucrats do not pay for their use while the poor often cannot afford rising utility bills. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has promised to fix the power cuts as one of his priorities. But today Pakistan's minister of state for water and power made Sharif's office a target in his campaign to to eradicate non-payment. "Electricity to all state institutions and individual consumers who haven't cleared their dues will be disconnected," minister Abid Sher Ali said in televised remarks. "There will be no discrimination." The minister, who is from the ruling party, said he had ordered the Islamabad Electricity Supply Company to disconnect power to 18 government institutions, including the President House, Prime Minister's Secretariat, the parliament building, the official residence of the chief justice and many other offices. Power cuts have worsened in Pakistan in recent years, becoming one of the main sources of discontent in the South Asian country, often leaving entire neighbourhoods without power for up to half a day in the sweltering summer months. Pakistan's state power companies are notoriously inefficient but critics have long questioned just how far Sharif will be prepared to go to overhaul an important sector dominated by decades-long alliances, industry loyalties and lobby groups." Pakistan's energy crisis: causes, consequences and possible remedies - By Safiya Aftab - Jan 2014 - peacebuilding.no http://bit.ly/1q5Ar00 Welcome to Diamer Bhasha dam http://www.diamerbhasha.com/ Dasu Hydropower Project http://www.n-koei.co.jp/english/international_operations/south-asia/pakistan.html Focus On Pakistan https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA550D3AEF5D1F9BC
