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thanks to the politicians, Pakistanis do not want to spend time in Pakistan.
Earlier Government said "who is stopping them?" Now they want to say "Get out of Pakistan with your family, who needs you?"
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August 2, 2012
Pakistan expatriates cancel home holiday plans
Many expatriates switch off their travel plans due to power cuts and rising temperature
Power cuts have switched off their travel plans.
Mercury-defying temperatures and volatile security conditions are additional reasons that have forced many Pakistanis living in the UAE to opt out of flying home for summer this year.
Owais Anjum, a 36-year-old businessman, is one such expatriate.
My childrens well-being is the prime priority. If we are to go 16 hours without power, what is the point of taking them home for a holiday? Anjum, a resident of Gardens in Dubai, questioned.
In an age when many Pakistanis are making international headlines for being champions of change, the issue of power outages has turned into an Achilles heel in the overall development of the nation.
Every day, protests are being staged in several cities and towns of Pakistan over unabated hours-long power cuts.
In the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the areas worst hit by the power outages, people are turning to vandalism as a final refuge anything to make the government sit up and notice. In recent incidents, they burnt tyres, attacked police officials and blocked roads and highways.
Another reason that has kept Anjum away from his hometown, Lahore.
A father of two, Anjum says he would never want his children, aged 5 and 3, to witness the violence that is gripping the nation, one city at a time.
People lose all rationale when they are forced to go without a basic necessity for so long. They burn vehicles and resort to vandalism. Children here are growing up in a completely different environment where they are sheltered from such incidents. I would prefer not to show them this side of Pakistan because they are too young to understand. It would be shocking for them to see so much violence, Anjum said.
When once Akbar Ali Shah would make elaborate plans to spend time with his family on Eid, he says the power cuts have forced him to look for alternatives, as flying home is out of the question.
You cannot fight the general depression people are unhappy with the state of affairs. Why would I go there on such a festive occasion? If there is a dearth of water supply, you can always buy water, but you cant even buy electricity. I have an infant son I have to think about him too, Shah, a 34-year-old commercial director at a consumer goods firm in Dubai, said.
Shah says that though the scale of the issue is enormous, he is optimistic that things will get better. He, along with thousands of his countrymen here and back home are hopeful that the upcoming elections and the subsequent government that comes to power can power in a new change.
We have the production capacity. Lets see if they can deliver, Shah said.
And while it may have been a year since both Anjum and Shah visited Pakistan, they said better weather conditions would see them making the trip soon.
If nothing else works, I will call my parents and a few others to Dubai for Eid. But Im not going to Pakistan anytime soon, Shah said.
People are silhouetted against the incoming traffic light while walking in a dark street median, due to a power cut, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.
Pakistan expatriates cancel home holiday plans | GulfNews.com
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August 2, 2012
Pulling the plug on power crisis in Pakistan
Sizzling summer heat and prolonged power outages have let hell loose on residents of twin cities
Karachi Terrorism has taken a backseat in Pakistan.
As the nation continues to face growing US pressure to carry out operations against the Haqqani network, powerless Pakistanis are taking to the streets to protest against the electricity shortage gripping the nation.
Yes, the power crisis is taking its toll and it is clearly visible that it has troubled the government more than any other national issue, Professor Tauseef Ahmed Khan, a prominent political analyst, said.
Mohammmad Ali, a 38-year teacher born and raised in Rawalpindi, the twin city of Pakistans capital Islamabad, has never faced such a tough Ramadan. The dry weather because of the delayed monsoon, sizzling heat and prolonged power outages have let hell loose on residents this month.
The power cut starts exactly an hour after Sehri (dawn meal), Ali told Gulf News. With my dry mouth and empty stomach I can only curse the leaders who have made this month a punishment for us, a Ali said.
As Pakistan is gripped by complex challenges on the internal and external fronts, the current weeks day long power outages have alarmed the government and even the state. In the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtun Khaw provinces people took to the streets to protest against the worst spell of power outages, ransacking public and private properties worth billions of rupees.
The rampage followed a transmission collapse that disrupted an 1,800 megawatt supply from the national distribution capacity last Friday. The technical fault erupted because of a storm that blew down 19 gigantic steel pylons of the national electricity company in Muzaffargarh.
The power crisis compelled President Asif Ali Zardari to hurry an emergency meeting in Islamabad. Zardari warned the authorities to fix the chronic problem at the soonest after the Punjab province, home to the major opposition party, witnessed the worst power situation at a time when Muslims are fasting in Ramadan. The intense summer heat is adding to the dire situation.
The president called off all his fixed meetings as he wanted his party to win the upcoming elections in the Punjab, where the Muslim League of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif rules. Dont make it an issue for political mileage, information minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, told the Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, at a press conference to explain the electricity fault.
The financial mess at public and private sector companies which ran up a hefty sum of 500 billion rupees in transactions is the root cause of the electricity crisis.
Pakistan State Oil (PSO), the public sector company which supplies bulk of fuel oil to the public and private power generating companies, is trying to recover 225 billion rupees from the defaulting power companies.
The company slashed its supplies to the power companies as it needed to pay up to foreign oil sellers.
This itself caused almost a 40 per cent fall in generation capacity of thermal power stations, said Haris Zamir, an economic journalist. A delayed monsoon depleted the hydel power generation as well.
The supply side of power is fine as we are getting about 11,000 to 12,000 MW in our system and if we fuel all the thermal power stations we could get even more electricity, said Tahir Bashart Cheema, head of Pakistans Energy Management Cell.
The power deficit ranges between 3000 to 5000 MW as against the national demand is about 15000 to 16000 MW. We need to manage the matter on the demand side, Cheema said.
Analysts believe that electricity could play a pivotal role in the upcoming elections and could seal the fate of political parties as domestic consumers make the largest percentage of total consumption with 42 per cent.
The share for industrial, agricultural, other government sectors and commercial consumers has been 31 per cent 14.1 per cent, seven per cent and six percent, respectively.
Some facts:
21,000 MW of power is total installed capacity
11,000 to 12,000 MW generated
National demand is about 15000 to 16000 MW
Power deficit ranges between 3000 to 5000 MW
Thermal power generates 65 per cent
Hydel power generates 22 per cent
At peak season the current months, hydel power generation rises to 45 per cent.
Gas fired power stations generate nine per cent
Nuclear power stations generate the rest
Pulling the plug on power crisis in Pakistan | GulfNews.com
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So the needs of the citizen (Electricity, water, gas, education, health, employment....) as per the constitution which should be given to him without he even asking for them are being politicized. And after they win again, the cycle will repeat again, so who is dumb duffer fool? the citizen who gives them the vote and does nto want to lynch these politicians who paly with the life of citizens as if they are animals.
People who cannot manage and run the assests which were built earlier and were operational how can we expect them to build additional national assests for the well being of the stupid duffer citizens.
Earlier Government said "who is stopping them?" Now they want to say "Get out of Pakistan with your family, who needs you?"
---------------
August 2, 2012
Pakistan expatriates cancel home holiday plans
Many expatriates switch off their travel plans due to power cuts and rising temperature
Power cuts have switched off their travel plans.
Mercury-defying temperatures and volatile security conditions are additional reasons that have forced many Pakistanis living in the UAE to opt out of flying home for summer this year.
Owais Anjum, a 36-year-old businessman, is one such expatriate.
My childrens well-being is the prime priority. If we are to go 16 hours without power, what is the point of taking them home for a holiday? Anjum, a resident of Gardens in Dubai, questioned.
In an age when many Pakistanis are making international headlines for being champions of change, the issue of power outages has turned into an Achilles heel in the overall development of the nation.
Every day, protests are being staged in several cities and towns of Pakistan over unabated hours-long power cuts.
In the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the areas worst hit by the power outages, people are turning to vandalism as a final refuge anything to make the government sit up and notice. In recent incidents, they burnt tyres, attacked police officials and blocked roads and highways.
Another reason that has kept Anjum away from his hometown, Lahore.
A father of two, Anjum says he would never want his children, aged 5 and 3, to witness the violence that is gripping the nation, one city at a time.
People lose all rationale when they are forced to go without a basic necessity for so long. They burn vehicles and resort to vandalism. Children here are growing up in a completely different environment where they are sheltered from such incidents. I would prefer not to show them this side of Pakistan because they are too young to understand. It would be shocking for them to see so much violence, Anjum said.
When once Akbar Ali Shah would make elaborate plans to spend time with his family on Eid, he says the power cuts have forced him to look for alternatives, as flying home is out of the question.
You cannot fight the general depression people are unhappy with the state of affairs. Why would I go there on such a festive occasion? If there is a dearth of water supply, you can always buy water, but you cant even buy electricity. I have an infant son I have to think about him too, Shah, a 34-year-old commercial director at a consumer goods firm in Dubai, said.
Shah says that though the scale of the issue is enormous, he is optimistic that things will get better. He, along with thousands of his countrymen here and back home are hopeful that the upcoming elections and the subsequent government that comes to power can power in a new change.
We have the production capacity. Lets see if they can deliver, Shah said.
And while it may have been a year since both Anjum and Shah visited Pakistan, they said better weather conditions would see them making the trip soon.
If nothing else works, I will call my parents and a few others to Dubai for Eid. But Im not going to Pakistan anytime soon, Shah said.
People are silhouetted against the incoming traffic light while walking in a dark street median, due to a power cut, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.
Pakistan expatriates cancel home holiday plans | GulfNews.com
-----------------
August 2, 2012
Pulling the plug on power crisis in Pakistan
Sizzling summer heat and prolonged power outages have let hell loose on residents of twin cities
Karachi Terrorism has taken a backseat in Pakistan.
As the nation continues to face growing US pressure to carry out operations against the Haqqani network, powerless Pakistanis are taking to the streets to protest against the electricity shortage gripping the nation.
Yes, the power crisis is taking its toll and it is clearly visible that it has troubled the government more than any other national issue, Professor Tauseef Ahmed Khan, a prominent political analyst, said.
Mohammmad Ali, a 38-year teacher born and raised in Rawalpindi, the twin city of Pakistans capital Islamabad, has never faced such a tough Ramadan. The dry weather because of the delayed monsoon, sizzling heat and prolonged power outages have let hell loose on residents this month.
The power cut starts exactly an hour after Sehri (dawn meal), Ali told Gulf News. With my dry mouth and empty stomach I can only curse the leaders who have made this month a punishment for us, a Ali said.
As Pakistan is gripped by complex challenges on the internal and external fronts, the current weeks day long power outages have alarmed the government and even the state. In the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtun Khaw provinces people took to the streets to protest against the worst spell of power outages, ransacking public and private properties worth billions of rupees.
The rampage followed a transmission collapse that disrupted an 1,800 megawatt supply from the national distribution capacity last Friday. The technical fault erupted because of a storm that blew down 19 gigantic steel pylons of the national electricity company in Muzaffargarh.
The power crisis compelled President Asif Ali Zardari to hurry an emergency meeting in Islamabad. Zardari warned the authorities to fix the chronic problem at the soonest after the Punjab province, home to the major opposition party, witnessed the worst power situation at a time when Muslims are fasting in Ramadan. The intense summer heat is adding to the dire situation.
The president called off all his fixed meetings as he wanted his party to win the upcoming elections in the Punjab, where the Muslim League of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif rules. Dont make it an issue for political mileage, information minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, told the Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, at a press conference to explain the electricity fault.
The financial mess at public and private sector companies which ran up a hefty sum of 500 billion rupees in transactions is the root cause of the electricity crisis.
Pakistan State Oil (PSO), the public sector company which supplies bulk of fuel oil to the public and private power generating companies, is trying to recover 225 billion rupees from the defaulting power companies.
The company slashed its supplies to the power companies as it needed to pay up to foreign oil sellers.
This itself caused almost a 40 per cent fall in generation capacity of thermal power stations, said Haris Zamir, an economic journalist. A delayed monsoon depleted the hydel power generation as well.
The supply side of power is fine as we are getting about 11,000 to 12,000 MW in our system and if we fuel all the thermal power stations we could get even more electricity, said Tahir Bashart Cheema, head of Pakistans Energy Management Cell.
The power deficit ranges between 3000 to 5000 MW as against the national demand is about 15000 to 16000 MW. We need to manage the matter on the demand side, Cheema said.
Analysts believe that electricity could play a pivotal role in the upcoming elections and could seal the fate of political parties as domestic consumers make the largest percentage of total consumption with 42 per cent.
The share for industrial, agricultural, other government sectors and commercial consumers has been 31 per cent 14.1 per cent, seven per cent and six percent, respectively.
Some facts:
21,000 MW of power is total installed capacity
11,000 to 12,000 MW generated
National demand is about 15000 to 16000 MW
Power deficit ranges between 3000 to 5000 MW
Thermal power generates 65 per cent
Hydel power generates 22 per cent
At peak season the current months, hydel power generation rises to 45 per cent.
Gas fired power stations generate nine per cent
Nuclear power stations generate the rest
Pulling the plug on power crisis in Pakistan | GulfNews.com
----------------------
So the needs of the citizen (Electricity, water, gas, education, health, employment....) as per the constitution which should be given to him without he even asking for them are being politicized. And after they win again, the cycle will repeat again, so who is dumb duffer fool? the citizen who gives them the vote and does nto want to lynch these politicians who paly with the life of citizens as if they are animals.
People who cannot manage and run the assests which were built earlier and were operational how can we expect them to build additional national assests for the well being of the stupid duffer citizens.
