ENERGY CRISIS IN PAKISTAN, ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION MEASURES

Energy is part and parcel of every aspect of life as well as backbone of a country's economy. pakistan is lagging behind in this area despite of rich reserves of raw energy, but there is dire need for the investment and proper use of these reserves for driving the wheel of economy. present energy scenario of the country, its available resources and their potential towards the solution are addressed in this paper. statistical data in this work provides ease to policy makers in deciding major investment area to take the country towards prosperous future. a lot of partial projects like independent power producers (ipps) and rental power plants (rpps) have been made and invested but all in vain rather burden on economy. the sequence of investment field is also proposed which will pay back more in the long run.