Pak’s Dark night Begins!!

Pakistan plunged into darkness due to economic crisis, mall-market closed at dusk, PM held meeting without lights

Prime minister of pakistan Shehbaz Sharif has issued a plan to save 6200 crore rupees by holding a meeting in the dark. To save electricity, he has ordered closure of malls and markets at 8:30 pm.

Due to economic crisis, pakistan is sinking in darkness. The government does not have money to run the power plant. Due to this there is power crisis in Pakistan. Instead of solving the power crisis, the government has come up with a plan to save electricity. prime minister Shahbaz Sharif held a meeting in the dark and issued a plan to save Rs 6200 crore.

To save electricity, the government of pakistan has issued an order to close all the malls, markets, wedding halls and restaurants in the country at dusk. This order is part of the government's plan to save electricity. The government has ordered that all malls and markets be closed at 8:30 pm. marriage halls and restaurants should be closed at 10 pm. Shahbaz Sharif's government hopes that the decision will help reduce oil imports. pakistan has to spend US$ 3 billion every year in importing oil.

273 million US dollars will be saved

Pakistan's Foreign minister Khwaja Mohammad Asif had said on tuesday in this regard that the government's plan to save electricity would save US $ 273 million. The prime minister has ordered all government departments to reduce power consumption by 30 percent. To save electricity, a ban has been imposed on the production of such bulbs and fans which consume more electricity. Khwaja Mohammad said that the peak demand of electricity in pakistan reaches 29 thousand MW during summer. At the same time, the demand for electricity in the winter season is up to 12 thousand MW. Half of the street lights across the country will be kept switched off to save electricity.

Most of the electricity is made in pakistan from oil and gas.

Significantly, most of the electricity in pakistan is produced from oil such as fossil fuel and liquefied natural gas. There has been a huge increase in the price of oil and gas in the last few months. The business class of pakistan is not happy with the decision taken by the government to save electricity. Traders say that Corona was recovering from the effects of the pandemic. Meanwhile, the government has ordered to close the market soon. This will have a negative impact on the business.