2. The Pakistan scenario
Pakistan is today beset with serious energy supply difficulties
due to rapid increase in demand, poor endowment of energy
resources, high costs of energy imports, expanding industrialization
and high population growth rate. The heavy population
growth has resulted in increased demand for housing and electricity.
The rural sector, which comprises 62% of the total population,
is dependent on the use of noncommercial energy resources. The
infrastructure of industry, agriculture, transport, roads and the construction
of buildings needs to be improved and requires a supply
of energy to accelerate the development process.