Load shedding has also been the bitter experience for Pakistanis. As years past, things got better for Pakistan but the issue of load shedding is still there. Pakistan is facing a horrible crises of electricity. These energy crises are because of the lack of success by government in passing more projects to grow electricity. Many political parties promised to get rid of this problem but no one has done anything about it. According to Umar Khan from Pacan, 2003 “In urban regions, the duration of load shedding is around 12 to 15 hours but the situation is worst in rural areas where it is almost from 18 to 20 hours” (p.1). As time is passing, people of Pakistan are demanding more electricity and these demands are rapidly growing because of the increase in population and lack of energy generating plants. Many other problems are building due to load shedding like failure of industry in Pakistan. Industries have shut down because of this crises and those industries which are still running them, are paying so much money to keep the industry working (Pacan, …show more content…
This is the main and most important and common element which is pulling down Pakistan from becoming a developed nation. Corruption remains a significant obstacle for Pakistan and particularly in the government and the lower level police officers. These greedy politicians are eating up the economic, social and moral parts of the country. It’s observed that if the head of the department is included in illegal affairs and does nothing without a part of bribe in whatever situation, then the whole department is corrupted. Most of the individuals who are in power like from government or private employees, are involved in corruption. The rising level of corruption is depriving common people from their basic rights. According to the Transparency International, 2014 “Pakistan scored 126 out of 174 on the Corruption Perceptions Index and Pakistan is the 34th most corrupt nation. In the time span of five years (2008-2013), we have lost more than 95 billion dollars as a result of corruption” (1). Due to the corruption, many facilities for people and projects are incomplete because the money which is taken for these purposes, has gone in corruption. Injustice and unemployment is created in environment which leads to increasing illiteracy rates and crime rates. This is how criminals take birth easily is countries where the government is corrupt because common people are not even getting their basic rights