When we see the economy of Pakistan that is mainly due to Karachi and then Punjab. Karachi provides more than 50 % Taxes due to Import/Export of goods plus large scale industry where as Punjab composes about 60 % of Pakistan’s GDP (and its strengths are textile, agriculture, small scale industries and service sector). If Punjab and Karachi are crippled with that the whole economy of the country goes down. If we see Punjab we see a lot of industrialization especially in Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Wazirabad, Gujrat etc. And in Sindh its mainly Karachi and then agriculture in rural Sindh, as far as KP and Balochistan (Hub?) are concerned I dont think there is much to discuss there.
At the moment the economy of Pakistan is feeling the crunch mostly due to the energy issues and law and order situation in Karachi which should be resolved by the government on priority. In addition to this especially in the case of Sindh, there are not that many industries in the rest of the province/KP/Balochistan due to which there’s an influx of a large population towards Karachi hence creating social/ethnic problems over there as well.
Isnt it time that the Government of Pakistan try to expand the industrial base of the country? Why shouldnt there be industries in Thatta, or Nawabshah or Larkana? Why shouldnt there be industries in Turbat or Khuzdar? Similar is the case with KP, Fata and GB. This will not only solve the issues due to mass migration of people to bigger cities, help in improving and diversifying the economy of the country, and providing jobs to the disgruntled youth who can wreck havoc with the nation if left unattended.
Whatever I will say will be eventually misconstrued as anti-government propaganda. But the fact remains that this government has been clueless about the business of economy from the day one. PPP has no economic team and that's why it has to rely on 'imported' ministers to handle the economy. Abdul Hafiz Sheikh, Naveed Qamar and Dr Asim Hussein make a team that has nothing to its credit.
unhealthy government policies
deteriorating political and law and order situation in the Country
severe power shortages
have completely ruined industralization!
you have come up with some really good suggestions, by expanding industralization, not only it would help improve economic situation, provide more jobs, exposure to unemployment and poverty one of the main reasons of the recent chaos in our country.
government has turned a blind eye towards this issue,unless sincere corrective measures are not taken, things will remain the same or even worsen with time.
Lack of infrastructure… which means lack of neeyat from those in government, bureaucracy and industry. You cannot have industry without energy, transport, housing and commerce around that area.
you can take a look at even Lahore… Sundar Industrial Estate is being neglected because it was Pervaiz Elahi’s project I guess…
Yes Sundar was Pervaiz Ellahi’s baby and was quite a big project, I didnt know that was being neglected. The egos of our rulers have taken Pakistan to where it is now.
This is the vision of PIE, we need similar initiatives in other provinces as well:
VISIONTo follow public private partnership model and to bring less developed areas of Punjab into main stream, create jobs, alleviate poverty,sustainable GDP growth. Also to abide environmental laws & comply to future WTO regime.
Produce Power by which means? using gas? oil? hydel? wind? solar? wave? Since it is some 40 kms from central Lahore??? what means it was going to use to generate power!!!
Good lord, the country which do not have coal ( as in they don't have oil ) ( and no the coal in thar is not ready nor is of the quality to be used in power generation process) wanted to have coal power plant, what is wrong with the oil one then??? i mean, getting coal from Australia or Indonesia, shipping it to Pakistani Port, Gawadar or Karachi and then sending it to the site. great plan i must say!!!
I think Pakistan should adopt the Bloom Box for local Electricity Production where needed at each industrial site so there is no need to put more load on the Load Shedding Grid.
Bloom Box came out of the The US Space program, it is a fuel cell that converts Natural Gas into Electricity with out burning the Gas and driving a turbine which drives an Electric Generator.
We need to import coal for 50MW power plant!!! that is it, anything stated against it will be considered null and void and since it was done by great Pervaiz Ellahi, so it can't be wrong!!!
Pakistan at the moment need to work on Hydro power projects, some 10 - 20 Thousand MW of cheap and clean energy can be produced over the period of 3-5 years without getting into controversy of building dams!!! But lets forget it.... lets have Coal Power Plant!!!
The problem is that even oil needs to be imported and the prices of the commodity keep on fluctuating, I was reading somewhere that they will go upto 150MW and sell the excess electricity to Wapda, and it will be cheaper than Wapda supply.
We need to import coal for 50MW power plant!!! that is it, anything stated against it will be considered null and void and since it was done by great Pervaiz Ellahi, so it can't be wrong!!!
Pakistan at the moment need to work on Hydro power projects, some 10 - 20 Thousand MW of cheap and clean energy can be produced over the period of 3-5 years without getting into controversy of building dams!!! But lets forget it.... lets have Coal Power Plant!!!
Maybe the power plant has been added by shahbaz sharif, now should it be right?
Maybe te power plant has been added by shahbaz sharif, now should it be right?
For you right or wrong may changes with the change of leader... for me it right is right and wrong is wrong, no matter who do it!!! but i guess that is somewhat difficult for people here to understand!!!
So coal is going to be produced locally!!! and plus, any idea from where the water for the coal plant will come from??? and yes it does not need just a glass of water!!!
Punjab should go ahead for all avenue for producing electricity, oil is at too expensive, hydel is time consuming an industry can't wait that long. 50 Mw coal fired power plant can be set up in 9 months as per the article that I have posted above. Punjab and other provinces should also go for other means including hydel as well.
So coal is going to be produced locally!!! and plus, any idea from where the water for the coal plant will come from??? and yes it does not need just a glass of water!!!
How long will it take Punjab government to setup a hydel plant and should the industry get destroyed in the mean while? The way things are going all provinces will need to generate their own electricity to some extent.