Air Commodore (Retd) Azfar A. Khan

The new government in Pakistan is in place since February 18, 2008 general elections. It is confronted with formidable challenges out of which power shortage is the most demanding. Due to energy shortage, the public has been warned that it should tighten its belts and get mentally prepared for massive load shedding in the summer season. The duration of this load shedding could be as long as 9 to11 hours per day!

A wind farm

Pakistan is at present short of 3500 Mega Watts (MW) of electricity. Though it’s evident that this shortage cannot be overcome all of a sudden, yet measures could be instituted that could be instrumental in meeting this shortfall. If we utilize fossil fuel for this purpose, it would be extremely costly as oil prices keep fluctuating, generally having an upward trend. Hence we should look for some other means which could be utilized for the production of electricity.

Adil Najam

Adil Najam

In this still-developing story, unknown gunmen opened fire on the Sri Lankan cricket team bus near Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore leaving several security officials dead and several Sri Lankan cricketers were rushed to the hospital.

The News is reporting at least 5 security officials dead while The Times reports that as many as 8 Sri Lankan crickets might have been injured. However, latest reports point out that the injuries to the players are minor, although the shock is deep.