The latest and perhaps the most troublesome crisis faced by third world countries these days is the chronic shortage of electricity. These countries are facing a huge electric power crisis these days, while rolling blackouts or load shedding (as it is locally known in Pakistan) have always been a staple of daily life in these countries.
In Pakistan, some of the private power production companies have stopped the production of electricity as a result of non-payment from the government. The aging electricity distribution system of the country cannot handle the shortage and there are major faults very frequently on other electricity generation facilities. Now, in some areas, the load shedding duration has reached over 16 hours a day.
