Policy Frameworks for Ensuring Electricity as Fundamental Right in Pakistan: A Pathway to Achieving Sustainable Development and Economic Growth in Pakistan
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The social fabric of the country is reliant on reduction of such issues that undermine its progress. Acknowledging how pervasive electricity supply is in the lives of citizens, it is rare for the country to not face problems related to appendages that make it possible. A human being receiving the basic rights most likely receives electricity at home too, hence being fundamental. For context, Pakistan has had both renewable projects come to fruition alongside P’s goal to slow down 2020-2024. The electricity crisis contributes towards an energy inefficient society which is urbanized, disproportionate and hierarchal. Policies envisioned for Pakistan (considering the era of supervision) alongside more qualitative supply are major talking points that speak on how electricity could be demarcated as a basic right, the effects of such a shift, and so forth making the article more text specific. Multiple areas need to be focused on parallel, the normative approach of looking at electricity provision slows down specific sections of society therefore constructivism and many more theories emerge. Data scarcity isn’t something this article suffers from, on the Grand level World Bank data alongside Pakistan Audit statistics are used to provide economies of scale and grab attention from the broader audience. The discuss builds on continuation of debates, in this case electricity offering such value at a minimum threshold enables involvement in society, including education and healthcare. The benefits of renewable energy resource transformation in Pakistan, particularly for the environment, may be identified. Qatar remains the only exception, currently electricity seems to become new blood in Pakistani economic veins. Everyone has started talking about energy equity, the use of electricity as a doorkeeper for sustainable development could undoubtedly initiate large scale changes when focusing from the top structures of the electricity governance framework, be it grid or supply chain or building a decentralized renewable energy systems in the rural areas. This study brings fresh perspectives on the historical aspect of the energy service relation in Pakistan and how portraying electricity solely as a basic human requirement contributes to economic growth, and building up a future that is secure, happy and a carbon-neutral for the future generations.
DOI: 10.59075/s8pgtj30
Authors: Babar Zaheer, Abd-Us-Salam, Muhammad Faiq Butt, Muhammad Akasha Shahid
Institutions: University of Sahiwal, University of Okara
Language: English
Subfield: Pollution
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4409099185