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The ADB has proposed support for the power sector by helping it draw up legal and regulatory frameworks, boosting governance structures, building capacity and providing infrastructure investment. In some instances, we have seen how foreign assistance has not always been in tune with the energy sector’s needs. To bring real change in the long term, international agencies must examine the needs of the sector and synchronise their efforts with those needs.
The country has already suffered greatly at the hands of climate change. Since 2010, when a superflood inundated nearly a fifth of the country, we have experienced heavy monsoon rains and extreme temperatures in many cities and towns. It is time to transition away from imported fossil fuels and focus on developing indigenous resources.
We should also be harnessing at least a quarter of the country’s vast hydropower potential to ease the power load and supplement those efforts with wind and solar technologies. With the cost of related technologies declining, Pakistan could use this opportunity to develop its vast indigenous renewable energy resource base.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 5th, 2018.
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