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Electricity shortage in Pakistan in comparison with air conditioners imported and Produced in 2005-2006

Husnain Afzal

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Submitted by Husnain Afzal mc060401747 Fall 2008.

Virtual University of Pakistan, Defence Road off Raiwind Road, Lahore.

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Executive Summary:
Electricity Shortage in Pakistan becomes more severe during the year 2005-2006 due to extensive use luxurious appliances of electricity by domestic users.According to the report, in the fiscal year 2005-06, some 2,250MW power was required to operate some 7.7 million electric home appliances i.e. number of refrigerators in the country were 1,100,000 and power required for them was estimated at 110MW, the number of deep freezers were estimated at 200,000 and required power for them stood at 60MW, some 1,000MW power was required to run 2 million air conditioners. These figures are so alarming for Pakistan because in the decade starting from 1991 these appliances are less than a half million. the study was made on the topic shortage of electricity in Pakistan in comparison with air conditioners imported and produced during 2005-2006.in this study the hypothesis were set as, is Electricity shortage in Pakistan is caused by Industrial growth or massive use of Air conditioners by domestic users. However after finding out and analyzing the data that the increased domestic use of air conditioners is the cause of electricity shortage in Pakistan.

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Table of Contents:
Topic Acknowledgement 1.Introduction 1.1.Introduction to the Problem 1.2.Objective 1.3.Significance of the study 2.Literature review 3.Problem Statement 4.Theoretical Framework 4.1.Inventory of Variables 4.2.Direction of Relation 4.3.Explanation of the Relation 4.4.Propositions 5.Hypothesis 6.Research Design 6.1.Data Collection Techniques 6.2.Population and Sample 6.3.Tools of Data Collection 7.Data Collection,...