Pakistan, April 20 -- It is astonishing that, with an installed capacity of 46,605 MW, industry is facing 2 to 4 hours of load-shedding, while domestic and commercial consumers are enduring 7 to 16 hours of darkness every single day. Can anyone explain the science behind this power management? This is not a rhetorical outburst-it is a fundamental question that strikes at the heart of Pakistan's power sector dysfunction. When the numbers are laid bare, the crisis appears less like a shortage of electricity and more like a collapse of governance.

Gohar Ejaz has emerged as a prominent voice in Pakistan's energy discourse, consistently reiterating that Pakistan's power crisis is rooted less in capacity shortages and more in governance failur...