31% people use emergency lights during load shedding: Gallup.ISLAMABAD Islamabad (ĭs'ləməbäd`, ĭslăm`–), city (1998 pop. 524,500), capital of Pakistan, NE Pakistan, just NE of Rawalpindi, the former interim capital. , July 11, 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- Thirty One percent people use emergency lights during load shedding, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan. To understand how people manage to continue working during loadshedding, the respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. were asked Usually, what do you do or use to continue working during load shedding? Majority (31%) claimed to use emergency light in order to continue working when there is a power shortage while 21 percent claimed to either work during the day time or terminate work during load shedding and 16 percent said they make use of gas lamps Lighting with gas (methane) with illuminating gas products added for a brighter light, was begun in England in the early 1800s for lighting the streets of cities using coal gas, but its value was soon recognized and use spread to industrial, commercial and residential lighting purposes, , Generators and UPS are only used by five percent and six percent respectively. Two percent were unsure or gave no response. The data reveals that a proportionately pro·por·tion·ate adj. Being in due proportion; proportional. tr.v. pro·por·tion·at·ed, pro·por·tion·at·ing, pro·por·tion·ates To make proportionate. higher percentage of ruralites (32%) than urbanites (28%) use emergency lights, Notably, 26 percent of the people from urban areas have claimed to use gas lamps as compared to only 10 percent of their counter parts in rural areas. Majority (42%) of all Pakistanis require electricity to a great or some extent to do their work. Just as many (42%) are either forced to terminate their work during the day or discontinue dis·con·tin·ue v. dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues v.tr. 1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: working during load shedding. Only 11 percent have the luxury of using generators or UPS. A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the country were asked To what extent is electricity required to carry out whatever work that you do in the office, at home or at any shop? Thirty four percent said their work requires electricity to a great extent and 39 percent of the respondents work requires electricity to some extent. Fourteen percent claimed that very less electricity is needed to do their work where as 11 percent of the respondents do not need any electricity. One percent gave no response. The study was released by Gilani foundation and carried out by Gallup Pakistan, the Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International, The latest survey was carried out among a sample of 2652 men and women in rural and urban areas of all four provinces of the country, during January this year. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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