Gas Shortage, Food Patterns and Effected House Life - an Anthropological Perspective

Availability of energy sources (CNG, LPG and electricity) are among one of the indicator of socio-economic development in any country. In Pakistan, the scenario is quite unbelievable and shocking from last two decades due to continues shortage of primary energy sources like gas and electricity. This research mainly focused to answer the question that what kind of difficulties faced to prepare food and how they were managed by housewives of Rawalpindi. A sample of 150 house wives was randomly interviewed with the help of structured questionnaire from Tehsil Rawal town of District Rawalpindi. Among