Since Mr. 10% Asif Ali Zardari took over, power outages have become much more common. For one,perhaps two months the Karachi Electricity Supply Company was on strike. I thank God that my family got a gas-powered generator just before then other than having a expensive to run but really big second-hand Diesel powered generator. Unfortunately, in my country, a generator is almost a necessity.
I and most other Pakistanis hope and pray for a military dictator to take over quickly because the elections are rigged and the people in power "democratically" have little to no interest in solving the people's problems.
In short, however, Pakistanis are always prepared for a power outage.