“We have only tea for breakfast now, no food. There is no gas to cook anything else,” says Naseem, whose family survives on one to two meals per day. Her house in a katchi abadi at the outskirts of Karachi has not received gas in weeks.
Refilling the gas cylinder costs her Rs220, and it lasts only two days. The Rs3,000-plus a month expense is too heavy for a household that earns roughly Rs40,000 and supports 10 people. So they ration the little gas they can purchase and live off increasingly sweet tea, which is fast to cook and gives an instant but short-lived energy burst.
“Before, fruit crates were left discarded on the roads. Now each crate costs Rs30, and that too only if we can purchase one to burn and light a fire,” says Saima, lamenting the lack of gas. She wakes up in the middle of the night to cook roti because that is the only time during the day that she receives gas in her house in Manzoor Colony.
Ask anyone grocery shopping at a discount store; each month’s bill brings a new unpleasant surprise. And yet, the elite of the economy would have you assume that things are gradually improving.
While those sitting in ivory towers may see glimmers of economic revival later in the year, the masses are increasingly despondent
The ruling party believes that the economy’s deterioration is under control. The opposition believes that the Kaptaan is the messiah and will fix all ails, regardless of the lack of anecdotal evidence. The businessmen believe that the second half of...
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