Inflation Squeezes Households in Pakistan

Inflation squeezing Safed Posh the most in Pakistan

KARACHI: Saima works as a maid in a posh locality in Karachi. She lives in Hijrat Colony. “I used to buy a 1kg gas cylinder for Rs280, now it costs Rs450,” she laments. All her essential expenses have surged. The gallon of salty water she uses for cleaning has gone from Rs20 to Rs70, while a gallon of drinking water now costs Rs120 instead of Rs50. “They tell me it’s because of higher petrol prices increasing transport costs, but petrol prices have not increased by the same proportion as dail...

By none@none.com (Fatima S Attarwala)