War on the poor

War on the poor

IF truth is the first casualty in war, then the biggest casualty is almost always the poor. This is as true in the warzone itself — Iran and the Gulf countries — as here in Pakistan. The petrol bomb has already wreaked havoc, but what if a poor family forced to deal with what is effectively a cost of living crisis had to deal with their home being demolished? The story I narrate here is of the federal capital, and one that I have written about on these pages before. The protagonist is the Cap...

By none@none.com (Aasim Sajjad Akhtar)