Karachi:
Inflation in Pakistan has caused the price of essential commodities to rise sharply. The public has been severely affected by this.
In this case, a video of a woman named Rabia from Karachi lamenting the financial problems she is facing due to rising prices is going viral. The video was shared by a journalist.
Rabia has 2 children. In this case, one child has been ill for the last 4 months and due to the increase in the price of medicines, he is unable to pay for the treatment.
When Rabia talks about this in the video, what should I do? I could not buy milk and medicine for my children due to house rent and high electricity bill. Want to feed my kids? Or kill them? He said.
And can I avoid buying medicine for my child? He said that the government has almost killed the poor people.
As the video is going viral, Finance Minister Mifta Ismail has responded.
According to him, the government did not increase electricity tariff in June. He also said that no new taxes have been imposed on medicines.