The woman can be seen crying and complaining about financial problems
Karachi:
Amid rising inflation, a video of a Pakistani woman has emerged, depicting skyrocketing prices of medicine, groceries and electricity in the country, especially in Karachi, and bringing down Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz.
Pakistan is grappling with a crippling economic crisis and deepening political unrest that is raising doubts about the government’s ability to make tough decisions. Pakistani citizens are posting their financial promises online and criticizing the Prime Minister for doing nothing to bail out the masses.
The video was shared by Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir.
A video is going viral in Pakistan where a Karachi woman can be seen bringing down the government after inflation skyrocketed. The woman asked the government whether she should end her children’s lives by not feeding them anymore, The News International reported.
The woman, identified as Rabia from Karachi, can be seen crying and complaining about the financial problems she is facing following rising inflation.
She said rulers should let her know how to manage her expenses after raising the prices of essential items.
“What am I supposed to do, pay the house bills, huge electricity bills, buy milk and medicine for my kids, feed my kids or should I kill them?” she asked in the video, quoted by The News International.
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Rabia, who has two children, said one of her children is in pain while the price of his medication has increased over the past four months.
“Can I avoid buying medicine for my child?” she asked more. “The government almost killed the poor people. Are you really afraid of being questioned by Almighty Allah?”
Reacting to her video, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Tuesday defended the country’s economic situation. He made it clear that the government did not raise electricity prices in June and also did not impose new taxes on drugs.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s coalition government, which came to power in April 2022, is grappling with multiple economic and political crises. The country’s current account deficit widened to $17.4 billion, or 4.6 percent of the economy’s size, last financial year as the trade deficit widened.
The widening current account deficit amid the drying up of dollar-denominated investment flows from multilateral and bilateral lending institutions, as well as shrinking foreign investment, has caused foreign exchange reserves and the rupee to shrink. under a lot of pressure in the past few months.
It caused rapid inflation, forced the State Bank to push borrowing costs to multi-year highs and eroded investor confidence in the economy.
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