July 25, 2020
Are we all rich?
This refers to the news story, 'Flour prices up
by 94 percent since September 2018' (July 20). Not only flour and sugar but
prices of all edible items have gone up sharply in the two years of the PTI
government. Eggs are selling for Rs 150 per dozen compared to Rs 90; milk is now
Rs 120 instead of Rs 80; and medicines now cost up to 75 percent more – and yet
the people are not reacting.
I remember how, in the days of Ayub Khan, sugar
prices increased by 25 paisas a kilo, and there were mass protests leading ultimately
to his resignation. Perhaps the majority of Pakistanis have suddenly become
very rich, just like the dual nationals who are Imran Khan’s advisers and
associates. There is no other explanation.
Shakir Lakhani
Karachi
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