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Penniless preachers - clerics, helpers living hand to mouth
Earning money below the minimum wage, religious workers are denied treatment, formal education for their children
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Improved economic indicators failing to benefit the populace
Decline in fuel prices, better-performing rupee hasn't resulted in reduction of commodity prices or transport fares
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Private schools’ dropout rates escalate
Parents facing tight finances have shifted children from private to government schools, forced them into child labour
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Part-time jobs exhaust low-income groups
Blue, white collared workers overloading work schedules to earn extra money
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Scrap dealers escape culpability
In the absence of a registration system, stolen items are discreetly traded between dealers in the junk market
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Commuters hustle for seats in public transport
Overcrowding of buses across multiple busy routes creates inconvenience
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Inflation battered populace frustrated with long queues, unavailability of items at utility stores
Ignominy, ridicule suffered waiting for cheap flour, oil, and sugar has people questioning govt’s priorities
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Rising rental rates trigger turmoil
Many nuclear families shift to communal living arrangements
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Non-native labourers deflated by inflation
Many consider returning back to their hometowns
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Former millitary ruler Pervez Musharraf laid to rest in Karachi
Politicians, large number of serving and retired military officers attend funeral prayers at Malir Cantt