Wastage of food

KARACHI: Pakistanis are known to spend lavishly on weddings. Even those from the middle class spend their life’s savings generously on their children’s weddings. The biggest source of food wastage in Pakistan is weddings. Annually 36 million tons of food is wasted in Pakistan. The way food is eaten and wasted in weddings should be an eye-opener for everybody because extra food is prepared to make sure everyone is well fed.

Mostly people love to taste everything and in that process they leave most of the food on their plates. This is a serious problem. We all need to stop this practice. People should make a habit of taking an adequate amount of food which they can eat without wasting any of it. There are so many people out there who barely even manage to eat one square meal a day. There are many organisations in Pakistan that provide food to deserving people.

We should also come forward for this good cause. The authorities should prevent waste of food.

Bisma Yaqoob

Published in The Express Tribune, February 29^th, 2020.

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