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#BoysWillBeBoys: Pakistanis resort to memes, self-deprecating dark humour as country’s economic crisis worsens
Pakistanis used memes to show how their country is suffering from an economic crisis
Amid the economic crisis in Pakistan, people in PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan protest on the streets demanding food and power
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People in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, are protesting in the streets, demanding wheat flour, pulses, and power supply
Islamists take out a protest march in Lahore over the burning of Quran in Sweden while fellow citizens fight over food
While hundreds of fellow citizens have been rioting over food shortages, some have taken to the streets in Lahore to protest the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden
‘Gareebi mein aata geela’ situation for Pakistan: With the country struggling to feed its people amid flour shortage, it now stares at loan default
Pakistan has to repay $500 million debt to a Chinese bank within 48 hours to avoid defaulting on the loan, and it has no money
People of Pakistan share their woes on Twitter as power outage hits the country amid severe economic crisis
As the country plunged into darkness, the people of Pakistan have resorted to Twitter to vent their frustrations
Millions of textile workers go jobless as textile exports dwindle in crisis-hit Pakistan
Over 7 million workers in the textile industry in Pakistan have been laid off due to economic crisis the country is facing
Pakistan celebrates ‘food festival’ in Karachi amid extreme food shortage, chaos and mismanagement as people gatecrash the event
A food festival was organized in Karachi at a time when several other cities of Pakistan are facing food shortages and flour is being rationed and guarded by armed guards.
Pakistan flour crisis: Shortage, stampedes reported from several areas, armed guards escort vans distributing flour
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Tens of thousands spend hours daily to get the subsidized bags of flour that are already short in supply in the market, according to a report
Pakistan ‘Cutting Chai’: Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal asks people to drink fewer cups of tea to keep economy afloat
"I appeal to the nation to cut down the consumption of tea by one to two cups because we import tea on loan", Pakistani Minister Ahsan Iqbal said
Petrol stock for single day, 15 hrs a day power cuts expected: Sri Lanka PM’s series of tweets should be cautionary tale for ‘freebie...
Sri Lanka is experiencing its worst economic crisis ever, with inflation hitting a record high of 17.5% in February 2022.