[Foreign exchange is running low]
The national bank has only 1.5 billion dollars in foreign exchange left, which is not enough to import food and oil! India is also aggressively cutting off water and electricity supplies and restricting trade, and Pakistan is now struggling to gather money even for medicine
[Prices are skyrocketing and won't stop]
Now you have to bring a calculator to the supermarket to buy groceries:
One kilogram of chicken costs 798 rupees (ordinary people need to work two days for this)
Rice is 336 rupees/kg (three times more expensive than last year)
A dozen eggs cost 332 rupees (enough for a family of three for half a month)
Milk costs 225 rupees/liter (prices are rising faster than rockets)
The worst is onions, 188 rupees per kilogram, only 30 rupees this time last year!
[The common people are close to going crazy]
Electricity prices have soared by 19%, and people are afraid to turn on the air conditioning in summer
Long lines at gas stations, drivers are spending an extra 2000 rupees a month
Food shortages have appeared in slums, supermarket shelves are often emptied
Child malnutrition rates have reached a historical high, with 5 out of 10 children not getting enough to eat
[The government is in a panic]
Recently, an urgent request for aid was made to China, hoping to borrow 10 billion yuan for emergencies. But the problem is:
The national debt has exceeded 130 billion dollars, and interest payments are nearly impossible
Factory shutdowns have led to 2 million unemployed, and more beggars are appearing on the streets
This year, 22 billion dollars of foreign debt must be repaid, equivalent to 60 million dollars a day
[When will this crisis end?]
The World Bank warns: Pakistan is on the brink of an economic cliff! If this continues:
This year, 4 million people may fall back into poverty
The currency rupee may depreciate to 1:400
A large-scale strike and riots may erupt across the country