Pakistan’s poor return to villages as prices spiralBy Zofeen Ebrahim and Waqar Mustafa / Thomson Reuters Foundation, KARACHI and LAHORE, PakistanSalma Faheem has not spoken to her husband, Mohammed, since June. “I loved it in Karachi.”People shop at a market in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 26. Cash-strapped Pakistan’s US$350 billion economy is in meltdown with low growth, a weak currency and spiraling prices. His wages as a water filter and sanitary fittings installer could no longer cover rent, utilities, medical expenses and tuition in the city. “These are responsive systems, which we do not yet have and would need to work towards,” Gazdar said.
