Rising inflation, customers started buying simple and cheap shoes and slippers

PNP DeskApril 13, 2023September 11, 2024011 mins

Buying new clothes, shoes and slippers is beyond the reach of the middle class and the poor, urban families fill their pockets or do Eid shopping. Photo: File Due to rising inflation and reduced purchasing power, the attention of the citizens is focused on buying cheap Pizaras, Chappals and shoes which cost Rs 1000 or…

First Person: ‘Simple dreams’ of Syrians following earthquake

PNP DeskApril 1, 2023September 11, 202408 mins

Shirin Yaseen from the Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General visited northwestern Syria as part of an interagency mission to assess the situation there. “On the day we visited Jindairis in northern Syria, one of the areas most affected by the February earthquake, the weather conditions were very bad. A mobile medical clinic housed in…