Pakistani housewives not happy with federal budget

The budget failed to provide a  respite to them from surging household expenses.

Reeling under an economic crisis of the kind seldom experienced in the country’s history, women in Pakistan are finding it hard to make ends meet, with many voicing their outrage over the surging prices of basic household products, reports ANI news agency.

“There is no use in listening to the statistics when it becomes difficult for even feeding, educating your children,” Saima Azhar, a teacher in a private school, told The News International.

A single parent of two, Saima earns only Rs25,000 per month.

She said, “Please ask the budget makers to do me a favour and make a monthly budget for my house for only one month.”

“All I know is the fact that nothing will change after the budget. In fact, it will increase problems,” Nadia Majeed, a housewife, a housewife who did not bother to listen to the budget speech, told the newspaper.