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For 13 years, Rashid Ali has driven a three-wheeled motorised rickshaw around Lahore.
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Ali → drive → Lahore
His day starts at 6am and sometimes does not end until midnight, but he was long able to make around Rs1,700 ($6.50) a day, enough for his family’s bare essentials.
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he → start → essentials
Now, with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices surging, he doesn’t even make half that.
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he → liquefy → that
Ali, 33, is among thousands of drivers who run their vehicles on LPG, which is sold in cylinders and mainly used for cooking and heating.
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which → run → cooking
Majeed Ghauri, Chairman of the Awami Rickshaw Union, calls it “the fuel of the poor” and says about 70 per cent of its members’ 43,000 auto-rickshaws and nearly 8,000 Qingqi motorcycle-based three-wheelers, which carry several passengers on set routes, run on LPG.
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which → call → LPG
LPG prices have surged since October 17, when two Iranian border crossings closed, halting imports, traders say, in the latest energy shock since the US-Iran war began in February.
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war → surge → February
One of the border crossings was opened a week later.
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One → open → crossings
With Ali now lucky to make around Rs800 ($3) a day, his family has cut back on meals, eating only twice a day.
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family → make → meals
“Previously, when LPG was cheap, we could earn a decent income,” Ali said.
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Ali → earn → income
“Now, it’s just not possible to get by on Rs700 or Rs800, is it?
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it → ’ → Rs700
Before the border closures, Pakistan imported about 7,000 metric tonnes of LPG a day from Iran, the Pakistan LPG Association said.
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Association → import → Iran
Traders said the price of a 12-kilogramme cylinder jumped 56pc within days of the closure to Rs7,000, or about Rs583 rupees per kg in the open market.
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price → say → market
Walking away
Ali pays Rs600 a day to rent his rickshaw, filling up with fuel four or five times a day, at Rs300 to Rs400 a time.
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Ali → walk → Rs400
As well as daily expenses, Ali also pays Rs11,000 a month for his home and has two young children to support.
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Ali → pay → children
Adding to his problems, passengers, he said, do not want to pay higher fares.
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he → add → fares
“For a trip that should cost Rs200 or Rs250, they might only offer Rs80, Rs100, or Rs150 rupees,” Ali said.
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Ali → cost → Rs80
Passenger Mohammad Ramzan said when a driver asked Rs500 rupees for a ride in the city, he offered half that.
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he → say → that
When the driver declined, he walked away, he said.
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he → decline → ?
Inflation hit 9.6pc in October and the central bank last week raised interest rates to 12pc, citing energy and wheat prices.
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bank → hit → prices
Petrol hit a record Rs458 a litre on April 3 and remains about 40pc above its pre-war price.
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Petrol → hit → price
Back home at midday, Ali said his two boys still needed their lunch.
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boys → say → lunch
He would go out again until late at night, he said, hoping to make enough to bring something for the children to eat at night.
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children → go → night
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