LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Tajiron ka kehna hai ke 17 October ko Iran ke saath do sarhadi guzargahein band hone ke baad se Pakistan mein LPG ki qeemat mein tez izafa ho gaya hai, jis se imports ruk gaye hain, aur LPG par chalne wale rickshaw drivers ka kehna hai ke woh ab apne ghar walon ko theek tarah khana nahin khila sakte.
Tajiron ne bataya ke band hone ke chand din ke andar 12kg ka cylinder 56% mehnga ho kar Rs7,000 ka ho gaya, yaani khuli market mein taqreeban Rs583 fi kilogram. Pakistan LPG Association ne bataya ke Pakistan Iran se rozana taqreeban 7,000 tonnes LPG import kar raha tha.
Rashid Ali, 33, ko Lahore mein rickshaw chalate hue 13 saal ho gaye hain. Un ka din subah 6 baje shuru hota hai aur aadhi raat tak chal sakta hai. Woh pehle rozana taqreeban $6.50 kama lete thay. Ab $3 kama lena bhi un ke liye khush qismati hai, aur un ke ghar walon ne khana din mein do waqt tak mehdood kar liya hai.
"Pehle jab LPG sasti thi, toh hum acha khasa kama lete thay," unhon ne kaha. "Ab saat ya aath sau rupee mein guzara karna mumkin hi nahin, hai na?"
Woh rickshaw ke kiraye ke liye rozana Rs600 ada karte hain aur din mein chaar ya paanch baar LPG bharwate hain, har baar Rs300 se Rs400 ka. Un ke ghar ka kiraya Rs11,000 maheena hai aur un ke do chhote bachche hain. Sawariyan bhi zyada kiraya dene ko tayyar nahin. "Jis safar ka kiraya 200 ya 250 rupee hona chahiye, us ke liye woh sirf 80, 100 ya 150 rupee pesh kar sakte hain," unhon ne kaha.
Awami Rickshaw Union ke chairman Majeed Ghauri LPG ko "ghareebon ka eendhan" kehte hain. Unhon ne kaha ke un ke arkan ke 43,000 auto-rickshaws aur taqreeban 8,000 Qingqis mein se taqreeban 70% LPG par chalte hain.
Guzargahein band hone ki wajuhat mutanaza hain. Balochistan ki hukumat ne security aur smuggling ka hawala diya, jabke Iran ki wazarat-e-kharja ne technical masail ko zimmedar thehraya. Iran ke sifeer ne baad mein kaha ke Tehran ne LPG exports sameet koi pabandi nahin lagayi, aur Pakistan ki import ki kaghzi karwai mein tabdeeliyon ko zimmedar thehraya.
Yeh dabao aise waqt mein aaya hai jab October mein mehngai 9.6% rahi aur markazi bank ne pichhle hafte tawanai aur gandum ki qeematon ka hawala dete hue sood ki sharh barha kar 12% kar di. Hukumat LPG ko market par mabni qeematon ki taraf le jane ki tayyari bhi kar rahi hai, jabke kam aamdani wale gharanon ke liye subsidies barqarar rakhi jayein gi.
