Staff Reporter
The Chairman of the Regulatory Reforms Commission and former adviser to the Caretaker Government Dr Akbar Ali Khan said the country may face a ’silent famine’, if the intolerable prices hike of essentials and many other socio-economic catastrophes were not addressed forthwith.
“About 25 to 35 per cent of the total population have to go hungry, as prices of essentials have increased 30 to 40 per cent. Prices of items, especially those that have no alternatives for the poor, have increased. Such a situation is nothing but a precursor of silent famine,” he said this as chief guest at a roundtable in the city yesterday. [Read more]