![]() ![]() “I know five more people who are fed up with inflation and want to end their lives because of skyrocketing prices. “We can’t run our homes, that’s why Asadullah committed suicide,” Ghani said. In comments to local media, he said Asadullah used to get calls from his wife and parents asking him for money, but he could not afford to pay the rent and meet his own expenses and sending money back home was no longer possible. Ghani, a relative, blamed the state of an economy where rampant inflation is hitting those least able to cope. On Friday night, 27-year-old Asadullah, who sold old shoes on a cart, set himself on fire in the Pakistani city of Karachi. ![]()
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