'Fuel of the poor' LPG soars in Pakistan, forcing rickshaw drivers to cut meals
LAHORE, Nov 3 (Reuters) - For 13 years, Rashid Ali has driven a three-wheeled motorised rickshaw around Lahore in eastern Pakistan. His day starts at 6 a.m. and sometimes does not end until midnight, but he was long able to make $6.50 a day — enough for his family's bare essentials. Now, with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices surging he doesn't even make half that. Ali, 33, is among thousands of Pakistani drivers who run their vehicles on LPG, which is sold in cylinders and mainly used for cooking and heating.
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[Claude] Reports 2 and 3 are versions of the same Reuters story on soaring LPG prices in Pakistan and their effect on rickshaw drivers, with no conflicting facts.
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