00:02Soaring petrol prices, driven by the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, have left Pakistan's food
00:08delivery riders struggling to make ends meet on Friday.
00:12Many were forced to skip meals and rely on charity during Ramadan after record fuel costs
00:18wiped out their earnings.
00:20Last week, Pakistan raised petrol prices by 55 rupees, or about 0.77 cents, pushing the
00:27cost above 320 rupees per liter, or roughly 4.48 ringgit.
00:33The hike passes on surging global oil prices to consumers as tensions threaten supplies
00:39through the Strait of Hormuz.
00:41For the thousands of motorcyclists powering the country's delivery economy, the hike has
00:46shattered a fragile livelihood.
00:47There are 322 rupees per liter, where we had 12-13 orders, and now we have 7 orders, 8 orders.
00:58The radius is also bigger.
01:00We have a lot of problems.
01:02We have a lot of problems.
01:03You can fill it all the way.
01:05And they have 133 rupees per liter.
01:11And we have to change our price with our 돈.
01:13We don't need to take a hat on the ark.
01:14We can't take 1992 for the year.
01:15We can't take a hat on Christmas again.
01:18We are getting some food, and we're raising water for the day.
01:20We're handing our food, or we can't pay a house with the house for the month.
01:23We're going to go into the morning's bread.
01:27We're going to have the money into tea.
01:31They are having the bread.
01:32The government says it has sufficient fuel reserves, but plans to stretch them amid ongoing uncertainty.
01:40Weekly price reviews have been announced, and measures such as work-from-home policies and distance learning are being considered
01:46to conserve fuel.
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