Moving bomb: 'Jugadu' Pakistanis fill cooking gas in plastic balloons as economic crisis grips nation
People in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are compelled to fill cooking gas in plastic bags amid shortage in supply of cylinders. Reeling under the heft of a crumbling economy, the Pakistani government has failed to provide its people with basic amenities as citizens are compelled to use plastic bags to fulfil their LPG (cooking gas) needs. Appalling as it may sound, Pakistanis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are using plastic bags to store LPG as a dip in the stock of cooking gas cylinders has forced the vendors to cut short the supply. According to reports, people in the Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have not been provided with gas connections since 2007, whereas Hangu city has been deprived of gas connection for the last two years as the pipeline that carried the gas remains unrepaired ever since it broke down. HOW IS GAS STORED IN PLASTIC BAGS? With the help of a compressor, gas vendors fill LPG in a plastic bag before shutting the opening of the bag ti...