News Forum - Pakistani government tells people “drink less tea” amidst economic crisis

[Thaiger]

Pakistan is the latest of several countries hit by an economic crisis. In the midst of the crisis, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Planning and Development has some interesting instructions for citizens: drink less tea. Pakistan is the world’s largest importer of tea, buying more than US$640 million worth in 2020, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity. The minister, Ahsan Iqbal, noted earlier this week that the tea Pakistan imports is imported on a loan, and imports are now financially straining the government. Iqbal told Pakistanis to drink “one or 2 cups” of tea a day. Pakistanis largely mocked Iqbal’s request […]

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[Cabra]

Classic ... Marie Antoinette has nothing on this guy... and while you are drinking less tea, eat less rice you worthless peasants. 

[Dmitrii]

Looks like the disruption of Ukrainian and Russian wheat export has taken effect on food prices in these poorer countries :( They have already been eating a lot of bread because could hardly afford more expensive food.

[TheDirtyDurian]

28 minutes ago, Dmitrii said:

Looks like the disruption of Ukrainian and Russian wheat export has taken effect on food prices in these poorer countries :( They have already been eating a lot of bread because could hardly afford more expensive food.

Flatbreads are a staple of the Pakistani diet anyway, so there's nothing new there.