




Peshawar, Due to inflation on daily basis, million of people were compelled to eat one time in 24 hours as their daily earnings are insufficient to feed their children. 58 year old Itbar Gul is one of them, who never bought vegetable for his family despite working in a market because of his low income.
Itbar Gul sells vegetables of others but he himself can’t afford to buy for his children inspite taking 300 rupees per day from different merchants by selling their vegetables in the market.
Different merchant give him free vegetable because they know Itbar Gul can not afford to buy the vegetable. Itbar Gul work as daily wage labor in Shahi Bagh vegetable market Peshawar. Daily he sells vegetable to people for vegetable merchant. The merchant give him daily 300 rupees (4 dollar), which is only source of income of the Itbar Gul.
Itbar Gul is the resident of Pajjagi road Peshawar has ten children, who comes daily early in the morning at 5.am from his home to vegetable market and he works till 7pm. The merchants give him vegetable to Itbar Gul for selling the vegetable at roads at Vegetable market.
But now a day the employees of town committee didn’t permit the Itbar Gul and other to sell the vegetable at roads, which put Itbar Gul and other daily wagers in troubles because all are hand to mouth, “These people don’t know our problems if we work and earn something then our routine continue, otherwise our children face starvation,” he lamented.
Itbar Gul further said that because of ban of selling vegetable on road, its second day I didn’t earn any thing. Daily I come to vegetable market for work, but town official didn’t permit us for work, so merchant didn’t give us vegetable. It’s my second day I return home with out earn something for my children and family.
He said I don’t know what will happen today, because last two day neighbors sent something for my children, but its third day I am still waiting for work.
Asking about his life the Itbar Gul Said 30 year years back I have 2 shops near Jinnah Park Peshawar, which demolish by Town Committee on the name of encroachment , at that time they said they will allot me shop near Shahi Bagh. But 30 years goes they didn’t give me compensation or shop. My struggle still continues. He further said that Pakistani society is blind society, everyone get benefit because of political affiliation.
Itbar Gul said a beautiful word during interviews “KUCH RUBNAY MARA AUR KUCH ABDURAB NAY “(some problem given by God and some by his creation).
Itbar Gul Further said. Last year the flood affects my home and now I am living in rent home. Every one get benefit from government, but I am not affiliated with any political party, so they ignore.
Itbar Gul said that daily two employees of Town Committee visit the Shahi Bagh Vegetable market and they take money from the Merchants. More then 100 labors work here at vegetable market, but they not permitted to sell the vegetable on roads.
The president of the Shahi Bagh vegetable merchant market Farman Khan talk about the behavior of the Town Committee official, that they make more then 100 people jobless. He blamed also the traffic police that they get free vegetable from merchant.
There are thousands of such families who are compelled to eat on time lunch or dinner because of their poverty and the sky rocketing price hike in the ruling of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which could increase.