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Pakistan: Drop in Gulf remittances puts families on edge
Key takeaways
- For millions of households, money sent by Pakistani workers in the Gulf offers a lifeline, helping their families cover basic needs such as food and education.
- One early morning this week, she received a message from her husband saying that his salary would be delayed again.
- Bibi's husband has been living in Saudi Arabia for the past decade.
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For millions of households, money sent by Pakistani workers in the Gulf offers a lifeline, helping their families cover basic needs such as food and education.
https://p.dw.com/p/5DUo0Pakistan is among the world's largest recipients of remittances, with tens of billions of dollars flowing in each year — much of it from workers in the Gulf Image: Dreamstime/IMAGOAdvertisement Samina Bibi, a 34-year-old mother of three, lives in a modest house on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, the fourth-most populous city in Pakistan.
One early morning this week, she received a message from her husband saying that his salary would be delayed again.
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