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Pakistan paper association has alerted that books will not be available to the students in the current academic year which will start from August 2022 due to the paper crisis in the country.
While what led to the rise of the paper crisis is global inflation, the current crisis of paper in Pakistan is also due to the wrong policies of the government and the ownership of the local paper industries.
All Pakistan Paper Merchant Association, Pakistan Association of Printing Graphic Art Industry (PAPGAI), and other organizations that are connected with the paper industry and also Pakistan’s leading economist Dr. https://www.keyexteriors.com/ Qaiser Bengali conveyed the message in a joint press conference.
During the conference, they alerted that due to the crisis of paper, books will not be available to the students from their new academic session that is starting in August.
Pakistan’s local media outlet reported a severe paper crisis in the country, and the prices of the paper are shooting up. The paper has become so expensive and day by day the price is increasing, due to this, the publishers are not able to decide the price of the books. Because of all these textbook boards Sindh, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will no longer be able to print textbooks.
Meantime, a Pakistani columnist argued to the country’s “incompetent and failed rulers” asking them how they will solve the economic problems where Pakistan is confined in a dangerous cycle of taking loans where they have to pay back the previous loans.