Posted on June 29, 2025
Sukkur:
Since childhood, life for women like Dulari has never been easy. Looking at their situation, it seems that their lives are trapped in an endless cycle of misery.
New Pind is one of the most densely populated areas of Sukkur, where various communities, including Sindhi, Urdu Speaking, Punjabi, Pathan, Brohi, Saraiki, Hindus and others, live even the basic civic facilities. The main road that leads to a new Pind from Sukkur is damaged with large craters in some places, and being the only main road in the town, it is still full of traffic all the time, except for a few hours, from night to dawn.
According to a survey, almost 90 percent of the population is poor and low middle class, since most people living there belong to the labor class or are low -degree government employees. There are many colonies and neighborhoods in the new PIND, including the Pathan neighborhood, Ahmed Nagar, the Islam neighborhood, the Mughal neighborhood, the Agha Badruddin neighborhood, Chachar Muhalla, Brohi Muhalla, Darzi Muhalla, Mahar Muhalla, Police Lines Muhalla and Mohammadi Jamia Masjid Muhalla. Among these colonies and neighborhoods, there is Sochi to house many Hindus who by profession are shoemakers. Although there are many locations in the new PIND where the lack of civic facilities is obvious, when we talk about Sochi to, the most dirty neighborhood can be called in the new PIND due to two reasons: lack of civic facilities and the indifference of residents towards the hygiene of the area. Most people in Sochi come from very disadvantaged origins. They barely survive in small and dark houses, built in very narrow streets that are often full of wastewater. The outer walls of the houses and other structures are contaminated with spit of Gutka (a smokeless tobacco that consists of Areca’s nut, Lima off, catechu and finely chopped tobacco) such as most of the inhabitants, including children, are the users of the institution.
The entire new PIND is inhabited by mostly disadvantaged people who have no education or have a very basic education. Many of them are inclined to drug addiction due to the easy availability of all types of drugs. A large number of people use drugs freely, and drug vendors are coining money in the area under the umbrella of the Local Police. Game and prostitution are also enormous threats in the new PIND, pushing the youngest generation in the control of people operating these illegal businesses. The game is a great attraction to earn easy and fast money, but in general, most players return home empty -handed. Street crimes are rampant, and the police seem helpless or ignorant of the situation. The theft of electricity is quite common throughout the area; Some people are involved in this fraud with the collusion of some SEPCO officials, while others steal electricity on their own.
Dulari, along with her husband and six children, live in a house in a room in Sochi for. Apparently, he has committed to the conditions of his area and looks happy, or pretends to be. Her husband Parru, like other men in her community, is a shoemaker and works in the center of Sukkur to make a living for her family. Their income is too scarce to fully meet the needs of eight people. Dulari is an expert in making Rilli (a traditional type of quilt or quilt originated from Sindh). Sending small pieces of fabric, the process implies a lot of hard work and the completion of a rilli requires at least fifteen days. “Today, preparing a rilli requires a lot of time and money, and the price that merchants offer us is not even enough for the material used to make a rilli,” says Dulari. According to her, electricity in her area remains suspended for around 18 to 19 hours in one day, which makes it impossible for her to complete her domestic tasks, she leaves alone making a rilli that requires adequate light. “Therefore, I do my best to complete my work from Rilli during the day because after sunset, nothing can be done except to retire to bed,” he says with a big smile that shows his stained teeth from Gutka.
Speaking of his children, Dulari says: “Neither my husband and I have been in school nor our children we want education; a shoemaker’s son is supposed to become Zapatero, and most of our girls learn to do Rillis or other patches jobs to help support their families.”
Answering a question about the use of drugs in its area, Dulari says that it is quite common and that nobody cares. “When people do not have enough money, they are attracted to crimes, and drug use is one of them,” he said and added that even boys and girls are addicted to drugs. “The players are stealing young people merciless, and greedy youth, to earn money, they often lose their money earned so much effort in the gaming lirs.” According to her, people who run the gaming and prostitution denies are so powerful that they continue their “business” without fear of any consequence. Sometimes, the police assault the games of chance and prostitution and also arrests, but the next day, the suspects are released. In their area, it is the poor who have to pay the price.
Kamla is another woman who lives in Sochi to, and without any work to keep her busy, continues to wander the entire area for gossip sessions with her friends and acquaintances. Kamala, about 40, has three daughters -in -law and ten grandchildren. It is a very popular figure in the area, since it is interested in resolving conflicts in the community and is infamous for using abusive language, which is a routine practice for many men. Before talking with the Express PAkGazette, he reached the side pocket of his kurt and took out a pocket of Naswar (a product of humid tobacco and powder), made experts a small ball and placed it inside his lower lip. She says: “All the men in our town are too busy to give their families time, but they have enough time to spend drugs and gambling.”
Answering a question about the use of Naswar, Kamla says: “He also used to prepare Bhang (a edible mixture made of outbreaks, leaves and flowers of female cannabis, or marijuana, plants) sometimes, in addition to chewing Gutka, which is quite common in our town.” Answering another question that she says: “Why should I stay busy in domestic tasks when I have three daughters -in -law? Is now your turn to serve me?” When asked what would happen if his daughters -in -law refused to serve her because they have to take care of their children in addition to doing the daily tasks. In response, she spits on the floor and uses an abusive language against her ditches, “they can’t dare to tell me that I can’t beat them in black and blue.” To another question, Kamla answers, smiling with pride: “With regard to my children, they do not have the guts to face me when I am angry. You can ask people in the town and confirm my statement. I am the ‘Badmash’ of the area.”
When asking why the residents of their town do not approach the civic authorities to maintain their clean area, Kamla says: “They are busy embolizing money and do nothing for the well -being of people in this area that live as animals. I think it is good for them because they have no sense of how to live as responsible people. Let them die as animals.” Its tone is an angry tone when abusive comments against civic authorities and people in their locality.
Another story of suffering is that of Mai Anwari, a widow of about 60 years, who sells sassy and boiled potatoes in the area. Telling his story to Express PAkGazette, says that her husband was a worker and used to work in a milk store. According to her, her husband died three years after being sick for a year. “My children are now working in the same milk store, but their salaries are very small to feed our family of ten people,” he says, adds: “That is why I used to sell savilitas and boiled potatoes to earn some extra money.”
Mai Anwari lives in a two -room house along with his two children, a daughter -in -law and four grandchildren. Answering the question of why you are selling sassy and boiled potatoes in a town where most residents are poor, she says: “I sell a Samosa for RS.10 and a potato boiled by Rs. 5 and earn good money to meet the needs of my great family. My daughter -in -law Stitches Clothing to add family income.” When asked how much she is winning her daughter -in -law, she replies: “My daughter -in -law is sewing ten to fifteen two -piece dresses per month and charges rs. 400 to Rs. 600, depending on the design of the dress.”
