KARACHI: About a hundred rural women, wearing colourful traditional Thari dresses, covering their faces and carrying sickles that symbolized that they were agricultural workers; marched on the streets of the city on Saturday. They started their rally from Regal Chowk and walked all the way to the Karachi Press Club (KPC).

Most of the women participants of the rally chanted slogans and carried placards that declared their demands. “This rally was initiated to give the women of Sindh their rights, particularly the women from the rural areas, and rallies of this sort will continue in all provinces,” said one participant.

“Pakistan ranks fifth on the international list of countries severely affected by hunger and poverty,” said Action Aid Pakistan Senior Program Officer Adam Malik. Malik further said that the food shortage and price hike has badly affected vulnerable groups of society, mostly women and children.