For those of you who live in Pakistan, or have lived there long enough in the past to gauge the below - please advise, I need this information.
Living in the US my whole life, I have a grasp on what the standard of living is here.. of course, it will vary a bit from city to city and state to state, however, overall, I know what is considered good income to live comfortably etc etc..
what I don't know, is how the standard of living is in Pakistan. can anyone tell me, what is a good amount of income to live on over there? and I am not talking about the high society life of having parties every other day, or new designer clothes to wear and not repeat or fancy cars etc... I mean, actual, average joe shmo people, how much would they need to live comfortably for food/rent/maids etc etc etc...
or, would it be easier if I gave out a number? let's say, you are given 300,000 rupees a month... is that enough/not enough? is that good for living the high life or spending freely etc in a city like Lahore/Karachi ? or would you still be scrapped for cash cuz the cost of living is too high?
**Yes what @Rose887 has provided is quite good and upto date! I on the other hand have relatives for instance one who retired from Steel Mill, so his housing and utilities are almost free and he says him being ONE person since his kids are grown, He can live on Rs 7000/- per month pension!
That includes food clothing and even travel! that is probably at low end of the spectrum, Where as Rs 3 Lakh would be posh living with all amenities sure**!:k:
**Yes I would say you would be upper Middle Class!
I recently came from Islamabad Bahria Town, in Bahria Town I asked a Gaurd who patrols the Bharia Compound what was the Salary of the street sweepers I see every early morning on my walks,
He said they all recently got a raise by Imran Khan’s order, they used to make Rs 13000/- Month now they make Rs 16000/- per Month!
So you can easily gauge where Rs 3 Lakh will fall **
with Rs. 300K you can live quite a luxuirous life. An averge joe does not make that much money in. PK. An average joe makes somewhere around Rs, 17K and it is barely enough to survive these days (with all the Tabdeel and Mehngai these days in PK). What is considered a good figure to live a comfortable life in PK? It varies, it depends on your lifestyle as well. I know people who are single making 100K, living with their parents in rent free house, and dont pay for any household expenditure and still have no money left/saved at the end of the month.
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I know people who are single making 100K, living with their parents in rent free house, and dont pay for any household expenditure and still have no money left/saved at the end of the month.
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I have always wondered that too..i am glad someone asked that question!. And ya know i thought you should be making 200K/month to be able to survive in Pak. But according to few here...you can live a good life with more than 200K/month.
That quote is so true for some people .. i know of a girl who says that she basically has to buy designer stuff like clothes/handbags etc just because of the social circle she is in... she doesnt want to... thats what they do, so she has to also..otherwise she wouldnt fit in with these people shes already associating with
3 lakh per month in Pakistan should be considered equivalent to $180,000 per year in the US as far as purchasing power parity is considered. This is of course, a rough rule of thumb.
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