{
  "id": 13159402,
  "title": "Pakistan’s subsidies benefit 10M low-income people as war drives up fuel prices",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/pakistans-subsidies-benefit-10m-low-income-people-as-war-drives-up",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-09T16:47:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/2026/10/09/pakistans-subsidies-benefit-10m-low-income-people-as-war-drives-up-fuel-prices"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pakistan has provided fuel subsidies to more than 10 million low-income people, according to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, as the U.S.-Iran war drives up energy costs and strains household budgets. The government has allocated 75 billion rupees ($268 million) for fuel discounts to motorcycle riders, rickshaw operators, and small-car owners, with the aim of helping them buy gasoline at prewar prices. The number of beneficiaries has increased from over 9 million reported on Tuesday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}