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Cost of Living and Inflation in Rawalpindi, Punjab: What do you need to know?

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Here's what five local experts had to say about prices and the cost of living in Rawalpindi, Punjab.

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If you’re moving or thinking to move to Rawalpindi it’s an active and full of lights city but also expensive. You can get everything here 24/7 whether it’s related to health, food or anything. So in short it’s expensive but it can satisfy all your needs and wishes whether for kids, adults or old citizens.

Some like to say that Rawalpindi is incredibly boring. It was an important trading post in the past, and after Pakistan was founded, became inundated with refugees from Kashmir and eventually became an army cantonment. When the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad, was built in the 1960s close to it, Rawalpindi became the more affordable option for people flocking to the capital to find work. Today, Rawalpindi is a melting pot of cultures and languages and is the place to be to get the best of both worlds: affordable living and close proximity to the job opportunities in the capital.

Rawalpindi’s cost of living touches the skies. However, it is also beautiful. Its North is covered by snowy mountains. While other directions are based on plains. From tourism point of view, one can have loads of enjoyable memories later on after travelling here. I would strongly recommend everyone to visit the city at least once in life.

Muhammad, says: 2020

Anyone visiting Rawalpindi for the first time should be wary of scammers. There have been some instances of tourists getting scammed by the local, similarly there have been some reportings of tourists and locals, who have started to argue over the high prices that the locals are demanding. When someone has the chance to to visit Rawalpindi they should come prepared for any types of scams the locals might conjure up.

Rawalpindi has a bold and bolshie character, it is in essence a vibrant but often merciless city. Named after a man, it’s befitting for people with wild roaming spirits. This city is a maze and a conglomeration of various classes. Fortunately you can easily find low rent places in the City. We are adjacent to the capital Islamabad and that’s where a lot of the universities, eateries, tourist sites, foreign embassies and government offices are. We have many colorful bazaars, Raja Bazaar, Tench Bazaar and Saddar, in there Bazaars you can find anything for whatever your budget may be, the metro bus service in Rawalpindi is something very helpful to people wanting to travel daily who may afford not be able to afford it. The city is at times brutal and unexpectedly kind at other times, that’s exactly how the weather behaves too.

Fatima, says: 2020
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