Mideast war taking a toll on Pakistan’s ‘wedding economy’

• Marriage halls increase rates or avoid long-term pricing commitments due to economic uncertainty• Govt austerity measures have led to stricter enforcement of wedding regulations, including the 10pm curfew and one-dish policy KARACHI: With temperatures climbing, wedding invitations seem to have mercifully dwindled to a stop for those who dread the sweat of suits, heels, and layers of makeup. And not a day too soon, given how the ongoing war has impacted this wedding-obsessed country. Amid surgi...