Operating in a conventional market and harsh conditions truck drivers all across Pakistan face many challenges to earn a living. The life of a trucker is a solitary life as their trips stretch for weeks and at times months away from home. Their trucks are companions in this journey; they build and decorate the trucks with love and passion.
Pakistani Truckers comprise of male wage workers, self-employed operators owning single vehicles purchased on loans from money lenders on exploitative terms (access is restricted to informal finance), and small entrepreneurs who own individually or jointly own 5 to 20 or larger vehicle fleets and lack social benefits coverage.
