RAHIM YAR KHAN, Pakistan, Jul 12 (IPS) – Villagers living with a desert at their doorstep in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province are finding life more bountiful thanks to recent training on how to use their smartphones to buy, sell and gather information.

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