Eid and markets.

Published in Unique Pakistan
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The festival of Eid is the gift and reward from God to the people who have fast whole month of Ramazan. These are actually the people who have put their personal desires and pleasures aside and spent whole month in worshipping God and asking for the repentance of sins and refuge from hell fire. With the beginning of last 3^rd Ashra, the hustle and bustle in markets start to reach its peak and on chand raat there’s mostly no space in markets to roam about. However, there are many people who complete their Eid shopping before Ramazan which has its own benefits. Above all, it saves time for doing more ibadat and prevents one’s pocket from excessive charges.

Ramazan is the month of blessings which gives the message of love, patience, harmony and brotherhood but ironically in this month exorbitant prices tramples the little joy of eid that a poor man wishes to have. Whether, they are fruits and other iftar items or Eid dresses everything mostly get double in price in this Holy month of Ramazan. One can stop eating expensive items in iftar to save money for buying an Eid dress. Yes, Eid is the festival in which everyone wants to be clad with new and stylish outfits.

Karachi is the city of mix-ethnicities. People from different cities are residing here in search of daily bread. Mostly there are three classes living in Karachi, upper class, middle class and lower class. Therefore, there are different shopping areas, markets and arcades are present catering all the class. Upper class usually shop from air-conditioned big malls, middle class moves to renowned markets and there are different cheap markets for lower class and lunda Bazar, Light house market is above all.

Lunda Bazaar, the second hand cloth market is place where you can buy designer garments or different brands at very cheap coast. The faded jackets, used sweater, woolen caps, mufflers all are available at Lunda Bazaar. This market is heaven for the people who can’t afford buying expensive clothes. On the other hand, Liaquatabad market is another whole sale market for poor. From needle to grinder machine, from blankets to wedding dresses all are available under one roof. This is the quality of this market that people from middles class also prefers it as it saves time.

Likewise, there are different bazaars in different areas of Karachi on daily basis like hafta bazaar, itwaar bazaar, peer bazaar, mangle bazaar, budh bazaar, jumerat bazaar and jumma bazaar. The purpose of these bazaars is same to give relief to poor people and mostly, people prefer these markets for buying house hold stuff as it saves money.

Markets is a very vast topic to discuss and markets of Karachi is a wide topic because Karachi city is embracing so many big and small markets in its bosom which caters people from every class that is a fact to appreciate. Everyone enjoys Eid according to their capacity but being Muslims we are brothers so it’s our duty to fulfill the need of our Muslim brothers through Zakat or other cash donations. Let’s have a look in your circle, is there anyone who is waiting for your mercy?  If yes, then go an make their Eid memorable.