PESHAWAR: The Eid-ul-Fitr shopping activities are gaining pace in the walled city of Peshawar as bulk of the shopping centers and fashionable markets have been flooded with many foreign goods and items, which were not available here in the past to attract buyers.
Most of the markets and shopping malls have been illuminated with colourful lights, buntings and were decorated artistically to attract customers during night.
According to APP Survey on Monday, most of the ladies and kids' wears like sharee, short-kameez, lehanga,and imitations ornaments have been imported from Dubai, Singapore, China and Thailand as Eid Special offers.
"The fervour of Eid shopping is gradually picking up in Peshawar as majority of buyers are coming for shopping while several will probably visit on Chand Raat," Haris Khan, owner of Silk Centre at Shafi Bazaar in cantonment area told APP.
"Most of the buyers nowadays just entered his shop, ask about prices and then returned empty handed. The sale will increase with a hope that buyers will come in large number as Eid come nearer," he said, adding the customers, who are demanding quality products have to pay more for it, he remarked.
Customers however, is not happy of the shooting prices of the imported items like Sohaji Saree and Bezoo woolens, Akthar jamawar and wallet shaal having the prices at range of Rs. 3000 , 2500, 1800 and 1500 respectively in the shopping arcades.
The prices of the Eid Special Offers items are higher than the previous years and are beyond the purchasing capacity of the middle and salaried class.
A readymade short kameez was priced Rs. 1900 as against it was available Rs. 1500 in the previous year. Similarly, the prices of the children and teenage girls' wears are too high enough and beyond the purchasing power of underprivileged groups. "I purchased ready made Shalawar Kameez for myself as I can't afford increasing stitching rates," Misal Khan, 74, a retired government official said. He said this time the prices of ready made cloths are high.
The City markets and shopping stores are stuffed with internationally famous brands of cosmetics like Wella, lakme and jardana and men women wear like Bazoo, Lee and Wangler.
For these items people are usually go to Singapore, UAE and Thailand and others international cities as part of their Eid Shopping.
Some fashionable shopping markets like Hayatabad shopping malls, Deans Trade Centre,Tipu Sultan Road markets, Peshawar Trade Centre, Shaheen and Meena bazaars, Qassa Khwani and Karkhano Market are stuffed with variety of foreign goods for the forthcoming eid shoppers.
The Shafi Market in the cant area are turned into sea of Women on Sunday as new shops like Johns sons and Moon Internationals were opened to attract the shoppers.
In Jahingir Abad, majority of new shopping arcades and shops were opened and overflow with famous foreign goods to cater the demand of the affluent eid shoppers.
Ali Khan, a businessman, who went to the CT Tower on Sunday told APP that he used to go to Dubai every year for family shopping but here all of their favorite brands of dresses and cosmetics are now available either in hopping malls of Cantt area or the arcades of the City. So therefore I decided not to goes this time abroad for Eid shopping", he added.
Khurshid Alam, an employee of Mineral Department while busy in the shopping in Deans Trade Centre said "for gents, the Shalwar kameez is always among the top items on the shopping list of their families. There is nothing like a Shalwar kameez which makes a man looks more elegant in Khyber Pakthunkhwa" he remarked.
The girls are taking keen interests in shopping of Henna and Bangles on Eid. "The shopping of bangles and henna is always in my priority list which doubles my joy on Eid Day," says Mrs. Samina while busy in selection of bangles in Deans Trade Centre.
"The selection of quality bangles and henna are very difficult task as new brands and variety comes to markets. On Monday, I finally purchased 10 sets of bangles and henna for myself and family following my three hours long shopping," she added.
"The wearing of new and crystal bangles and decorating hands with henna on Eid Day gives me immense pleasure and joy on Eid Day," she remarked.
There are shops in the city, which are selling Punjabi garments with variety of designs and colours designed locally.
Akram Khan, a shopkeeper at Peshawar Trade Centre said he was selling Arong and Punjabi lehanga on reasonable prices in eve of Eid-ul-fitr activities.
It appears that the shopping activities would further gains pace in the markets as Eid-ul- Fitr advent became further closer.
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