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Shopping in Saddar
Guide Location: Pakistan » Karachi
Guide Type: Self-guided city tour
# of Attractions: 7
Tour Duration: 1 hour(s)
Transportation Mode: by foot
Travel Distance: 1.7 km
Image Courtesy of Flickr and Zainub
Author: Cathy
Karachi is city with a variety of shopping locations, yet its true charm lies in the bazaars (marketplaces). Karachi's most populated shopping area is Saddar. Saddar contains a large number of diverse markets and shops where people can find anything.
Tour Stops and Attractions
Co-Operative Market
1) Co-Operative Market
Co-Operative Market is one of the major marketplaces in Saddar. Co-Operative sells the most diverse goods, beginning with clothing and ending with electronics. Tourists may find a huge number of potential gifts, such as traditional souvenirs, rugs, and other culture related products of Pakistan.
Image Courtesy of Flickr and Sheep purple
Zainab Oriental Carpets
2) Zainab Oriental Carpets
Zainab Oriental Carpets is a shop that concentrates exclusively on selling Pakistan cultural rugs. The rugs sold in this shop are of various colors, textures, and sizes however the general Pakistanian rugs are made of wool or cotton.
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Zainab Market
3) Zainab Market
Zainab Market is one of the cheapest markets in Karachi. Zainab offers clothes, leather, and rugs. The goods are all fabricated in Pakistan for famous brands like Adidas, Nike, and Polo. Shoppers are welcome to bargain and could successfully reduce the price to as low as 40 percent.
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Abid Jewelers
4) Abid Jewelers
Abid Jewelers is a shop that provides a diverse selection of jewelery from precious metals such as diamonds and gems. Abid Jewelers was established by Haji Wali Muhammad in 1947. Pakistan is very popular namely for its finery, and Abid Jewelers is a fine example.
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Bohri Bazaar
5) Bohri Bazaar
Bohri Bazaar is a market named after the Bohra community and its catalog has something for everyone. Here you'll find everything from silver to jewelry, clothes, shoes, kitchenware, blankets, and even food. Bohri Bazaar is located near the campus of Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital.
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Empress Market
6) Empress Market
Empress Market was built in 1889 and named in honor of Queen Victoria, Empress of the British Empire in South Asia. Empress Market is the central shopping center in the city and was designed by James Strachan and constructed by the local firm ‘Mahoomed Niwan and Dulloo Khejoo’. The building is arranged around a courtyard (40 by 30 m) and features four galleries, each 14 meters wide.
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Sight description based on wikipedia
Rainbow Centre
7) Rainbow Centre
Rainbow Centre is famous for its video entertainment and is perhaps one of the largest hubs of pirated CDs in the world. In 2000, it was estimated that more than half of the 350-400 shops housed in the Rainbow Centre were exclusively engaged in video piracy. Recently (2007-2009), bomb threats to the building have been attributed variously to the Taliban or to the commercial interests of the media piracy operations in the building.
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Sight description based on wikipedia
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