Sale of ‘Lahori Coolers’ increases in twin cities

The sale of metal desert coolers, famously known as `Lahori Coolers’, has increased in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi as the summer gets hotter.

A large number of outlets of ‘Lahori Coolers’ can be seen in different parts of the two cities, including Saddar, Raja Bazaar, Waris Khan, Sadiqabad and Kohati Bazaar in Rawalpindi, and in Abpara and Karachi Company in the capital.

Shopkeepers have displayed coolers outside their shops to attract customers.

“I bought a medium-sized Lahori Cooler last year for Rs5,000 but now it costs over Rs8,000,” said Shafqat Hussain, a customer in Sadiqabad, Rawalpindi.

Shopkeepers said that like every year, people particularly from the middle class were showing keen interest in ‘Lahori Coolers’ this year.

“People belonging to middle class prefer Lahori Coolers to air conditioners,” a shopkeeper in Abpara said.

“I have been manufacturing ‘Lahori Coolers’ for the past seven years and have noted a constant increase in their sale,” a shopkeeper Inaam Ullah at Karachi Company said.