RAWALPINDI: The frenzy of Eid shopping has reached its peaks in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Thursday as markets remain overcrowded with excited shoppers including women and children.
In view of the hot weather, women and children crowded the markets after sun set and many of them continued their shopping till after midnight.
The buying spree will continue tomorrow late night. Most of the shopping centres of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad were seen packed with customers on Thursday. This is a normal practice ahead of Eid when people go out for shopping with their children. Mostly this duty is performed by women as the male members of the family are either busy in their duties or in the cattle markets to purchase sacrificial animals.
The major shopping centres, including Jinnah Super Market, Super Market, Aabpara Market, F-10 Markaz, Karachi Company in Islamabad and Raja Bazaar, Moti Bazaar, Commercial Market and business hubs located along the Benazir Bhutto Road and Saddar in Rawalpindi have been beautifully illuminated to attract customers.
The well-to-do potential buyers crowded different big shopping centers while people from lower-income groups purchased their desired items from small markets and road-side stalls.
Many varieties of goods, including foreign brands are found in abundance. Shoppers were also frequenting readymade garments. The shops were flooded with garments for men, women and children, with the latest designs, particularly for children. However, men said that the prices were much higher than last year. Women and children were not bothered by the high prices and continued their shopping for clothes, shoes, bangles and other items of their choice.
