RAWALPINDI: Pakistani Muslims flock to one of the largest markets in Rawalpindi, a neighboring city to the capital Islamabad, to shop for the upcoming Eid Al-Fitr festival which occurs at the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
“The prices here are good. The sellers here are also open to bargains. It’s a nice way to spend time,” Nooris Khan, a 43-year-old visitor from the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, said.
Khan said he arrived from KP to Raja Bazaar in Rawalpindi as several items being sold there were not available in his home province.
“The prices here are good,” he said. “The sellers here are also open to bargains. It’s a nice way to spend time.”
Kamran Mahroof, a 33-year-old property worker, complained that various shops were selling the same items for different prices due to lack of check and balance.
“At some shops the prices are very high, and at some shops they’re very low,” Mahroof said. “At a shop, you can get a suit for 1,000 rupees [$3.6], and if you go to some other shops it’s two or three thousand rupees.”
