ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Eid shopping in capital city has entered its final stages with women, girls and children visiting markets to give last minute touch to their preparations.
The shopping spree peaked during the last weekend of Ramzan as children and women remained busy in buying their accessories matching with their Eid dresses including shoes, jewelry and other accessories.
Markets seemed crowded from morning till Sehri as majority of the people visit markets after Iftar sparing time from their daily routine.
Women are busy in buying the food items like vermicelli, meat and other eatables to cook delicious dishes on eid.
Most of the natives residing in the capital have already moved totheir hometown to celebrate the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr with their near ones, taking advantage of the more holidays.
The shopping frenzy reaches its peak during the last Ashra of Ramzan but still buyers are showing interest shopping and we are making good business this year,” Zameer Khan, a shopkeeper at Karachi Company said.
He observed that he had witnessed more rush of the people during these days as compared to the last eid which enabled him earn good profit,” he added.
Irum, a young girl said, “I bought my Eid dress and shoes and will go for rest of the things like bangles, jewelry, henna on the `Chaand Raat’ with my friends”.
She said, most of the shops have displayed Eid collections of dresses, shoes, hand bags and other stuff and but all good stuff has been sold now.
The vendors have set up various stalls carrying bangles, jewelry, henna and other stuff in the main markets including Super, Jinnah Super, Abpara and Karachi Company to attract the customers.
Eid-ul-Fitr is the biggest festival for all the Muslims across the world and Muslims celebrate this festival with great religious zeal and enthusiasm.
