Jodia Bazaar
Jodia Bazaar جوڑیا بازار | |
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Country | Pakistan |
Province | Sindh |
City | Karachi |
Jodia Bazaar (Urdu: جوڑیا بازار) is a bazaar located in Karachi, Pakistan.[1] The bazaar comprises a wholesale market for commodities including flour, wheat, rice, sugar, and legumes.[2][3]
Jodia Bazaar is also known as the main market of hand fans in Pakistan.[4]
History
[edit]Jodia Bazaar was established in 1947 after independence.[5]
In 2014, it was estimated that the market worth of daily trading is between Rs. 3 and Rs. 5 billion.[2]
Shops
[edit]Some of the largest sugar merchants of Pakistan are based in Jodia Bazaar.[6] Some of the shops are owned by emigrants from India.[7]
Tapal Tea, one of the largest Tea company in Pakistan, started its business with a small shop in Jodia Bazaar.[8]
Another company that started in Jodia Bazar is Jodiabaazar.com, an online marketplace aggregating all the merchants in the baazar. [9]
References
[edit]- ^ "تجارتی علاقہ جوڑیا بازار". Daily Jang.
- ^ a b "Jodia Bazaar remains closed". Dawn. December 17, 2014.
- ^ "District South: a remnant of the British Raj's Kurrachee". The Express Tribune. July 10, 2018.
- ^ "Hand fans become a common sight". The Express Tribune. July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Jodia Bazaar: A peek into growing undocumented trade". The Express Tribune. February 8, 2015.
- ^ "پاکستان میں چینی کی قیمت پر سٹہ کیسے اور کہاں کھیلا جاتا ہے؟" – via BBC Urdu.
- ^ "'پاکستان جانے کے بجائے چلتی ٹرین سے کود گئے' – DW – 14.08.2022". DW News.
- ^ ترمذی, فاروق (July 12, 2021). "کیا ٹپال چائے ایک ارب ڈالر مالیت کی کمپنی بن چکی ہے ؟". Pakistan Today.
- ^ Mohsin, Umair (December 2, 2022). "Jodiabaazar.com seeks to popularize traditional market through digital & ecommerce services". Medium.