Jodia Bazaar
جوڑیا بازار
Bazaar
CountryPakistan
ProvinceSindh
CityKarachi

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

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

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]

References

  1. ↑ "تجارتی علاقہ جوڑیا بازار". Daily Jang.
  2. 1 2 "Jodia Bazaar remains closed". Dawn. December 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ "District South: a remnant of the British Raj's Kurrachee". The Express Tribune. July 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Hand fans become a common sight". The Express Tribune. July 18, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Jodia Bazaar: A peek into growing undocumented trade". The Express Tribune. February 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ "پاکستان میں چینی کی قیمت پر سٹہ کیسے اور کہاں کھیلا جاتا ہے؟" – via BBC Urdu.
  7. ↑ "'پاکستان جانے کے بجائے چلتی ٹرین سے کود گئے' – DW – 14.08.2022". DW News.
  8. ↑ ترمذی, فاروق (July 12, 2021). "کیا ٹپال چائے ایک ارب ڈالر مالیت کی کمپنی بن چکی ہے ؟". Pakistan Today.
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