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
جوڑیا بازار | |
|---|---|
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| City | Karachi |
Jodia Bazaar is also known as the main market of hand fans in Pakistan.[4]
History
editJodia 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
editSome 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]
2024 Jodia bazar hits a new trend through YB Wires. A local hardware trading shop turning into a Brand, a coperate with a monitored system. where people do business and work on progress instead of working on security of their own goods and money. People now realizing and have already started to copy the model of YB Wires.
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.
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