markets flood with customers amid soaring prices as eid approaches.
Eid-ul-Fitr shopping has gained momentum in Karachi as Eid nears. Various stalls have been set up in main markets where shoppers throng generally after Iftar.
From late morning to mid-night, footpaths, makeshift sale stalls and shopping malls, illuminated to welcome Eid, have started receiving crowds including mainly women.
The number of visitors is gradually increasing in the markets and so are the sales. However, the prices remain a big concern.
Many people complain about sky-rocketing prices tightening the strings of their purses.
The shopping frenzy is expected to reach its peak in the first week of August as salaries are received around that time.
Shopkeepers and traders say they are hopeful to earn a handsome profit this year especially as the holy month of Ramadan approaches to an end, but many people say they have to cut their items from the shopping list due to price hike.
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