PESHAWAR: The readymade garments, bangles and Peshawari Chappal outlets have attracted a large number of people including youth and girls in the city markets selecting appropriate items for themselves and loved ones ahead of Eidul Fitre celebrations\u2019. Like other cities and towns of Khyber Pakthunkhwa, Eid shopping activities reached a peak in Peshawar where people, youth and girls thronged to shopping arcades and markets to buy appropriate stitched garments, shoes and bangles to avoid rush on Chand Raat. APP
\nStitched Salwar Kameez, Kurata shirts especially of lawn and cotton prints, varieties of bangles and Peshawari and Carsaadda Chappals are dominating the city\u2019s fashion markets and shopping arcades.
\nFollowing prices discounts on most of locally made footwear and stitched clothes in Peshawar as special Eid offer, most of residents of nearby districts including Charsadda, Nowshera, Khyber, Kohat, Swabi, Mohmand and Bajaur districts are visiting Qissa Khwani, Jahangira Mohalla and adjoining cloth markets, garments and shoes shops to buy their favorite lawns and cotton prints, which was hardly seen in the past.
\nMost poor families are taking keen interest in buying stitched Shalwar Kameez and Kurta, cotton and lawn readymade garments besides henna and artificial ornaments.
\nYasir Khan, a tailor in Faqirabad and fashion designers in Jahingirabad, Shafi Market, Cantonment and Hayatabad told APP the girls and ladies aged 18 to 35 are taking keen interest in Shalwar kameez and Kurta, artificial jewellery and henna on this Eid after significant reduction in corona virus cases.
\n\u201cI have hired extra labour working till Sehri to fulfill my customers\u2019 placed Eid orders,\u2019\u2019 he said, adding new booking has been closed.
\nHe said increase of shop\u2019s rents, labour, load shedding and fabrics materials are major reasons behind hike in tailors\u2019 charges.
\nZeeshan Khan, a resident of Nowshera told APP that he bought a stitched Shalwar Kameez suit for Eid as it proves economical than tailors made suits,\u201d adding Shalwar Kameez and Kurta, an amalgamation of modernity and traditions, with matching Peshwari Chappal, enhanced one\u2019s look on Eid in this part of the country.
\nShalwar Kameez with leather-made Peshawari Chappal had widely been recognized as the symbol of traditions and culture in Pakistan especially in Khyber Pakthunkhwa where majority of people prefer it on Eid and others festivals.
\nPeshawari Chappal has made deep inroads in Pakhtoon society and is also being used in wedding and engagement ceremonies. \u201cI have purchased six sets of Peshawari Chappals for myself, friends and relatives to look different on Eid,\u201d he added.
\nGreat rush of girls are being witnessed on henna stalls ahead of Chand Raat. \u201cI came from Wapda Town to decorate my hands with a henna expert to avoid rush on Chand Raat,\u201d Shaheen Bibi, a lady at Qissa Khwani bazaar told APP.
\nThe vendors\u2019 shopkeepers also came out in large numbers by earning two times higher this year due to significant improvement in the corona virus situation.
\nShoppers and customers complained about high prices of fabrics and shoes materials, traffic jams and lack of car parking in shopping malls in Peshawar and urged PTI Govt for its immediate solutions to make Eid shopping convenient for people.
\n\u201cOn Wednesday evening, I broke my fast on the road due to a massive traffic jam at Qissa Khwani,\u201d Riaz Khan, a resident of Pabbi said while talking to APP.
\nHe said people have to park vehicles in one kilometer distance of shopping areas mostly on the roadside and have to pay fine in case cars were lifted by traffic police.
\nRiaz suggested proper car parking facilities at shopping malls by making it mandatory before issuing of no objection certificates and quick removal of all stuff from footpaths to facilitate Eid shoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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