PESHAWAR
\nThe overcharging by tailors have irked Eid shoppers and demanded the district administration to take action against price-hikers.
\nAs only few days left in Eidul Fitre celebrations, the male and female tailors started overcharging people by earning almost double profit in the last days of Ramazan than normal days that annoyed customers of all aged groups.
\nIn Peshawar, Charsadda and Nowshera, the tailors are heavily charging customers demanding Rs2,000 to Rs25,00 per suit for stitching on the last days of Ramazan.
\nExpressing dissatisfaction on overcharging and quality of stitching clothes by tailors, the Eid shoppers asked the district administration to maintain check and balance over the market rates and regulate charges of tailoring as quickly as possible.
\n\u201cThe tailors started looting people as one suit was being stitched at Rs2000 to Rs2500 these days. Therefore, I opted to buy readymade cloth to save tailors charges,\u201d said Professor Ehtisham Qaiser of Wapda Town Peshawar on Wednesday. He accused the district administration for its failure to regulate stitching rates of tailors, forcing many to purchase readymade cloths on Eid.
\nZubair Afridi, a lady tailor of Faqirabad said the tailors has received double orders on this Eid comparatively from normal days as customers were pressing for new booking despite our refusal.
\nTo fulfill the placed and new orders, he said most of tailors hired extra labourers by working till late night in the local markets at Faqirabad, Qissa Khwani, Karimpura and Interior City.
\nMost of tailoring shops are overcrowded with customers due to advance payment of salaries to the federal government employees.
\nAyub Khan, a tailor of Pabbi told APP that his business was shined on the arrival of Eid.
\nHe said this was the right time we make some profit compared to other months in the wake of increase in price hike in Peshawar.<\/p>\n
He made it clear that charges for suits stitching were almost double because of workload of the customers, increase of electricity charges, shops\u2019 rents, labour wages, relevant materials and \u201cwe have to put in extra effort to fulfill people orders by using generators in case of loading shedding.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have visited several tailors shops but was unable to find anyone quality tailor ready to take my order for Eid,\u201d said a customer Riaz Khan, a resident of Nowshera.<\/p>\n
He said he would prefer readymade white Shalwar suit for this Eid with matching Peshawar Chappal keeping in view of high charges of the tailors and arrival of summer season.<\/p>\n
A online tailoring social media platform spokesman said that online service has been popular with female customers and we will continue to serve our people during Ramazan.<\/p>\n
He said we were working round the clock to meet placed orders as quickly as possible ahead of Eid.<\/p>\n
Another women customer, Meena Gul of Nowshera district said that tailors with own sweetwill increased stitching charges upto Rs 500 for a single suit in Peshawar that needed to be checked by the district administration.<\/p>\n
Majority quality lady tailors have displayed their notices outside their shops inscribing that \u2018booking is closed\u2019 adding well off families were forced to pay double charges to stitch their suits from their favourite tailors.<\/p>\n
The people requested Deputy Commissioners to mobilize his staff so that overcharging by tailors could be avoided on the eve of Eidul Fitr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR The overcharging by tailors have irked Eid shoppers and demanded the district administration to take action against price-hikers. As only few days left in Eidul Fitre celebrations, the male and female tailors started overcharging people by earning almost double profit in the last days of Ramazan than normal days that annoyed customers of all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-326976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n