Eid shopping momentum reaches peak in Sukkur
Fareed Soomro
SUKKUR – People, youth and girls thronged shopping arcades and markets 9f Sukkur to buy appropriate stitched garments, shoes, and bangles to avoid the rush on Chand Raat.
The jubilant mood of young girls, women and youth is approaching full swing. Colorful eid stalls have been set up at various points, offering different kinds of cosmetics, earrings, gleaming bangles, embroidered clothes, jewelry and colorful dresses. People belonging to all age groups including women and children are seen busy in eid shopping. Nowadays, the main focus of the people is towards the purchase of clothes, footwear and many other items for the festival.
Meanwhile, a larger number of makeshift shops have sprung up on the pavements of the city on the Eid occasion. Everyone tries to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals celebrated after Ramazan with zeal and fervor and maximum arrangements are made in this regard.
electronic communication a new lifestyle
The business of traditional Eid cards has been completely overshadowed by the advent of e-cards culture, owing to the increasing use of mobile phones SMS and the Internet.
Stalls of traditional Eid cards at various markets in Sukkur like ‘Neem Ki Chari, Clock Tower, Shahi Bazar and Ghareeb Abad were seen awaiting customers. While SMS, voice message, online chatting, and E-cards are usually inexpensive for customers than traditional greeting cards.
Meanwhile, animated and attractive E-cards have also grabbed youngsters. Owing to these time-saving electronic means of communication, people do not like buying and sending traditional Eid cards via post.