RAWALPINDI: With the advent of harsh winter, a large number of citizens are witnessed crowding Lunda Bazaars to purchase woolies and warm second hand clothes.
"Thanks to the Lunda Bazars, poor people can buy imported second-hand clothing on reasonable quality to mitigate the hardships of winter.
All kinds of wears and accessories including gloves, woolen hats, mufflers, pullovers,sweater-shirts and jackets are seen hanging in front of shops and stalls of weekly bazaars attracting the customers. Crowds of people, both poor and middle class can be seen bargaining with retailers in markets and weekly bazaars, besides woolies, heaps of quilts, bed covers, blankets and rugs are
up for sale as well. With temperature dipping down with each passing day,the sale of warm clothes registering enormous surge in the Sunday bazaars of the town.
Chilly weather especially at night of last week forced the peopleto buy winter clothes and other necessary items to bear the sudden wave of coldness in the town. Heaps of second-hand quilts, blankets and rugs are up for sale in the weekly markets of Rawalpindi. "There is no other option except to buy winter clothes, when the cold and chilly breeze of Muree and Margala Hills is in full swing," Nasir, a resident of Waris Khan said.
A visitor Tahir Chaudry said that almost twenty to fifty percent rise had been observed in prices of winter clothes compared to last year. The vendors and dealers are doing brisk business as nowadays the demand of their clothes has increased manifold.
"Our business is going very well though it is the start but it would gain more momentum, said Naseer Khan, a stall holder at Saddar Bazaar."
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