Jodia Bazaar Explained

Jodia Bazaar
Settlement Type:Bazaar
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Sindh
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Karachi

Jodia Bazaar (ur|{{nq|جوڑیا بازار) is a bazaar located in Karachi, Pakistan.[1] The bazaar comprises a wholesale market for commodities including flour, wheat, rice, sugar, and legumes.[2] [3]

Jodia Bazaar is also known as the main market of hand fans in Pakistan.[4]

History

Jodia Bazaar was established in 1947 after independence.[5]

In 2014, it was estimated that the market worth of daily trading is between and billion.[2]

Shops

Some of the largest sugar merchants of Pakistan are based in Jodia Bazaar.[6] Some of the shops are owned by emigrants from India.[7]

Tapal Tea, one of the largest Tea company in Pakistan, started its business with a small shop in Jodia Bazaar.[8]

Another company that started in Jodia Bazar is Jodiabaazar.com, an online marketplace aggregating all the merchants in the baazar. [9]

2024 Jodia bazar hits a new trend through YB Wires. A local hardware trading shop turning into a Brand, a coperate with a monitored system. where people do business and work on progress instead of working on security of their own goods and money. People now realizing and have already started to copy the model of YB Wires.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: تجارتی علاقہ ’’جوڑیا بازار‘‘. Daily Jang.
  2. Web site: Jodia Bazaar remains closed. December 17, 2014. Dawn.
  3. Web site: District South: a remnant of the British Raj's Kurrachee. July 10, 2018. The Express Tribune.
  4. Web site: Hand fans become a common sight. July 18, 2022. The Express Tribune.
  5. Web site: Jodia Bazaar: A peek into growing undocumented trade. February 8, 2015. The Express Tribune.
  6. Web site: پاکستان میں چینی کی قیمت پر سٹہ کیسے اور کہاں کھیلا جاتا ہے؟. BBC Urdu.
  7. Web site: 'پاکستان جانے کے بجائے چلتی ٹرین سے کود گئے‘ – DW – 14.08.2022. DW News.
  8. Web site: کیا ٹپال چائے ایک ارب ڈالر مالیت کی کمپنی بن چکی ہے ؟. فاروق. ترمذی. July 12, 2021. Pakistan Today.
  9. Web site: Jodiabaazar.com seeks to popularize traditional market through digital & ecommerce services. Umair. Mohsin. December 2, 2022. Medium.