There are

bazaar A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, suc ...

s in every neighborhood of

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

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. The most popular bazaars in

are: Tariq Road, Bohri Bazaar,

Soldier Bazaar Soldier Bazar ( ur, ) is a bazaar and neighborhood in Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of Jamshed Town, which was disbanded in 2011. History Soldier Bazar was constructed in 1857 next to Mazar ...

, Sarafa Bazar,

Meena Bazaar Meenā Bāzār or Mina Bazaar ( ur, , hi, मीना बाज़ार, bn, মীনা বাজার) is a special bazaar to sell items to raise money for charity and non-profit organizations. It also refers to a number of modern-day ...

, Urdu Bazaar, etc. There are generally thousands of small individually-owned or family-owned shops and stalls in each old style

Bazaar A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, suc ...

or shopping area. Only some of the newly built shopping malls in the suburban areas of city of Karachi may be managed by a large organization or a commercial company. Saddar Town area is the old central shopping area in

. Main streets for your shopping pleasure are

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Zaibunnisa Street Zaibunnisa Street (), still sometimes referred to by its former name Elphinstone Street (), is a thoroughfare in central Karachi, Pakistan that courses through Saddar, the city's colonial-era commercial centre. It is believed to have been renamed ...

, Zainab Market and Bohri Bazaar. For meats and groceries, you can head to the Empress Market. This is a vast

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structure in

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style, with a domineering 50 meters high clock tower in the front center of the building. Empress Market houses hundreds of shops and stalls so shoppers would have plenty of choice and a wide variety of consumer goods.No hope of early renovation of Empress Market
Daily Times (newspaper), published 25 July 2017, Retrieved 6 April 2018

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