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The Mall That Nearly Every Woman in Karachi Loves, originally uploaded at Flickr by Zainub.

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March this year when Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz performed the ground breaking ceremony for Sofitel Hotel Plaza, yet another addition in this establishment’s growing facade of so-called “developmental projects”, I wasn’t the least of a pleased spectator. Mideast Hospital, at whose site the plaza would be constructed, was a corner stone of some of my most cherished childhood memories. Hospitals aren’t exactly meant to be places children are fond of, but for a multitude of reasons, Mideast was something different. I was born at JPMC but my family pediatrician practiced there, and trips to his clinic, if not always specifically anticipated or welcomed, were at least worthwhile; an alleviator of pain I saw him as, and the big aquarium in his office, a cause of much, much fascination.
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We all hang frames in our homes, it may be our favorite picture, a poster, a painting, calligraphic art or an Islamic image and often we go to these framing guys who charge huge amounts to frame our favorite picture and still we don’t get satisfactory results. I too had been searching for a framer who would provide me with quality framing within an affordable cost so one day I asked Tapu Javeri if he knew someone who could frame a few Photographs of mine at an affordable price without compromising on quality and Tapu was kind enough to showed me the way to the Sharif Frame Maker.
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The number of places you can buy good, cheap and legal (non-pirated) books in Karachi isn’t that large. Even rarer is the possibility of sale at a good book shop. But in Welcome Book Port’s annual clearance sale -where they are offering as much 70% discounts on some of their listed books- you have one such rare, pleasant occasion. KMB reader Noumaan tells us more about his bustling book store located in Urdu Bazaar:

Being one of the largest book exporters in Pakistan they have books available on a variety of topics. Including poetry, literature, politics, social sciences, philosophy, and a whole lot more. Specially they have a special children’s corner upstairs where they have easy to read stories for children. There are also some audio books available but mostly on Islamic topics.

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What’s the hottest (pun intended) selling item in the midst of load shedding and heat? A generator, off course. And how much does an average sherfu know about generators? Not much. So one of our readers, Abbas Malik, sent us his review of best generators available in market. This is knowledge sharing at its best. Very informative read. Thanks Abbas.
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A couple of months ago, Jamash did an excellent post on buying books. He mentioned the second hand books market at University Road, near Expo Centre, opposite Masjid Bait-ul-Mukarram. Every now and then I’d get myself books from there and got quite the shock last week when I went. All I saw was an empty ground. With no hint of there ever being any push carts filled to the skies [okay maybe not that high] with books of all kinds. The added benefit of the place was that if you buy books from there, you could return them [if you're the kind who doesn't hoard the books you buy] at a lower rate and buy another by adding just a few more rupees to the equation.

Hyderi used to have a pretty big second hand book market too, at least till a few years ago, the pushcarts used to keep dissapearing and coming back every few months. Haven’t been there in the longest time so not sure if they’re still there or not. Now what I’m wondering is where all the pushcarts from Opposite Masjid Bait ul Mukarram went. And if they’ll be back. Does anyone know?

The famous KMC building’s platinum jubliee brought in a series of festivals among which is scheduled this festive for full of fun and life Karachities.
The festival is to be held under the monitoring of Nasreen Jalil, Naib city nazim @Kashmir road from January 6 to January 18.

Itwar Bazzar , also known as bachat bazaar, is a place where our daily use items are available on a discounted rate. But in reality vegetables, fruits, and un branded items like Iron Grill Stands, books, towels are sold here on slightly higher rates and one can get discounts on the company stalls only. But this is not what people actually come for in an Itwar bazaar as these sections are often not very crowded, so let us move to a crowded spot.
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A few comments on my previous post, a picture sent to me by Ramla and a book that I bought a few days back all motivated me to write yet another book related post.
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A place to get designed your bedsheets, curtains, towel sets and Bridal bed sets all in one place, according to one’s budget.
Loacted at Tariq Road, Bubble gummers Building, the owner “Asif” a young talented, Memon guy, asks you the range, colour combination and tehn suggests what will be the best. Bst place if you are looking for some unique and quality stuff for ones wedding.
An ideal place to get quality gifts. Though time is required for the stuff to be prepared, but the best thing is it get delivers in time at one’s door step.
As far as pricing is concerned, it all depnds on how much you want to spend.
White quilt and pillow cushion fillings are also available.

Contact:
158, M-2 Office #6,
1st floor, PMC Center
Tariq Road.
Tel: 4555433, 0300-9287218