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    Sheikupurian Bazar is a market located in old Lahore that has been in existence before the partition of India and Pakistan. It is home to around 126 shops that primarily sell traditional Pakistani footwear like khussas, peshawari chapals, and others. The market does a daily business of 4.5 to 5 million Pakistani rupees and attracts customers from across Pakistan and other countries. Abid Hussain Bhatti, the president of the bazaar's union council, has been in the footwear business there for 47 years. The local government is now renovating the area to repopulate it with original residents and turn it into a tourist attraction.

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    Sheikupurian Bazar is a market located in old Lahore that has been in existence before the partition of India and Pakistan. It is home to around 126 shops that primarily sell traditional Pakistani footwear like khussas, peshawari chapals, and others. The market does a daily business of 4.5 to 5 million Pakistani rupees and attracts customers from across Pakistan and other countries. Abid Hussain Bhatti, the president of the bazaar's union council, has been in the footwear business there for 47 years. The local government is now renovating the area to repopulate it with original residents and turn it into a tourist attraction.

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    Sheikupurian Bazar (Taxali Gate)

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    Sheikupurian Bazar is a market located in old Lahore that has been in existence before the partition of India and Pakistan. It is home to around 126 shops that primarily sell traditional Pakistani footwear like khussas, peshawari chapals, and others. The market does a daily business of 4.5 to 5 million Pakistani rupees and attracts customers from across Pakistan and other countries. Abid Hussain Bhatti, the president of the bazaar's union council, has been in the footwear business there for 47 years. The local government is now renovating the area to repopulate it with original residents and turn it into a tourist attraction.

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    SHEIKUPURIAN BAZAR

    (TAXALI GATE)
    History
    Situated in old city of Lahore

    Has been there before partition

    Used to be part of the Shahi Mohala

    Started due to Mughal fondness of khussas





    Bazar

    Around 126 shops

    Almost all shops are part of a union council

    Daily business of around Rs.4.5 to 5 million

    Products
    Products sold here are
    Khussas
    Peshawari Chapal
    Sharaqpuri Khussa
    Zarri Chapal
    Kohati Chapal
    Charsada Chapal

    Products are made here in the market by shop keepers
    themselves

    Customers

    Market attracts customers not only from all over Pakistan but
    also from abroad

    Payment is done only on cash basis

    Shopkeepers get products from one another for sale without
    any written record or kachi parchi

    No fixed price and profit margin for any products

    Meeting with President of Bazar Council
    Abid Hussain Bhatti President Sheikupurian Bazar

    Originally from Sharaqpur

    Has been in business for 47 years


    Other businesses
    Shoes (Chapals and Khussas) has now become the
    main business here

    Old shops still situated

    Old shops mostly include music shops

    Have been there since decades
    Renovation

    Government is now renovating the area

    Efforts to repopulate the area with original old residents

    Trying to make it a tourist attraction
    THANK YOU

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