Eid sales plummet as street crime rises
KARACHI: While bemoaning poor trading activities, leading traders of Karachi have expressed concern over low sales throughout the Eid period. Seventy percent of Eid items, including suits, dresses, shoes and more, could not be sold due to soaring inflation, shrinking income, falling purchasing power, rising unemployment and depressing street crimes in the city . Speaking to Express Tribune, All Karachi Tajir Ittehad (AKTI) President Atiq Mir said shopkeepers and traders complained that 70% of their items are still in shops or houses. More than 50% of people focused on grains, groceries, fruits and other necessary edible items during Ramadan until
