June 26, 2025
“Very few customers are coming due to the water. If there is more rain ahead of Eid, our business will suffer,” trader Al Mujahid says
“I haven’t been able to buy my wife anything for several Eid. Nothing for myself either. But I can’t get by without getting something for the kids,” a rickshaw driver says
"Responsibilities have increased after marriage and it seems like clothing prices have too. Everything is just beyond my budget," says a frustrated shopper in Mirpur
Despite producing new styles of clothing like the “parsi,” Khalifa Patti shops are seeing fewer customers for Eid than in prior years
