Markets and independent shops in Karachi

377 markets, bookshops, record shops and makers in Karachi.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first. Showing the top 40 of 377.

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Park Towers
One of the oldest upscale shopping in town still attracts many visitors. Has shops of various downtown boutiques, a food court, a superstore, an indoor kids' theme park and art gallery.
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Ocean Mall
This is the Pakistan's tallest building, a 393 ft high skyscraper that houses a large upmarket shopping mall with many local and international brands. It also houses a big food court and Cinepax, four grand cinemas, one of them being a 3D cinema.
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Zainab Market
One of the cheapest markets in the city, Zainab Market is a labyrinth of small shops selling handicrafts and casual clothing including export-surplus or slightly defective genuine name brands such as Adidas, Nike, Polo etc. manufactured locally for export or very good copies of the real thing for a fraction of the real price! Check out the brass-ware, the pashminas, the rugs and the leather goods as well, all for very reasonable prices. But don't be shy to haggle. It's expected and quoted prices are invariably 30-40% inflated.
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Dolmen City Mall
One of three Dolmen malls in the city, this one fronts Karachi beach and can be much comparable to ones in Dubai in terms of grandeur. It is home to numerous high street shops, a huge "Hyperstar – Carrefour" hyper market, a giant food court with eateries from western Cinnabon, Fat Burger, Johnny Rockets and GunSmoke. Many people head to this mall not only for shopping, but to hang out, making it very crowded on weekends. You can also enjoy beautiful sea view from Gloria Jeans here or try Fish Spa or try the indoor Sindbad Amusement Park, largest in the country.
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Co-operative market
is one of the oldest and major marketplace in Saddar, selling the most diverse goods from clothing to electronics at reasonable prices. You can find a huge number of potential gifts such as traditional souvenirs, rugs, all types of handicraft, and other cultural products of Pakistan.
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Rainbow Centre
is famous as the hub of video entertainment in Pakistan and reported to be one of the largest CD and DVD market in Asia.
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Tariq Rd
Houses more than one thousand shops, from jewellery, garments, cosmetics, food, computers to shoes and is among the city's largest shopping district. It is one of the best shopping places of Karachi. In fact, it is the most famous and number one shopping centre, people from almost all areas of Karachi come and do shopping here. Rabi Centre have good quality shops for bridal and casual suiting. It is also home to several malls with Dolmen Mall more popular have mostly branded shops. Tariq Rd is most famous for its high-quality garments and thriving market for the footwear business, with hundreds of shoe-stores lining the road. This street is famous for different traditional food item including traditional Samosa, Katchori and especially the mixed fruit chat.
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The Forum
Known as one of the few good and modern shopping mall in city. Includes shops, food court and Ebco superstore.
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Zamzama Boulevard
This is the place where the rich, famous and affluent like to hangout for up-market designer boutiques, clubs and restaurants. Zamzama is home to the trendiest and hippest Cafes in town, where all the hip and young people of Karachi like to hang out in their designer attires and sip on the best brews in town. At the same time, Zamzama is also home to the more up end and exclusive dining places in the city, and here are some of the city's most expensive and trendiest boutiques and designers. Zamzama is basically a rich man's playground where most of the restaurants and cafes clientele comprises of people from the rich and upper middle class of society.
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Zebunissa Street
It is one of Karachi's most renowned shopping area and one of the city's most vital arteries which used to be called as 'Karachi's Piccadilly Circus' by British tourists, as it is lined with historic colonial buildings from the British Raj era. It is now home to Karachi's biggest high end shoe shops such as Metro, Sputnik, English Boot House together with Gold Souks and other retails shops. It also houses one of Karachi's largest Atrium Malls.
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Saddar
is the largest shopping district of the city and home to Pakistan's big jewellery market, electronics market, mostly consumer electronics as well everything from A to Z. You can find cheap and high quality products here. It consists of number of interconnecting by-lanes with street vendors hawking a wide variety of items from antiques to shoes to car accessories etc. The place can be quite a surprise for the number and type of items on sale. On the other hand, these vendors often give you a great bargain though you will have to haggle a lot and be careful about what to buy. Shop with a keen eye – look out for fakes or second hand items that are shoddily repaired and can be passed out for a quick buck. Don’t carry too many items like money / jewellery / watches on you when visit this huge shopping area. Keep it to bare essentials and keep an eye on your belongings. There is a very good chance that you may get robbed since locals are apt at spotting first time shoppers. Beware of the auctioneering shops in Saddar which are illegal and fake. Those fake auctioneers hire a group of people who apparently take part in the bidding but their purpose is to trap other people.
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Petiwala Books International
Strachan Rd, opp. zakaria masjid, near income tax building
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Chawkandi Art Gallery
105 Marine Point, Block 9 Clifton,
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Zamir Book Centre
V259+C3 shop no, 22-A Urdu Bazar, Gari Khata,
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Paras Art Shop
Khayaban e Muhafiz
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Maryam Academy
V258+MP7 Urdu Bazar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah Rd, Gari Khata,
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The Waffle Hub
V2HP+25 Soldier bazar, 3 Clayton Rd, opp. to soneri bank, next to soft swirl, Soldier Bazaar Catholic Colony,
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Ali Book Depot
V258+JW Shop 54, Urdu Bazar M.A Jinnah Road،, Gari Khata,
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Alam Book Stall
Habib bank limited, shop no.1 ,plot-20/15,near, Delhi Colony,
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Book Ocean
9th Commercial Street
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Tea In Binoria Town
V2JV+M7H Karachi City, Jamshed Quarters
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Bhashani Sweet Meat Mart
V247+GW3 , Aram Bagh
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Pioneer Book House
V246+PGV , Aram Bagh
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Ansar Book Stall
V258+FQ Shop 19 Robson Rd, Urdu Bazar Saddar Town Gari Khata,
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Bombay Choc n Nuts
Fatima Jinnah Road
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Liberty Books Dolmen Mall Clifton
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Mehran Book Bank
Shop #62 hashmi trust building Urdu Bazaar
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Variety Book Centre
Ghazi Salahuddin Rd
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Nazar Brothers
Aamir Trade Centre, Shop No 111 First Floor, 233/1-A, BLOCK-2 P.E.C.H.S, Near Ary jewellers Shahrah-e-Quaideen
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BookLo
V258+8Q First floor, AS Book Sellers Shop Opp Fazlur Rehman School, Urdu Bazar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah Rd,
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Quetta chai hotel
V2FG+9R2 Soldier Bazaar
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Urdu Bazaar
V258+HX New Urdu Bazar, Rambagh Quarter Gari Khata,
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Memon Tea store
Shop # 4 Paria St, near Machiyara Mansion, Kharadar Ghulam Hussain Kasim Quarters,
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Old Book House
Khayaban-e-Shamsheer
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Mazhabi kutub khana
V268+3W Urdu bazar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah Rd, near sabri nihari,
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Shamim Book Depot & Easy Paisa
Madina Road
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Mehmoodabad
Mehmoodabad 6 No Karachi
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Bilal Stationers
Shop #6b Khayaban-e-Jami
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Rainbow Center
Rainbow Center Building, near empress market
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(کوئٹہ دوبی پیالہ ہوٹل لیاقت آباد (افتخار برانچ
Town, Liaquatabad Road, Shahrah-e-Pakistan, Liaquatabad Town, Karachi, 75900, Pakistan

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Karachi (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Place data from Overture Maps.