Sunday bazaar was closed for maintenance: DHA
Rumours fly on text messages and social media that DHA’s Sunday Bazaar was closed indefinitely due to security...
The Sunday Bazaar, spread over 4,000 square yards, was closed for maintenance on March 17, according to the DHA. PHOTO: ATHAR KHAN/EXPRESS
KARACHI:
As rumours flew on text messages and the social media that DHA’s Sunday Bazaar was closed indefinitely due to security threats, the housing authority insisted that it was closed just for the day for maintenance.
DHA Vigilance Director Col (retd) M Amjad denied reports of security threats and that the bazaar was being closed permanently. “The sheds and the floors of the bazaar needed maintenance,” he said, promising that it will re-open next Sunday.
“We had no time for maintenance, so we closed it for a week and will be opened from next week,” he explained.
The bazaar is spread over an area of 4,000 square yards in Phase VIII of the Defence Housing Authority and has 700 shops of daily use items including vegetables, fruits, grocery, clothing and books stalls.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 18th, 2013.
As rumours flew on text messages and the social media that DHA’s Sunday Bazaar was closed indefinitely due to security threats, the housing authority insisted that it was closed just for the day for maintenance.
DHA Vigilance Director Col (retd) M Amjad denied reports of security threats and that the bazaar was being closed permanently. “The sheds and the floors of the bazaar needed maintenance,” he said, promising that it will re-open next Sunday.
“We had no time for maintenance, so we closed it for a week and will be opened from next week,” he explained.
The bazaar is spread over an area of 4,000 square yards in Phase VIII of the Defence Housing Authority and has 700 shops of daily use items including vegetables, fruits, grocery, clothing and books stalls.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 18th, 2013.