Karachi’s China Center where antique shops are available

Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, has been home to antique shops for many years, where rare items from 100 to 500 years old can be found.

There used to be a large number of markets for rare goods in Karachi and there were also a large number of buyers for these antiques, now though the buyers are less, there are shops.

Niaz Ahmed is the owner of one of these antique shops who has been doing this business for four decades and also knows the authenticity of antiques.

Talking to Independent Urdu, Niaz Ahmed said that when he became aware of these things, he started taking interest in these artifacts and learned to recognize them.

Thus, gradually he turned this hobby into a business and now he also buys and sells these antiques.

How is the age of artifacts estimated?

Niaz Ahmed said that the color of the real antiques is changed by wind, humidity, cold and heat and then there is a change in it which determines how old the object is.

He said: ‘In other countries, including India, people from foreign countries often come to visit and buy these antiquities, which increases the country’s economy and also buys them, but the tendency of tourists to come here. Absolutely less and the people living here are less interested in these things.’