we are planning for a trip to Pakistan very soon Insha-Allah, I am planning for my shopping here for gifts and there for ourselves. Would you please give me some ideas for gifts and also shopping ideas from Pakistan.
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you will be amazed most of the stuff you can buy from there will be cheaper and also hassle of luggage too. only buy those gifts that you think are not available in Pak. very few though.
shopping ideas from Pakistan.. depends what you like it there and your intersts.
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well when i went, it seemed like the most appreciated gifts were nice shampoos and conditioners, perfumes and cosmetics for the ladies, colognes and after-shaves for the men. Pocketbooks, backpacks for school-going people. Diapers, bottles and liners for babies.
when i went there, i wanted to get lots of clothes, shalwaar kameezes. Also, they had SUCH beautiful furniture accents, like this small round hand-made jewelry table...it had inlaid work and so many drawers, it was $80 US and you cant find anything remotely like it here. I am still regretting that I didnt get it. Also, vases....hand-tooled copper painted with inlaid ceramic. Little ring boxes, there were clay ones with lots of fussy work tooled in and then hand-tooled silver ones with inlaid semi-precious stones. The jewelry over there is also awesome.
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My parents always gave cash to the kids and chocolates...
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Thanks for sharing ideas.
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chocolates and toys for young kids - baby clothes and accessories for new born babies(in pakistan someone has a new born baby everytime i go there). Generally, the families are happy if you bring something for their kids..
I would buy a lot of of cheap and pirated software, games, VCD'S/DVD'S - I believe each CD only costs around Rs30... :D
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I just went to pakistan last month..and let me tell u, i hate the gift-buying stuff..especially when im married, so now i have to buy double...for my own family , as well as my inlaws...i swear, i thought it was just my own paindu family that has to buy everything for everyone we know....anyways, heres what i bought:
little purses/handbags..for the tween girls....
lots of chocolates...everyone loves those...
like someone else said..cologne for men..
i bought a nice large purse for my mum-in-law..didnt knwo if she liked it or not...she never mentioned it...or even a thank you....but thats a whole different thread altogether....
and for the rest of the ladies/auntis, i told my mother in law to buy a suit (from pak) for every aunti i had, and have them all ready when i got there....trhat was definietly a time and $$ saver for me here....
anyways, for your own shopping, i bougvht a lot of clothes, some shoes...i regret that i ddint buy any more shoes..there was a shop in liberty @ lahore..damn..they had some nice shoes!!!..i also bought decoration pieces/scenerys...my husband bought a few swords (as a showpiece)...
hope this info helps..by the way..where in pak are u going? i was in punjab the whole time....
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Thanks, I am from Karachi, I missed my family a lot, this time I will go after 2.5 years, hopefully I will enjoy my trip Insha-Allah.
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Gifts and things to bring BACK from Pakistan:
*videos/dvds/cds
*fun clothes
*shawls
*fun artificial jewelry and hair accessories
*decor in marble or wood
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chocolate's always a great gift. and the shopping for yourself depends on what you want from pakistan: shoes, art, jewellery...?
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Chocolates are nice for kids but not for elders, only chocolates are not enough for elders I have to buy a lot of stuff from here.
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^ my nani loves the chocolates and nuts we bring for her.
We also bring sweaters for men & boys and make-up for women as gifts.
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Like my Nani, she liked chocolates too, thanks for all of you, now I have a lot of ideas by viewing the replies.
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Lahore, Liberty Market, Anar Kali and Islamabad, Karachi depends where u going.
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