From Iran, with cotton candies and elevators

Most of the products on display at the four-day exhibition are from that central Iranian city, capital of Yazd province, though major cities such as Tehran, Zahedan and Shiraz also have representation at the show.

All items displayed in exhibition are of ‘export quality’ and high standards.

Siddique, a visitor to the exhibition was excited to see the blankets. “They are beautiful and affordable,” he says.

The relatively larger stall selling blankets and quilts attracts buyers in good number though the winter is on its way out in the city.

Dorna, a young woman from Shiraz, who has her own blanket shop in Karachi exhibition, says, “Back in Shiraz, I have my own shop of blankets and quilts.
This may be a surprise for people who do not know much about the role women are playing in Iranian society.

Most people manning the stalls are from Iran. But as they have communication issues, they have people from Quetta and Karachi as well who can converse in both Persian and Urdu and act as a bridge between sellers and buyers.

A few of the Iranians are from the province of Sistan-Baluchestan and speak fluent Urdu.

There are stalls of beautiful cement and ceramic tiles, crockery, electrical wires, packaging straps, fabrics of a certain type, and one stall displays a fancy elevator, sampling the range of goods being manufactured in Iran.

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