Empress Market

Empress Market

One of the oldest markets in Karachi and named after Queen Victoria, Empress of India, Empress Market was built in the Saddar locality in the 1880s by the British. The government is thinking about making a museum and art gallery at the site of Empress Market. A visit to Empress Market makes you feel nostalgic. You realize that nothing lasts forever. The British who built this impressive market has long gone, and even the landscape has changed quite significantly in recent years as the hustle and bustle are missing. People visit Empress Market to buy anything they want at very affordable rates. Tourists visit this place to admire this magnificent building built by the British.