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- Khazineyi Near Wazir Khan Mosque, Old City / Online
Khazineyi is a maker in Lahore known for handcrafted pieces blending Lahore's architectural heritage with contemporary design — miniature paintings, heritage picture frames and gifts inspired by Wazir Khan Mosque motifs. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Artciti Karachi, Pakistan
Artciti operates as an online gallery out of Karachi carrying one of the larger collections of Pakistani art for sale, spanning abstract, calligraphy, miniature, and figurative work from artists it represents directly. It also lists sculpture and ceramic pieces, aiming to put Pakistani artists' work in front of international buyers as well as local ones. store page → · open in the atlas → - Behbud Crafts Block E, School Road, F-6 Markaz, Islamabad
This is the retail arm of the Behbud Association of Pakistan, a women-run non-profit inaugurated in 1967 that trains home-based women in hand embroidery and needlework across eleven traditional crafts. Its Islamabad outlet at F-6 Markaz sells the resulting ghararas, gowns and pouches, with proceeds funding the association's schools and healthcare programs. store page → · open in the atlas → - Chaaye Khana Islamabad / Pakistan
Chaaye Khana opened its first room in Islamabad's F-6 sector in 2013, built on a simple premise: good tea, made properly, in a warm room, with food that tasted homemade. store page → · open in the atlas → - Gul Khan Truck Art Islamabad
Founded in 2015 by Samia Ali, this brand translates the hand-painted motifs and captioned folk humor of Pakistani truck art onto wall plates, cushions, trays and fridge magnets. Every piece is produced with artisans across the country who hand-paint or hand-craft each design rather than mass-print it. store page → · open in the atlas → - Hunza Art Hilltop Market, Karimabad, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Hunza Art is a family-founded business trading since 1994 from Hilltop Market in Karimabad, sourcing gemstones, dried fruit, jewelry, and traditional Hunza caps directly from regional artisans and farmers. The company frames its role as connecting individual weavers, jewelers, and growers along the old Silk Route trade paths to customers ordering online. store page → · open in the atlas → - Hunza Foodways Rahimabad Valley, near Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Registered in 2013, Hunza Foodways is a women-run community-supported agriculture business in Rahimabad Valley near Gilgit. It hand-prepares dried apricots, cherries, mulberries, cold-pressed oils and wild-thyme Tumuru tea without preservatives. store page → · open in the atlas → - Hunza Weaving Center Karimabad, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Hunza Weaving Center in Karimabad traces its weaving practice to 1994 and works with individual artisans producing handwoven wool shawls, patti-style textiles, and rugs on traditional looms. Each piece is made to order through slow production, with the center describing its output as woven to be kept for years rather than mass-produced. store page → · open in the atlas → - Indus Heritage Trust Islamabad
Founded in 2004, this Islamabad-based non-profit trains women artisans from South Punjab and North Sindh in chunri, ralli and block-printing embroidery and sells the resulting kurtas, cushions and homeware under its Virsa and Phulkari lines. It also initiated Islamabad's Craft Village project, a dedicated site set aside to showcase regional artisan work. store page → · open in the atlas → - Jafferjees Karachi, Pakistan
Jafferjees dates its leather trade to 1880, making it one of the longest-running leather houses in Pakistan, with Karachi listed as its first store location among the branches it now runs across the country. The company still works genuine leather into wallets, handbags, and accessories, and offers engraving, gift-wrapping, and restoration alongside its retail lines. store page → · open in the atlas → - Karachi Coffee Company Karachi, Pakistan
Karachi Coffee Company works as a direct-trade link between specialty coffee growers and Pakistani drinkers, sourcing beans it says are chosen for quality and paid for fairly rather than bought through commodity channels. It sells its curated coffee lineup to Karachi's home-brewing and cafe market through its own site. store page → · open in the atlas → - Koel Lahore store, with roots across Pakistan
Koel was founded in 1977 to revive hand-loom weaving and block-printing in Pakistan, dyeing its silks and cottons with natural extracts from leaves, flowers, roots, and bark rather than synthetic pigments. Alongside apparel, the label makes block-printed home textiles such as ajrak chaddars and hand-spun towels, sold through its Lahore store among others. store page → · open in the atlas → - Lahore Carpet Manufacturing Co. Lahore, Pakistan
Lahore Carpet Manufacturing Co. traces back to a nineteenth-century family carpet-trading business and was formally established in 1949 by Sheikh Ahmed Hassan, one of four brothers who inherited the trade. Now run by a fourth generation, the firm still produces its rugs under one roof, blending traditional and contemporary designs. store page → · open in the atlas → - S. Abdul Khaliq Sweets Karachi, Pakistan
S. Abdul Khaliq traces its confectionery back to ancestors who served as royal halwa makers under Mughal emperor Humayun, before the family opened its first retail shop in Delhi's Chandni Chowk in 1835 and then established its Karachi flagship in 1947 after Partition. Now run by a third generation, the shop still makes Habshi halwa, barfi, and gulab jamun from those inherited recipes. store page → · open in the atlas → - S. Abdul Wahid Sweets Karachi, Pakistan
S. Abdul Wahid Sweets descends from the same Mughal-court confectionery lineage as S. Abdul Khaliq, with ancestor Abdul Ghafoor opening the original shop in Delhi's Chandni Chowk in 1830 after gaining permission to sell the family's closely held royal halwa recipes to the public. Its Karachi branches, now run by the newest generation since 2018, still trade on that 1830 dateline and the same inherited sweet-making methods. store page → · open in the atlas → - Silk Route Bazar Sost, Gojal, upper Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Silk Route Bazar operates out of Sost in Gojal, upper Hunza, selling woolen products spun and woven from mountain wool alongside Chitrali and Hunza caps. The business also stocks dried fruit, nuts, honey, and shilajit sourced from the surrounding valleys, and ships both wholesale and retail orders. store page → · open in the atlas → - Sindh Handicrafts Gulshan-e-Maymar, Karachi, Pakistan
Sindh Handicrafts runs as an online-only retailer out of Gulshan-e-Maymar in Karachi, procuring ajrak, rilli quilts, mirror-work, and lacquered woodcraft directly from suppliers and artisans across Sindh province. It keeps no public storefront, instead shipping the province's textile and craft traditions to buyers through its own site and delivery partners. store page → · open in the atlas → - Sonica Jewellers Liberty Market and MM Alam Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Sonica Jewellers opened in Lahore's Panorama Market in 1978 under founder Haji Sheikh M. Saliheen before expanding into Liberty Market and later DHA and MM Alam Road. The house specializes in polki, kundan, and gold bridal sets, and still operates as a family business among his successors. store page → · open in the atlas → - Tali Karachi Karachi, Pakistan
Tali stocks jewelry, home decor, serveware, clothing, and stationery made through traditional Pakistani craft techniques, working directly with artisan groups around the country rather than buying through wholesalers. The shop frames its business around paying fair wages so that regional craft skills stay in active production instead of fading out. store page → · open in the atlas → - Urban Truck Art Karachi, Pakistan
Urban Truck Art was started by co-founders Maaz and Qurratulain to carry Pakistani truck painting onto handcrafted goods for buyers outside the country. Each piece is made by hand rather than printed, translating the floral panels and lettering styles seen on the country's cargo trucks onto smaller decor and accessory items. store page → · open in the atlas → - Zanvari Saddar, Karachi, Pakistan
Zanvari has worked silver in Saddar, Karachi since 1947, the year Pakistan was founded, and is now run by the third generation of the family workshop. It sets 925 sterling silver with genuine gemstones, moissanite, and pearls to order rather than casting in bulk, and backs the jewellery with free lifetime replating and a buyback program. store page → · open in the atlas →