Nan Khatai Ghar — Clock Tower

Same two ovens since 1972

Under the west arch of Faisalabad's Clock Tower, three shops from the cloth market, Nan Khatai Ghar has baked in the same two coal ovens since 1972 — first under Sheikh Fazal Ilahi, who sold nan khatai from a tray on a bicycle before he could afford a shutter, and now under his grandson Umair. The blue tin is still the Lyallpur wedding gift: a kilo of nan khatai, wrapped in red paper, tied with the same kind of string. Winter changes the menu — from Magh to March the desi ghee line comes out, because in June heat the same tray goes soft by noon and the shop says so instead of selling it.

Sheikh Fazal Ilahi baked the first tray in 1972 on a borrowed coal oven; his son Ghulam Farid added the tin counter in 1984; Umair keeps both ovens and the copy-book ledger. The winter line waits on his thumb test, not on a calendar.

Nan Khatai Ghar — Clock Tower

West arch, Clock Tower bazaar, Faisalabad

Faisalabad, Punjab 38000

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