Sound Bazaar — Hall Road (original shutters)

We repair what we sell

When Haji Rafeeq opened two shutters on Hall Road in 1983, he sold radio-cassette decks and the imported TV sets that came in by sea, one invoice at a time. Forty years on, his son Naveed runs the counter the same way — every set switched on and left running on the wall before it is boxed, and no sale the customer can't follow in two sentences. When the LC crisis stopped imported televisions in 2023, the shop learned to assemble: panels came in as panels, frames and boards got built at the back bench, and the card above the counter started reading "assembled in Lahore."

The second generation runs the shutters now — Naveed the counter, Adeel the assembly bench — but a set still doesn't leave the shop without being switched on in front of the customer, the way Haji Rafeeq has done it since the cassette days.

Sound Bazaar — Hall Road (original shutters)

Hall Road, near Bhati Gate, Lahore

Lahore, Punjab 54000