NOT FAR FROM the Bhadra Fort in Ahmedabad (India), on Bhadra Road, there are two shops that sell tasty, crystallised fruits (my favourites are orange slices with their rinds and pineapple) and a large selection of imported: sweets, biscuits, dates, nuts, and other mainly edible items suitable for gifts. In one of the shops, I noticed that there was a wide range of spice mixes made by a company called Shan.  As we have used this excellent brand often at home, I looked at them.

Now, Shan is a Pakistani company (founded in Karachi in 1981), and at present Pakistan and India are not on the best of terms. So, I was interested to note that a Pakistani brand was on sale in a shop in India. When I looked at the packaging, I noticed that they were not labelled ‘Product of Pakistan’, but instead ‘Product of the UAE’. After looking at several boxes, I notice that one or two of the many that were on the shelf had the words ‘Product of Pakistan’. I wondered whether the shop owners had noticed this.

PS: The company has factories in UK, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE