{"id":14297,"date":"2026-04-05T07:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=14297"},"modified":"2026-04-05T07:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:14:12","slug":"markets-to-close-at-8-pm-restaurants-at-10pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=14297","title":{"rendered":"Markets to close at 8 PM; restaurants at 10PM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: A proposal has emerged to shut down all markets, bazaars, and commercial zones at 8:00 PM to combat the ongoing energy crisis, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to details, the federal government has accelerated consultations with all four provinces, as well as Gilgit-Baltistan, to develop an energy-saving program in response to regional tensions and rising costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources within the Ministry of Energy revealed that under the new conservation plan, a revised schedule for shops and markets across the country has been proposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry suggests that bazaars and commercial zones operate from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Meanwhile, it has been suggested that restaurants and hotels close by 10:00 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To implement the program effectively, all provincial governments, chambers of commerce, and various trade organizations have been asked to submit their feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, energy consumption data has been collected from all power distribution companies (DISCOs) to ascertain exactly how much electricity can be saved through these timing adjustments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read More:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/climate-strategies-for-food-supply-security-in-pakistan\">Pakistan strengthens Climate-Commerce link to secure food supply<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new program is expected to be implemented initially for a two-month period rather than as a permanent fixture. The Energy Ministry is currently reviewing stakeholder suggestions and electricity-saving estimates. A final decision on a uniform national policy is expected next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A proposal has emerged to shut down all markets, bazaars, and commercial zones at 8:00 PM to combat the ongoing energy crisis, ARY News reported. According to details, the federal government has accelerated consultations with all four provinces, as well as Gilgit-Baltistan, to develop an energy-saving program in response to regional tensions and rising [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3859443944190656_828796993651875":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_3859443944190656_828796993651875","service":"facebook","timestamp":1775373271,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pakistan"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14299,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14297\/revisions\/14299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}