DC Orders Markets' Closure By 9 Pm.

LAHORE -- Deputy Commissioner Umar Sher Chattha on Monday directed all assistant commissioners to hold meeting with traders and business community for compliance with the government orders regarding market closure timings by 9pm.

Presiding over a meeting about minimising the business hours to conserve energy at his office, he directed the district officers to check closure of all markets, shopping malls, warehouses, bakeries by 9pm, marriage halls/marques by 10pm, hotels, clubs, cinemas, parks by 11:30pm.

Medical stores, hospitals, petrol pumps and milk shops will be exempted from the closure orders. The closure timing will not followed on Saturday, he added.

The deputy commissioner said that strict action should be taken against the shopkeepers who violate the directives, adding the objective of minimising...