DC orders to close markets 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 government orders regarding market closure timings by 9 pm.

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