Power conservation: Punjab, K-P reject govt's plan to shut markets at 8:30pm.

PESHAWAR -- The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) governments have refused to comply with the federal government's conservation plan to save energy and reduce its consumption nationwide.

The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the National Energy Conservation Plan, which included the decisions to close markets at 8:30pm and marriage halls at 10pm.

'The approval to the Conservation Plan has been accorded in line with the advice of the Power Division. It will come into force at once across the country,' Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said while unveiling the salient features of the austerity plan at a media briefing in Islamabad.

Reacting to the decision, Punjab senior minister Mian Aslam Iqbal said that the provincial government will formulate its own energy conservation policy after consulting with all stakeholders including traders.

He said the Punjab government will not implement the conservation policy as it was announced by the PML-N-led government 'in haste'.

'We will meet with all stakeholders... a meeting will be held with the representatives of chamber of commerce and shopkeepers of Punjab,' he added.

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