Punjab Govt Lifts Restrictions On Market Timings.

LAHORE -- On the direction of Chairman PTI Imran Khan. Punjab Chief Minister Ch Parvez Elahi Wednesday anAnounced major steps to provide relief to the traders community in Punjab. The chief minister had a meeting with the representatives of traders community belonging to Punjab at the CM secretariat here.

Addressing the traders, Parvez Elahi announced to lift the ban on the business timings across Punjab ,adding, that all the busiAness centres, markets and shops will remain open on Sunday in the whole of Punjab. He revealed that the Sunday holiday for the busiAness centres, markets and shops was no longer applicable. He disAclosed that the 9 pm business timAing restriction on the business centres,markets and shops had also been lifted. He vowed to reAsolve parking problems so as to give relief to the traders commuAnity and stated to be fully aware of their problems. The CM deAnounced that PML-N made a huge propaganda that with the arrival of Shehbaz Sharif government things would change. He said that nothAing changed but rather Shehbaz Sharif government brought masAsive price-hike and also had put a heavy burden on the traders.

The CM alleged that PML-N supAported and patronised the parking mafia and vowed to do away with the parking mafia. He informed that the 30 per cent income earned from parking will be spent to proAvide facilities to the traders. The CM announced to set up Rescue 1122 centres in the markets. He said that a committee under the headship of Provincial Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal and the trader leader Nasir Salman had been conAstituted to resolve the problems of the traders' community. 'AccordAing to the direction of PTI ChairAman Imran Khan we adhere to the vision of...