Pakistani markets refuse early closure under government energy savings plan

“We reject this plan outright,” Mohammad Ishaq, president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a merchants association in the northwestern city of Peshawar, told Reuters. Apply it.

“This policy will kill me and my business,” said Muhammad Raza, a toy shop owner in the eastern city of Lahore, which starts after 8 pm when children with their parents come to my shop. “

Markets in major Pakistani cities traditionally stay open late into the night, in most cases until 11 pm, as buyers usually exit in the evening.

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