KARACHI: Traders in the metropolis have proposed the closure of markets at 9pm and restaurants between 11pm to midnight.
The proposal was shared by traders at the Karachi Commissioner’s Office where a meeting on controlling the energy crisis was held in which discussion was focused on limiting the opening and closing hours of markets and wedding halls.
In the meeting, a suggestion was given to close wholesale markets by 6pm, shopping centres and bazaars by 9pm, while wedding halls and restaurants were proposed to be closed from 11pm to midnight.
Meanwhile, the city administration — in its bid to curb the energy crisis— proposed to close markets from 7pm to 9pm. The traders suggested Sundays as a holiday and sought relief for market timings on Saturdays. They requested for cases not to be registered if there is a delay in the closure of markets after the administration’s prescribed hours.
