KARACHI: The Sindh government extended the restrictions imposed on markets on Tuesday by ordering closure of the markets including shopping malls in the province by 9pmfor another month.
According to a notification issued by the Sindh Home Department, all markets, bazaars, super or departmental stores, and shopping malls will be closed by 9:00 pm.
It added that marriage halls and banquets should be closed by 10:30pm, while hotels, restaurants, gyms, cinemas, theatres, and other places of amusement and entertainment should be closed by 11:30 pm.
It is pertinent to mention here that the government took the decision in response to the prevalent outages, and load shedding of the electricity and sought to reduce the shortfall between the supply and demand of electricity.