ISLAMABAD: Federal government has announced series of energy-saving steps under which wedding halls and markets would be shut down before routine time.
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Announcing federal cabinet decisions, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said it has been decided to close wedding halls at 10pm, while the markets and restaurants will be closed at 8pm, adding that markets around the world are closed by 6pm but here in Pakistan, our markets were open till 2am. He, however, said that there may be some room for the closing time for restaurants to be extended by an hour.
“The government is also introducing e-bikes which will phase out the bikes that use petrol. The government is negotiating with the companies to phase out the bikes that use petrol and modify the existing bikes,” he said. “The motorcycles that run on petrol will slowly be phased out.
“We have begun imports for e-bikes and have started negotiations with motorcycle companies for the modification of existing motorcycles […] this will save us around Rs86 billion,” he added.
The defense minister said the government was reaching out to all four provinces to inform them about the policy and take them on board. He said that it is a national programme and will be launched with consensus, and the exercise would be completed in the next two days.
