{"id":91164,"date":"2023-01-03T17:32:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T12:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=91164"},"modified":"2023-01-03T17:35:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T12:35:42","slug":"govt-market-timings-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-market-timings-businesses.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt announces new timings for markets under energy conservation plan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The federal cabinet on Tuesday (January 3) approved the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan reducing market timing to saving energy and reducing import bills, news sources reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-national-renewable-energy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM Shehbaz orders formation of national renewable energy policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the new plan, the cabinet approved the energy conservation plan to close all markets by 8:30 PM&nbsp; and all marriage halls by 10 PM across the country, effective immediately.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing a news conference here in Islamabad, Defence Minister Khwaja Asif said that the government is on track to save billions of rupees in fossil fuels and reduce the country&#8217;s historic PKR 2.437 trillion in debt since July last year. As per the new plan, the cabinet has approved the following policy measures:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-shehbaz-for-solarisation-govt-buildings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM Shehbaz pushes for rapid solarisation of govt buildings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The government has proposed a plan to change the overall lifestyle and habit pattern of the nation, which will save PKR 60 billion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The plan includes halting the production of electric fans, increasing taxes on imported \u201cinefficient\u201d fans, and not manufacturing incandescent bulbs after Feb 1, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The government is also making the use of conical geysers mandatory within a year and using street lights alternatively, which will save PKR 92 billion and PKR 4 billion respectively<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electric motorcycles will be introduced in order to reduce the annual USD 3 billion fossil fuel import&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The government is forming a committee to look into the work-from-home policy&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The government will implement an unformed building code for the construction sector to make housing more energy efficient&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-solarise-offices-energy-conservation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDA to solarise its offices for energy conservation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to note that PM Shehbaz has already ordered all federal departments to reduce their energy consumption and convert to solar energy for their needs to reduce bills by 30%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The federal cabinet on Tuesday (January 3) approved the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan reducing market timing to saving energy and reducing import bills, news sources reported.&nbsp; Read: PM Shehbaz orders formation of national renewable energy policy Under the new plan, the cabinet approved the energy conservation plan to close all markets by 8:30 PM&nbsp; and all marriage halls by 10 PM across the country, effective immediately.&nbsp; Addressing a news conference here in Islamabad, Defence Minister Khwaja Asif said that the government is on track to save billions of rupees in fossil fuels and reduce the country&#8217;s historic PKR 2.437 trillion in debt since July last year. As per the new plan, the cabinet has approved the following policy measures:&nbsp;&nbsp; Read: PM Shehbaz pushes for rapid solarisation of govt buildings Read: CDA to solarise its offices for energy conservation It is important to note that PM Shehbaz has already ordered all federal departments to reduce their energy consumption and convert to solar energy for their needs to reduce bills by 30%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":66335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[55746,55745,55744],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-91164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-government-new-market-timinbgs","9":"tag-market-timings","10":"tag-reducing-market-timings","11":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt announces new market timings for businesses- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The federal cabinet on Tuesday (January 3) approved the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan reducing market timings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-market-timings-businesses.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt announces new market timings for businesses- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The federal cabinet on Tuesday (January 3) approved the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan reducing market timings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-market-timings-businesses.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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