Closing time for standalone grocery, kiryana stores extended

ISLAMABAD: The Committee for Monitoring and Implementation of Fuel Conservation and Additional Austerity Measures on Wednesday decided to extend the closing time for standalone grocery and kiryana stores by one hour, allowing them to remain open until 10:00 p.m. on all days of the week.

The committee took this decision in its meeting held here on Wednesday with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar in the chair.

The committee further recommended extending the applicability period of those additional austerity measures whose expiry date had been notified as 13th June 2026 until 30th June 2026.

The Committee reviewed several cases submitted by various Ministries and Divisions seeking exemptions from the applicability of certain austerity measures and finalized its recommendations accordingly.

It was also decided that Consular Attestation services at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its liaison offices in Quetta, Karachi, Peshawar, Gujrat, and Lahore would remain operational on Fridays.

The meeting was attended by the ministers for Petroleum, Climate Change, and IT & Telecom; the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Finance; the Special Assistant to the Deputy Prime Minister (SADPM); the Secretaries of Cabinet, Commerce, Petroleum, and IT & Telecom; as well as senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other relevant Ministries and Divisions.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2026