The government extends the hours of freestanding food and kiryana stores to 10 PM every day.

– The Committee for Monitoring and Implementation of Fuel Conservation and Additional Austerity Measures on Wednesday recommended to extend the applicability of certain austerity measures till June 30, 2026 besides extending the closing time of standalone grocery and kiryana stores to 10:00 PM all days of the week.

The committee, which met under the chair of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, evaluated numerous instances submitted by different ministries and divisions seeking exemptions from the applicability of specific austerity measures and finalised its recommendations in this regard.

It was also decided to keep the consular attestation services functional at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its liaison offices in Quetta, Karachi, Peshawar, Gujrat and Lahore on Fridays for facilitation of the public.

The committee suggested to extend the applicability term of those extra austerity measures whose expiry date had been notified as June 13, 2026 till June 30, 2026.

It also agreed to increase the closing hour of freestanding grocery and kiryana shops to 10 pm on all days of the week, including Saturdays and Sundays.

The meeting was attended by ministers for petroleum, climate change and IT & Telecom, special assistant to PM (SAPM) on finance, special assistant to deputy prime minister (SADPM), federal secretaries of cabinet, commerce, petroleum and IT & Telecom and senior officials of concerned ministries and divisions.