{"id":123824,"date":"2026-04-07T13:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=123824"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:45:26","slug":"traders-across-punjab-want-early-closure-timings-for-cantts-dha-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/123824\/","title":{"rendered":"Traders across Punjab want early closure timings for Cantts, DHA too"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAHORE(National Times)-  Traders across Punjab have appealed to the federal and provincial governments to implement the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/amp\/1989325\">decision<\/a>\u00a0of closing businesses at 8pm across the board without any discrimination, including in the residential and commercial localities falling within limits of cantonments and Defence Housing Authority (DHA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe accept the proposal and decision of the federal government to close markets, shopping malls, bazaars etc at 8pm daily except the holidays. But we want this decision to be implemented in true letter and spirit without any discrimination across the province, including Cantts and DHA,\u201d All Pakistan Anjuman-i-Tajiran General Secretary Naeem Mir said while talking to&nbsp;<em>Dawn.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCurrently, I am sitting with businesspersons representing various traders\u2019 unions of Punjab and all unanimously agreed to accept this decision of closing businesses at 8pm, keeping in view the current security situation for which our military or law enforcement agencies are trying hard to maintain law and order and peace,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To a question, Mr Mir said the local district administration has not yet conducted any consultation nor even bothered to discuss this issue with the traders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo one from the provincial government has consulted with us in this regard so far, as we are taking decisions keeping in view the media reports. It is sad,\u201d he deplored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, the Lahore district admin seems unaware about the development, as its spokesman termed the 10pm closure timing as still intact. \u201c8pm closure timing is not yet decided, as 10pm is still intact. Lahore DC also has the same information,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE(National Times)- Traders across Punjab have appealed to the federal and provincial governments to implement the\u00a0decision\u00a0of closing businesses at 8pm across the board without any discrimination, including in the residential and commercial localities falling within limits of cantonments and Defence Housing Authority (DHA). \u201cWe accept the proposal and decision of the federal government to close [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Traders across Punjab want early closure timings for Cantts, DHA too - 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