• The new timing is announced as a measure to conserve energy.
• Karachi commissioner has written letters to all the DCs.
• Restaurants and marriage lawns will be closed by 10:00 pm.

KARACHI: Commissioner Karachi Muhammad Iqbal Memon on Saturday issued new orders to shut down markets and shopping malls by 8:30 pm in the megalopolis, Bol News reported.

The notification in this regard also directed to close restaurants and marriage lawns by 10:00 pm. The Karachi commissioner has written letters to all the deputy commissioners in this regard.

The commissioner has announced the new timing as a measure to conserve energy.

On November 13, 2022, traffic police had said that certain roads would be closed as part of security measures ahead of the 11th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2022.

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IDEAS 2022 was held at Expo Centre from November 15 to 18. Traffic Police had announced that the Main Shahrah-e-Faisal Road would remain closed from Drigh Road to Karsaz.

Habib Ibrahim Rahmatullah Road and Sir Shah Sulaiman Road remained closed. The roads also remain closed on both sides till Hasan Square for all sorts of traffic.

Traffic police officials had advised people going to the airport to use alternative roads to avoid any hassle. They had said the airport can be reached from University Road and Korangi Road.

A day earlier, Karachi police had issued an alternate traffic plan ahead of the 11th IDEAS 2022. According to the plan, heavy traffic was banned on roads leading to the Karachi Expo Centre.

Heavy vehicles and commercial traffic was completely banned from Nursery to Shah Suleman Road on Shahrah-e-Faisal.