Karachi, July 4 (TIWN) The government of Pakistan's Sindh province announced that it will lift the restrictions placed on market timings "in public interest" until July 10.

On June 17, the provincial government had imposed restrictions on the the operating hours of markets, shopping malls, wedding halls, and restaurants across the province for a month till July 16 in order to conserve electricity during the ongoing "energy crisis emergency", reports Dawn news.

Under the order, all markets, shops and shopping malls were ordered to close by 9 p.m., with medical stores, pharmacies, hospitals, petrol pumps, CNG stations, bakeries and milk shops among exceptions.