Archive · 18 Sep 2026
Pakistan Orders Fuel Cuts and Early Closures Amid Crisis
Pakistan is trying to save money and fuel during a financial crisis.
The government will give official vehicles half as much fuel for three months.
Government departments cannot buy new vehicles.
They also cannot buy most durable goods, except information-technology equipment.
Markets must close by 9 p.m.
Restaurants, cafes and food outlets must close by 11 p.m.
People can still order takeaway or home delivery.
Weddings may serve only one dish, and foreign travel has been restricted.
The government has ordered a 50% reduction in fuel allocations for official vehicles for three months.
Federal departments are barred from purchasing new vehicles.
Purchases of durable goods are prohibited, except for information-technology equipment.
Restaurants, cafes and food outlets must close by 11 p.m., while takeaway and home delivery remain exempt.
Weddings are limited to one dish, and a 9 p.m. market deadline and curbs on foreign travel were announced.
- Who
- Pakistan’s government, federal departments, businesses and the public.
- What
- The government announced fuel cuts, spending restrictions, earlier business closures, wedding limits and foreign-travel curbs.
- When
- The fuel-allocation reduction will last three months; the articles do not specify the timing of the other measures.
- Where
- Pakistan.
- Why
- The measures were announced in response to a financial crisis.
- Fuel reduction
- Official-vehicle fuel allocations will be cut by 50%.
- Fuel-cut duration
- The reduction will apply for three months.
- Market deadline
- Markets must close by 9 p.m.
- Food-outlet deadline
- Restaurants, cafes and food outlets must close by 11 p.m.
- Exemption
- Takeaway and home-delivery services are exempt from the food-outlet closing rule.
- Wedding restriction
- Weddings are limited to one dish.
- Government purchasing
- New vehicle purchases are barred, and durable-goods purchases are prohibited except for information-technology equipment.