<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Pakistan's government has ordered shopping centres and markets to close early every day as the country faces an economic crisis.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Defence minister Khawaja Asif says the measures will save the South Asian nation around 62bn Pakistani rupees ($274.3m; £228.9m).</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan generates most of its power using imported fossil fuels.</div><div><br></div><div>Global energy prices jumped last year, putting further pressure on the country's already dwindling finances.</div><div><br></div><div>To pay for those energy imports the country needs foreign currency, especially US dollars.</div><div><br></div><div>The Pakistan government had $11.7bn of foreign currencies available last month after its reserves fell by about 50% last year. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>