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Pakistan uses one time zone, which is Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). This is UTC+05:00 — that is, five hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

History

Period in use	Time offset from GMT	Notes
Prior until 1907	UTC+04:28:12	Karachi Time (KART)
1907–1951	UTC+05:30	Indian Standard Time (IST)
1951–1971	UTC+05:00 in West Pakistan UTC+06:00 in East Pakistan (today Bangladesh)	Karachi Time (KART) Dacca Time (DACT)
1971–present	UTC+05:00 in Pakistan	Pakistan Standard Time (PKT)

Notation

Further information: Date and time notation in Pakistan 7:23 am, 15 January 2025 PKT

Daylight saving time

Pakistan has experimented with Daylight Saving Time (DST) a number of times since 2002, shifting local time from UTC+05:00 to UTC+06:00 during various summer periods. Daylight saving time in Pakistan has not been observed since 2009.

IANA time zone database

The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Pakistan in the file zone.tab, named Asia/Karachi.

References

"Time Zone & Clock Changes in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan". www.timeanddate.com.

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Pre-colonial	Mughal East India Company Durrani Sikh Confederacy Sikh Empire First Anglo-Afghan War First Anglo-Sikh War Second Anglo-Sikh War Rebellion
Colonial	British Raj Second Anglo-Afghan War Durand Line Third Anglo-Afghan War Aligarh Movement Hindi–Urdu controversy Pakistan Movement Muslim League Two nation theory Jinnah's 14 Points Lahore Resolution Direct Action Day Partition Independence
Dominion	Dominion of Pakistan Monarchy of Pakistan Governor-General Princely states 1947 War Liaquat–Nehru Pact Baghdad Pact
Republic	1947–present Indus Treaty 1965 War 1971 Movement 1971 War Project-706 Islamisation Insurgencies Balochistan insurgency KPK insurgency Kargil War Liberalization

Geography

Features	Beaches Deserts Glaciers Islands Lakes Mountains Passes Rivers Topography Valleys Waterfalls Wetlands
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State	President National Security Council CNS NCA
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