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Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) is UTC+05:00 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. PKT is measured in Gilgit, near the village of Naltar. Pakistan had followed UTC+05:30 under British rule but adjusted to UTC+05:00 in 1951, renaming it Pakistan Standard Time in 1971. Daylight saving time is no longer observed in Pakistan.

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Pakistan Standard Time - Wikipedia

Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) is UTC+05:00 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. PKT is measured in Gilgit, near the village of Naltar. Pakistan had followed UTC+05:30 under British rule but adjusted to UTC+05:00 in 1951, renaming it Pakistan Standard Time in 1971. Daylight saving time is no longer observed in Pakistan.

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Pakistan Standard Time

Pakistan Standard Time (Urdu: ‫پاکستان معیاری وقت‬,


abbreviated as PKT) is UTC+05:00 hours ahead of Pakistan Standard Time
Coordinated Universal Time. The time zone is in use during Time zone
standard time in Asia.

History
Pakistan had been following UTC+05:30 since 1907 (during
the British Raj) and continued using it after independence in
1947. On 15 September 1951, following the findings of
mathematician Mahmood Anwar, two time zones were
introduced. Karachi Time (KART) was introduced in West
Pakistan by adjusting 30 minutes off UTC+05:30 to
UTC+05:00, while Dacca Time (DACT) was introduced in
East Pakistan by subtracting 30 minutes off UTC+06:30 to
UTC+06:00. The changes were made effective on 30,
September 1951.[1] PKT is measured in Gilgit, near the village    Pakistan Standard Time
of Naltar. In 1971, Karachi Time was renamed to Pakistan
Standard Time. UTC offset

PST UTC+05:00
Daylight saving time Current time

Daylight saving time is no longer observed in Pakistan.[2] 12:55, 6 February 2023 PST [refresh (https://en.wik
ipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pakistan_Standard_Time&
action=purge)]
See also Observance of DST
UTC+05:00 DST is not observed in this time zone.
Time in Pakistan
Karachi Time
Yekaterinburg Time

References
1. "1951" (http://pakistanspace.tripod.com/chronicle/1951.ht
m). pakistanspace.tripod.com.
2. Gap analysis on Energy Efficiency institutional
arrangements in Pakistan (https://web.archive.org/web/201 UTC+05:00 2010: Blue (December), Orange
30513024632/http://eeasia.unescap.org/PDFs/Gap-Analysi (June), Yellow (all year round), Light Blue - Sea
s-Pakistan.pdf), Asif Masood, pp.44, 2010, UN ESCAP areas
(Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific), United Nations, "…In 2002, Pakistan introduced
Daylight Savings Time [sic] (DST)…met with public controversy and resistance was discontinued the
same year. During the energy crisis of 2007–2008, the Government once again announced DST during
summer season. It was implemented for almost two years before it was discontinued in 2010 because of
the same public controversy and resistance…"

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