Time in Pakistan

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.

Time zones of South Asia (numbers are hours ahead of UTC)

History

Period in use	Time offset from GMT[1]	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

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.