Pakistan Standard Time

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Pakistan Standard Time is the time zone used throughout Pakistan, corresponding to UTC+5 hours.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Asia/Karachi 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf time zone
abbreviation PKT
coincidesWith UTC+05:00 standard time
countryUsedIn Pakistan
DSTExperimentYears various years including late 20th and early 21st century
DSTObserved false
hasHistoricalDSTExperiments yes
hasSingleNationalTimeZone true
IANAZoneIdentifier Pakistan Standard Time self-linksurface differs
surface form: Asia/Karachi
isAheadOfGreenwichMeanTimeByHours 5
isAheadOfUTCByMinutes 300
isFixedOffsetTimeZone yes
ISO8601OffsetFormat +05:00
isSingleTimeZoneForCountry Pakistan
observedInCity Islamabad
Karachi
Lahore
Peshawar
Quetta
Rawalpindi
observedInRegion Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Balochistan, Pakistan
surface form: Balochistan

Gilgit-Baltistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab, Pakistan
surface form: Punjab (Pakistan)

Sindh
observedSince mid-20th century (modern form)
offsetFromCoordinatedUniversalTime +5 hours
primaryCityReference Islamabad
Karachi
regionCovered entire territory of Pakistan
relatedStandard Coordinated Universal Time
Greenwich Mean Time
standardizedBy Government of Pakistan
timeNotation 12-hour clock (common use)
24-hour clock (official)
typicalBusinessHoursEnd 17:00 PKT
typicalBusinessHoursStart 09:00 PKT
usedFor business hours in Pakistan
civil time in Pakistan
official timekeeping in Pakistan
usedInBroadcastScheduling yes
usedInTelecommunications yes
usedInTransportTimetables yes
usesDaylightSavingTime no
UTCOffset UTC+05:00

Referenced by (73)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pakistan Standard Time IANAZoneIdentifier Pakistan Standard Time self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Asia/Karachi
PST commonConfusionWith Pakistan Standard Time
subject surface form: Pacific Standard Time
Chagai, Balochistan locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
subject surface form: Chagai District
Gujranwala locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Islamabad locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Jhang locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Karachi Central District locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Karachi District locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Lahore locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Malir District locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Mardan Division locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Mingora locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Nasirabad locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Pishin locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
SAARC Energy Centre locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Shikarpur District locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Sibi locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Umarkot locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
University of Peshawar locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
University of Sindh locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Zhob locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Azad Jammu and Kashmir timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Bannu timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Bannu Division timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Chagai District timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Charsadda timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Chitral District timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Dalbandin timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Dera Ismail Khan timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
subject surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Gilgit timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Gwadar timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Haripur timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Hazara Division timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Hyderabad, Sindh timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Kalash Valleys timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Karachi timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Karachi South District timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Karachi West District timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Khyber District timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
KPK timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
KP timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Kohat timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Kohat Division timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Korangi District timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Larkana timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Loralai timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
Loralai timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
subject surface form: Loralai District
Mansehra timeZone Pakistan Standard Time