Time in Pakistan


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

Daylight saving time

Pakistan has experimented with Daylight Saving Time 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.