Pakistan Standard Time

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Pakistan Standard Time (PST) is the time zone for Pakistan. It is usually 5 hours ahead of GMT, though as of June 1 2008, it is 6 hours ahead due to the use of DST to help decrease the electricity load in the country.GMT/UTC (UTC+6).

Standard Time Zones of the World as of 2005. (Some time zones have changed since then)
Standard Time Zones of the World as of 2005. (Some time zones have changed since then)

[edit] Daylight saving time

In 2002, the government cabinet decided that "in order to make maximum use of daylight and to save energy", they would adopt the daylight saving time system. This required the country to advance the time by one hour on the night between the first Saturday and Sunday of April, and revert to the original position on the first Sunday in October of 2002 at 00:00.[1]

It was abolished after that first year because people were confused about the actual time. Because DST was first proposed by President Pervez Musharraf, people termed DST as "Musharraf Time". All organizations and institutions of the country followed the DST system, but most of the Pakistani who did not belong to such groups continued to observe non-DST time. This led to the question "what is the time?" being further clarified with "in which time system, real or Musharraf?" Pakistan is using DST again from June 1 2008 to September 1 2008[2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Time zone and daylight saving time for Pakistan - Islamabad between 2000 and 2009
  2. ^ http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39993&Itemid=2

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