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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 .
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] In 1971, Karachi Time was renamed to Pakistan Standard Time.
It is the country's ninth-most populous city with a population of over 1.2 million people [5] [9] and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Built as a planned city in the 1960s and established in 1967, it replaced Karachi as Pakistan's national capital.
Islamabad Capital Territory. Coordinates: 33°44′15″N 73°08′51″E. Islamabad Capital Territory. وفاقی دارالحکومت. Federal territory of Pakistan. Left-to-right from top: Faisal Mosque, Pakistan Monument, Baradari at Fatima Jinnah Park, Parliament of Pakistan, Supreme Court of Pakistan, Islamabad Expressway. Location within ...
History of Islamabad. 15th century Pharwala Fort besides the Soan River. Rawat Fort, built by the Gakhars in the 16th century. The city of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, is located on the Pothohar Plateau within the Islamabad Capital Territory —one of the earliest known sites of human settlement in Asia.
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. Day light saving time is expected to start in Pakistan on Sunday 14 April 2024, at 00:00 to Sunday 8 December 2024. To maximise use of daylight and save energy.
National capital. Islamabad officially became the capital of Pakistan on 14 August 1967, exactly 20 years after the country's independence. [1] The first capital of Pakistan was the coastal city of Karachi in Sindh, which was selected by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. [1] Karachi was and still is the largest city and economic capital of Pakistan.
As of the 2017 Census, there are two megacities, ten million-plus cities, and 100 cities having a population of 100,000 or more. Of these 100 cities, 58 are located in the country's most populous province, Punjab, 22 in Sindh, 11 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, six in Balochistan, two in Azad Kashmir, and one in Islamabad Capital Territory.