Current time in Islamabad, Pakistan
The current local time in Islamabad is shown below. Islamabad observes PKT.
What's the daylight saving status?
Islamabad does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- Asia/Karachi
- Standard abbreviation
- PKT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Islamabad?
Islamabad keeps Pakistan Standard Time at UTC+5, the single national offset held year-round since the country abandoned its short-lived daylight-saving experiments. Sitting in the far north near 73 degrees east, the capital lies somewhat east of the offset's reference longitude, so the sun reaches noon a little before the clock. Its northern latitude gives it a wider seasonal swing in daylight than the southern cities, with markedly longer summer evenings under the same fixed national time.
What are the working hours in Islamabad?
Government and diplomacy set the working rhythm, giving Islamabad a more regular office day than the trading cities, with secretariat hours running roughly 09:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday or Saturday depending on the department. The Friday prayers around midday lengthen the break that day. The planned layout keeps commutes short by Pakistani standards. The festivals of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha bring the longest closures, their timing sliding earlier each year, while Pakistan Day in March and Independence Day in August are the main national holidays. Parliamentary sessions and diplomatic schedules give the capital its own distinct busy periods.
Where is Islamabad?
Islamabad is the purpose-built capital of Pakistan, laid out from the 1960s on a grid at the foot of the Margalla Hills in the north of the country, replacing Karachi as the seat of government. It adjoins the much older city of Rawalpindi to form a twin-city area of around 4 million people. Greener, quieter, and more ordered than Pakistan's commercial centres, it concentrates the federal government, the diplomatic missions, and the national institutions.