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Karachi Time (, abbreviated as KART, LMT or Local Mean Time) was a
time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, Commerce, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between Country, countries and their Administrative division, subdivisions instead of ...
set at UTC+04:28:12 ahead of
Greenwich Mean Time Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight. At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including being ...
and observed prior until 1907 in
Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...
. The local time was established by the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry. From 1951 to 1971, the term ''Karachi Time'' was again used to denote UTC+05:00 for
West Pakistan West Pakistan was the western province of Pakistan between One Unit, 1955 and Legal Framework Order, 1970, 1970, covering the territory of present-day Pakistan. Its land borders were with Afghanistan, India and Iran, with a maritime border wit ...
abbreviated as KART as opposed to Dacca Time (DACT) used in
East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...
.


See also

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Pakistan Standard Time Pakistan Standard Time (, abbreviated as PKT) is UTC+05:00 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The time zone is in use during standard time in Asia. History Present day Pakistan had been following UTC+05:30 since 1907 (during the Britis ...
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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 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karachi Time History of Karachi Time zones Time in Pakistan 1842 establishments in British India