Karachi Time ( ur, , 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, mean solar 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, i ...

and observed prior until 1907 in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

. The local time was established by the

Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) is the Chamber of Commerce for Karachi, Pakistan. They aim to improve Pakistan's business environment and economic well-being, especially in Karachi. They seek to provide advocacy and opport ...

. From 1951 to 1971, the term ''Karachi Time'' was again used to denote UTC+05:00 for

West Pakistan West Pakistan ( ur, , translit=Mag̱ẖribī Pākistān, ; bn, পশ্চিম পাকিস্তান, translit=Pôścim Pakistan) was one of the two Provincial exclaves created during the One Unit Scheme in 1955 in Pakistan. It was d ...

abbreviated as KART as opposed to Dacca Time (DACT) used in

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

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

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