KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday announced the office and business hours for banking institutions during Ramazan.

Business hours for the SBP, all banks and development finance institutions from Monday to Thursday will be from 09:00am to 03:30pm with a prayer break from 2:00pm to 2:30pm whereas on Fridays office hours will be from 08.30am to 1:00pm without break.

However, the banks were further advised to observe public dealing hours Monday to Thursday from 09:00am to 02:00pm without break whereas on Fridays it would be from 08:30am to 1:00pm.

Published in Dawn, March 12th, 2024

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