KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) informed on Thursday that it will observe the following office hours on May 6, 2022, which shall also be followed by all banks, DFIs and MFBs in letter and spirit.

The timings will be from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm including prayer-lunch break from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm.

Further, banks and MFBs may prescribe business (banking) hours for public dealing on the above date as per their business requirements provided the business (banking) hours for public dealing being observed by the field offices of SBP Banking Services Corporation (SBP-BSC) are followed as a minimum benchmark for this purpose as under:

From 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (without break). It may be noted that instructions on regular office timings will be issued subsequently.