Scheduling an international meeting sounds simple until you discover the person you're calling has just moved their clocks forward and the time you agreed on is now different. Knowing the standard offsets and which countries use DST prevents the most common scheduling mistakes.
Pakistan Standard Time (PST) — UTC+5
Pakistan does not observe Daylight Saving Time. PST is fixed at UTC+5 year-round.
Common Time Differences From Pakistan (PST)
| Location | Time Zone | Offset from PST |
|---|---|---|
| London, UK | GMT (winter) / BST (summer) | −5 hrs (winter) / −4 hrs (summer) |
| Dubai, UAE | GST (UTC+4) | −1 hr |
| Saudi Arabia | AST (UTC+3) | −2 hrs |
| India | IST (UTC+5:30) | +30 min |
| Singapore | SGT (UTC+8) | +3 hrs |
| Beijing, China | CST (UTC+8) | +3 hrs |
| Frankfurt, Germany | CET (winter) / CEST (summer) | −4 hrs (winter) / −3 hrs (summer) |
| New York, USA | EST (winter) / EDT (summer) | −10 hrs (winter) / −9 hrs (summer) |
| Los Angeles, USA | PST (winter) / PDT (summer) | −13 hrs (winter) / −12 hrs (summer) |
| Sydney, Australia | AEDT (summer) / AEST (winter) | +5 hrs (their summer) / +4 hrs (their winter) |
Daylight Saving Time: The Complication
Countries in Europe and North America move their clocks forward in spring and back in autumn. Pakistan doesn't. This means the difference between Pakistan and those countries changes by one hour twice a year:
- UK in summer (late March to late October): Pakistan is 4 hours ahead.
- UK in winter (late October to late March): Pakistan is 5 hours ahead.
The exact switchover dates vary by country and year.
Good Meeting Time Overlaps
| Pairing | Workable overlap (Pakistan time) |
|---|---|
| Pakistan + UAE | Morning or afternoon; minimal difficulty |
| Pakistan + UK (winter) | 1 PM–4 PM PST = 8 AM–11 AM GMT |
| Pakistan + UK (summer) | 1 PM–4 PM PST = 9 AM–12 PM BST |
| Pakistan + US East (winter) | 6 PM–9 PM PST = 8 AM–11 AM EST |
| Pakistan + US West | Very challenging: 9 PM–11 PM PST = 8 AM–10 AM PST next morning |
Use World Clock to check the current time in any city and to find what a specific time converts to across multiple zones. For scheduling across many time zones at once, pasting the meeting details with all relevant cities into the world clock is the fastest approach.
Scheduling Tools
For recurring meetings with international partners, scheduling tools like Calendly or World Time Buddy let you enter multiple cities and see their overlapping business hours as a visual grid. This prevents the recurring mistake of booking a meeting that works in one timezone but lands at midnight in another. World Clock gives the current time in any city instantly — useful for a quick check before sending a meeting invite. For longer-term planning involving deadlines across timezones, note the DST changeover dates (usually late March and late October for Europe; early March and early November for the US) when the hour difference shifts.
