Clocks to be reversed one hour from November 1

The government has decided to turn back the clocks an hour from November 1, an official in the Ministry of Interior said here on Monday. The current Pakistan Standard Time (PST) would be reversed one-hour at 12:00 hrs midnight of November 1. The clocks were advanced by one hour at midnight of June 1 in pursuance of daylight saving system.
Daylight saving system was aimed at saving the consumption of electricity at night by utilising an extra hour during the day for daylight activities, the official added.
The federal cabinet had approved moving the clocks one-hour ahead for daylight saving to meet the ongoing electricity shortfall in the country, he maintained. Last year, the government turned the clocks ahead on June 1 to avail an extra hour of daylight for conserving energy to contain the power shortfall. The official said that the government had saved about 400 Mega Watts of electricity through this system.