The federal government on Tuesday has issued a notification regarding new working hours for government offices.

According to the notification issued by the newly elected government, the new working hours for government offices are from 9 am to 5 pm from Monday to Friday. The office timings will be applicable with immediate effect, read the notification.

Before this development, the timings for the government employees were from 8 am till 3 pm. The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government has however, decided to continue with Saturday as a weekly holiday, local media reported.