KARACHI:In order to facilitate the collection of Government receipts / duties / taxes, it has been decided that the field offices of State Bank of Pakistan-Banking Services Corporation (SBP-BSC) and authorized branches of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) will observe extended banking hours till 8:00 P.M. and 10:00 P.M. on December 30-31, 2022 respectively.
Accordingly, NIFT has been advised to arrange a special clearing at 8:00 P.M. on December 31, 2022 (Saturday) for same day clearing of payment instruments.
All banks are, therefore, advised to keep their concerned branches open on December 31, 2022 (Saturday) till such time that is necessary to facilitate the special clearing for Government transactions by the NIFT.