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      <title>State Bank of Pakistan announces new banking hours for Ramazan</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced revised banking hours for the month of Ramazan.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An official statement announced that banks will be open from 9am to 3pm Monday through Thursday without breaks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On Fridays, the hours will be from 9am to 12:30pm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For public transactions, banks will operate from 9am to 2pm Monday through Thursday, with Friday services ending at 12:30pm.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The SBP spokesperson confirmed that all commercial banks, development finance institutions (DFIs), and microfinance banks will adhere to the updated schedule during Ramazan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also, read this&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/30315885/banking-hours-for-ramazan-in-pakistan"&gt;Banking hours for Ramazan in Pakistan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330404847/ssgc-announces-gas-supply-schedule-for-sehar-iftaar-in-ramazan"&gt;SSGC announces gas supply schedule for Sehar, Iftaar in Ramazan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Earlier, the Punjab Education Department &lt;a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330404748/punjab-announces-revised-school-timings-for-ramadan-month"&gt;announced&lt;/a&gt; new school timings for the duration of Ramadan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In a similar situation, Islamabad High Court &lt;a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330405143/islamabad-high-court-announces-court-timings-for-ramazan"&gt;issued&lt;/a&gt; the court timings for the month of Ramazan, including those for both the high court and district and sessions court.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced revised banking hours for the month of Ramazan.</strong></p>
<p>An official statement announced that banks will be open from 9am to 3pm Monday through Thursday without breaks.</p>
<p>On Fridays, the hours will be from 9am to 12:30pm.</p>
<p>For public transactions, banks will operate from 9am to 2pm Monday through Thursday, with Friday services ending at 12:30pm.</p>
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<p>The SBP spokesperson confirmed that all commercial banks, development finance institutions (DFIs), and microfinance banks will adhere to the updated schedule during Ramazan.</p>
<p><strong>Also, read this</strong></p>
<blockquote class="blockquote-level-1">
<p><em><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/30315885/banking-hours-for-ramazan-in-pakistan">Banking hours for Ramazan in Pakistan</a></em></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote class="blockquote-level-1">
<p><em><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/30358611/govt-announces-new-timings-for-public-offices-after-ramazan">Govt announces new timings for public offices after Ramazan</a></em></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote class="blockquote-level-1">
<p><em><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330404847/ssgc-announces-gas-supply-schedule-for-sehar-iftaar-in-ramazan">SSGC announces gas supply schedule for Sehar, Iftaar in Ramazan</a></em></p>
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<p>Earlier, the Punjab Education Department <a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330404748/punjab-announces-revised-school-timings-for-ramadan-month">announced</a> new school timings for the duration of Ramadan.</p>
<p>In a similar situation, Islamabad High Court <a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330405143/islamabad-high-court-announces-court-timings-for-ramazan">issued</a> the court timings for the month of Ramazan, including those for both the high court and district and sessions court.</p>
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