In order to facilitate the collection of Government receipts/duties/taxes, it has been decided that the field offices of SBP Banking Services Corporation (SBP-BSC) and authorized branches of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) will observe extended banking hours till 8:00 P.M. and 10:00 P.M. on 30th and 31st December 2022 respectively.
Accordingly, NIFT has been advised to arrange a special clearing at 8:00 P.M. on 31st December 2022 (Saturday) for the same-day clearing of payment instruments.
To facilitate collection of Govt receipts/duties/taxes, all #SBP-BSC field offices & authorised NBP 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟖𝐩𝐦 & 𝟏𝟎𝐩𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡 & 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝟐𝟐, respectivelyhttps://t.co/Ty5a4MWVmC pic.twitter.com/hg17pc3cR3
— SBP (@StateBank_Pak) December 26, 2022
All banks are, therefore, advised to keep their concerned branches open on 31st December 2022 (Saturday) till such time that is necessary to facilitate the special clearing for Government transactions by the NIFT.
