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What is PKT in AKST?

Alaska Time is 14 hours behind

Pakistan Standard Time is on UTC+5:00 and Alaska Time is on UTC−9:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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AKST — Alaska Time

11:00 pm

AKST, Fri, the previous day

Time in Karachi
1:30:55 PM
Time in Anchorage
11:30:55 PM
Difference
−14 h
Next clock change
March 14, 2027

When the difference changes

Pakistan Standard Time and Alaska Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:

  1. Now – March 14, 2027Alaska Time is 14 hours behind
  2. March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027Alaska Time is 13 hours behind
  3. November 7, 2027 – onwardsAlaska Time is 14 hours behind

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Pakistan Standard Time

No clock changes

Pakistan Standard Time stays on PKT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

Alaska Time

Sunday, March 14, 2027

Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on AKDT after that.

PKT to AKST conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Pakistan Standard Time to Alaska Time. 14 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Anchorage, which is marked.

12:00 am PKT
10:00 am AKST−1 day
1:00 am PKT
11:00 am AKST−1 day
2:00 am PKT
12:00 pm AKST−1 day
3:00 am PKT
1:00 pm AKST−1 day
4:00 am PKT
2:00 pm AKST−1 day
5:00 am PKT
3:00 pm AKST−1 day
6:00 am PKT
4:00 pm AKST−1 day
7:00 am PKT
5:00 pm AKST−1 day
8:00 am PKT
6:00 pm AKST−1 day
9:00 am PKT
7:00 pm AKST−1 day
10:00 am PKT
8:00 pm AKST−1 day
11:00 am PKT
9:00 pm AKST−1 day
12:00 pm PKT
10:00 pm AKST−1 day
1:00 pm PKT
11:00 pm AKST−1 day
2:00 pm PKT
12:00 am AKST
3:00 pm PKT
1:00 am AKST
4:00 pm PKT
2:00 am AKST
5:00 pm PKT
3:00 am AKST
6:00 pm PKT
4:00 am AKST
7:00 pm PKT
5:00 am AKST
8:00 pm PKT
6:00 am AKST
9:00 pm PKT
7:00 am AKST
10:00 pm PKT
8:00 am AKST
11:00 pm PKT
9:00 am AKST

Scheduling between the two

There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Karachi and one in Anchorage — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Karachi is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Anchorage.

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