KARACHI: To facilitate the collection of government receipts/duties/taxes, it has been decided that the field offices of the SBP Banking Services Corporation (SBP-BSC) and authorised branches of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) will observe extended banking hours till 8:00pm on Friday, October 15, 2021, for which a special clearing has been arranged at 6:00pm on the same day through NIFT.

All banks are; therefore, advised to keep their concerned branches open on Friday, October 15, 2021, till such time that is necessary to facilitate the special clearing for the government transactions by NIFT.