ISLAMABAD, Jun 1 (APP): The clocks have been advanced by an hour from  June 1 (Sunday) all over the country that would help to save working people  from scorching heat and find an extra hour for their leisure activities.

The Daylight Saving Times (DST) would also help in saving energy  as the country is facing power crisis. Like many other countries, Pakistan has planned to use DST to save energy during the peak summer season.   

The office going people appreciated comprehensive plan for conserving  power by advancing clocks by an hour from June 01.

However, clocks would be brought back to the actual time on September 1. According to DST, the sunrise in Islamabad will be at 6 a.m. instead of 5 a.m. and sunset at 8 p.m.

“Advancing clock would be a sigh of relief in summer season for the office going staff who usually start their duty at sharp 9 a.m. as it will save us from severe heat at the peak of summer,” said Hummad Hussain, an official.  

DST or summer time in British English is the convention of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. 

Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring  and are adjusted backward in autumn. Modern DST was first proposed in 1907 by William Willett.