SBP additional suggested banks to maintain their involved branches open on Could 30, 2026.
For facilitation in tax assortment, the State Financial institution of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday requested all business banks to look at prolonged working hours on Friday and Saturday, Could 29 and 30, 2026, together with guaranteeing uninterrupted availability of their on-line fee channels.
The central financial institution has taken the choice on the request of the Federal Board of Income (FBR), to facilitate taxpayers in making over-the-counter (OTC) fee of presidency duties and taxes, stated a press release issued right here.
“All branches of economic banks shall observe prolonged working hours till 05:30 PM on Friday, Could 29, 2026. All Saturday-opening branches of economic banks shall stay open from 09:00 AM to 05:30 PM on Saturday, Could 30, 2026,” it reads.
To facilitate taxpayers in making over-the-counter fee of presidency duties and taxes, all branches of economic banks shall observe prolonged working hours till 5:30 PM on Friday, Could 29, 2026. All Saturday-opening branches of economic banks shall stay open from 9:00… pic.twitter.com/bz4m94DTYa
— SBP (@StateBank_Pak) May 25, 2026
To facilitate the web tax funds, the banks shall additionally guarantee uninterrupted availability of their on-line fee channels ie web banking, cell purposes, ATMs, and different digital platforms.
The SBP additional suggested banks to maintain their involved branches open on Could 30, 2026 for so long as required to facilitate the Particular Clearing for Authorities transactions performed by NIFT.
