DST Ends Today

Pakistan will end its daylight saving time (DST) at midnight (00:00) between Saturday, October 31, and Sunday, November 1, 2009, which will see the clocks move back by one hour. Lucky me, I can sleep another hour in morning.Waking up very early to prepare the kids for school in cold season is really a big problem for me because I am lazy to get up.Anyhow, I'm thankful that summer is over.This summer was the worst, as load shedding (brownouts) was every other hour, due to power shortage that this country is facing.What I've heard, the government decided to start DST on April 15 and end DST on 1st November on an annual basis.

Daylight Saving Time

Effective last midnight, Pakistan adopts daylight saving time, pushing clocks forward by one hour.This is aimed to cut energy costs by taking advantage of long summer days. Along with the DST, several energy saving measures announced by the government earlier this month will be enforced from today.Shops will close at 9pm and remain close on Fridays and open on Sundays.In government offices, air conditioners will be switched on only from 11 am.
Our situation here is getting worst every summer because of power shortage.Just imagine, we don't have electricity every other hour....meaning 12 hours without electricity.Who can live with that situation?When we have to use Airconditioners 24 hours in the peak of summer.We can't even have a good night sleep, because we woke up at night when there's no electricity to stay at the rooftop,where there's a bit of warm summer breeze, better than staying inside the bedroom where I feel I will be suffocated because of the heat. P.S. TO ALL MY FRIENDS : Sorry if I can't visit you or drop EC, because this situation is beyond my control. I promise to make it up, when situation goes back to normal here.