Pakistan: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 122
- Consulates
- 60
- missions abroad
- 106
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 9
Live & travel in Pakistan
Monthly budget
$1,050/mo
Prices vs USA: 23%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 276.77 PKR
Internet access
57%
of people online
Air quality
58.4
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Urdu, English
Emergency
16 · 1122 · 15
Plug types
BS 546, Europlug, BS 1363
Calling code
+92
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Jun 15, 2026
2.9
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost4.8
- Safety2.8
- Internet access2.3
- Air quality1.0
- Climate3.5
SOS · Pakistan16Restaurants, cafés and dishes in PakistanHazara Restaurant · Falooda · Chapli kebab · Pakora · Gulab jamun · Chicken tikka
Government consensus
Increased caution· 2 of 3 governments- United StatesReconsider travel· parts of the country
- United KingdomIncreased caution· parts of the country
- CanadaIncreased caution· parts of the country
Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Dec 25, 2026 · Quaid-e-Azam Day
- Feb 5, 2027 · Kashmir Day
- Mar 9, 2027 · End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)
- Mar 23, 2027 · Pakistan Day
- May 1, 2027 · Labour Day
- May 16, 2027 · Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
- May 28, 2027 · Youm-e-Takbeer
- Jun 14, 2027 · Ashura
Cities in Pakistan
Traveller essentials · Pakistan
- Emergency
- 16 · 1122 · 15
- Calling code
- +92
- Currency
- PKR
- Plug types
- BS 546, Europlug, BS 1363, British and related types
- Drives on the
- left
- Capital
- Islamabad
- Time zone
- Asia/Karachi
Foreign missions in Pakistan
AfghanistanIslamabad, Karachi, Peshawar3AlbaniaKarachi1AlgeriaIslamabad1ArgentinaIslamabad1AustraliaIslamabad, Karachi2AustriaIslamabad1AzerbaijanIslamabad1BahrainIslamabad1BangladeshIslamabad, Karachi3BelarusIslamabad1BelgiumIslamabad, Karachi2Bosnia and HerzegovinaIslamabad1BotswanaKarachi1BrazilIslamabad1BulgariaIslamabad1CameroonKarachi1CanadaIslamabad, Karachi, Lahore3ChinaIslamabad, Karachi, Lahore3CyprusIslamabad, Karachi2CzechiaIslamabad, Karachi2EgyptIslamabad1FinlandIslamabad, Karachi2FranceIslamabad, Karachi2GermanyIslamabad, Karachi, Lahore3GhanaIslamabad1GreeceIslamabad1HungaryIslamabad1IcelandIslamabad1IndiaIslamabad, Karachi2IndonesiaIslamabad, Karachi2IranIslamabad, Karachi, Peshawar4IraqIslamabad1IrelandKarachi1ItalyIslamabad, Karachi2JapanIslamabad, Karachi2JordanIslamabad1KazakhstanIslamabad1KuwaitIslamabad, Karachi2LibyaIslamabad1MalaysiaIslamabad, Karachi2MaldivesIslamabad1MoroccoIslamabad1NepalIslamabad1NetherlandsIslamabad3NigeriaIslamabad1North KoreaIslamabad, Karachi2NorwayIslamabad1OmanIslamabad1PalestineIslamabad1PhilippinesIslamabad1PolandIslamabad1PortugalIslamabad1QatarIslamabad, Karachi2RomaniaIslamabad, Karachi2RussiaIslamabad, Karachi2Saudi ArabiaIslamabad, Karachi3SingaporeKarachi1South AfricaIslamabad1South KoreaKarachi, Islamabad2SpainIslamabad1Sri LankaIslamabad1SwedenIslamabad1SwitzerlandIslamabad, Karachi2SyriaIslamabad1TajikistanIslamabad, Karachi3ThailandIslamabad, Karachi2TunisiaIslamabad1TürkiyeIslamabad, Lahore, Karachi3TurkmenistanIslamabad1UkraineIslamabad1United Arab EmiratesIslamabad, Karachi2United KingdomIslamabad, Karachi2United StatesIslamabad, Lahore, Karachi4UzbekistanIslamabad1Vatican CityIslamabad1VietnamIslamabad1YemenIslamabad1
Pakistan missions abroad
AfghanistanKabul, Herat, Jalalabad4ArgentinaBuenos Aires1AustraliaCanberra2AustriaVienna1AzerbaijanBaku1BahrainManama1BangladeshDhaka1BelarusMinsk1BelgiumBrussels1BeninPorto-Novo1Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1BrazilBrasília1BruneiBandar Seri Begawan1BulgariaSofia1CambodiaPhnom Penh1CanadaOttawa, Vancouver, Toronto4ChinaBeijing, Chengdu2Costa RicaSan José1CzechiaPrague1DenmarkCopenhagen1EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FranceParis1GermanyBerlin, Frankfurt, Munich3GreeceAthens1HungaryBudapest1IndiaNew Delhi1IndonesiaJakarta1IranTehran, Zahedan, Mashhad3IraqBaghdad1IrelandDublin1ItalyRome, Milan2JapanTokyo, Osaka2KenyaNairobi1KuwaitKuwait City1KyrgyzstanBishkek1LebanonBeirut1LibyaTripoli1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1MaldivesMalé1MauritiusPort Louis1MexicoMexico City1MoroccoRabat1MyanmarYangon1NepalKathmandu1NetherlandsThe Hague1New ZealandWellington1NigerNiamey1NigeriaAbuja1North KoreaPyongyang1NorwayOslo1OmanMuscat1PhilippinesManila1PolandWarsaw1PortugalLisbon1RomaniaBucharest1RussiaMoscow1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Jeddah2SenegalDakar1SerbiaBelgrade1SomaliaMogadishu1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid, Barcelona2Sri LankaSri Jayawardenepura Kotte1SudanKhartoum1SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandBern1TanzaniaDar es Salaam1ThailandBangkok1TunisiaTunis1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul2TurkmenistanAshgabat1UgandaKampala1UkraineKyiv1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2United KingdomLondon, Manchester, Glasgow5United StatesWashington, D.C., New York City, Houston5UzbekistanTashkent1VietnamHanoi1YemenSanaa1
Who can enter Pakistan without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Pakistan?
122 missions, 77 countries.
Emergency: Pakistan?
16 (fire department), 1122 (emergency medical services), 15 (police)
Who can enter Pakistan without a visa?
9: Bahrain, Kuwait, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates…