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The KKH connects Pakistan with [[China]].
 
The KKH connects Pakistan with [[China]].
 
Great hitchhiking in the Northern Areas province.
 
Great hitchhiking in the Northern Areas province.
Waiting times vary and depends on your location. There are a lot of blind curves. Be careful for landslides and rockfall. The last or first major town in Pakistan is Sost. There is a dry port where you can find all the truckdrivers to China or south into Pakistan. Close to the border is a national park where you have to pay a fee of 800 PKR to pass through. The northern part of the KKH is smooth hiking. Police will help you to find rides. Be prepared for snow in winter. Camping spots can be found in villages but rarely along the mountain part of the KKH. There is some couchsurfing in Gilgit. November 2016
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Waiting times vary and depend on your location. There are a lot of blind curves. Be careful for landslides and rockfall. The last or first major town in Pakistan is Sost. There is a dry port where you can find all the truckdrivers to China or south into Pakistan. Close to the border is a national park where you have to pay a fee of 800 PKR to pass through. The northern part of the KKH is smooth hiking. Police will help you to find rides. Be prepared for snow in winter. Camping spots can be found in villages but rarely along the mountain part of the KKH. There is some couchsurfing in Gilgit. November 2016
  
 
== Borders ==
 
== Borders ==

Revision as of 10:33, 27 November 2016

Flag of Pakistan Pakistan
Information
Language: Urdu
Capital: Islamabad
Population: 188,020,000
Currency: Pakistani Rupee (PKR)
Hitchability: <rating country='pk' />
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Pakistan is a country in Southern Asia.

Police have a terrible reputation in Pakistan. In nicer states like Punjab they try to force you onto a bus but when you strongly say no, they stop a truck for you. If it seems that police in Balochistan are very much against hitchhiking and will force you onto busses, this is because foreigners regularly get abducted there. In 2011 a Swiss tourist couple was abducted, and in 2013 two Czech travellers.

In the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) the police are on high alert and a foreigner hitchhiking is to be treated with extreme caution! In 2009 User:Taylor was illegally detained, beaten, harassed and accused of being CIA spy or being Afghan and having a fake passport. Similar occurences happen every year: here an example from 2011; for two Germans being detained and interrogated in 2014 read this.

As of 2015, not only do Baluchistan and NWFP continue to be areas of high risk, most of the Sindh province is also not stable, and neither is southern Punjab. Taliban have taken over some villages there, so be careful with hitchhiking cross-country.

Nonetheless, in the areas that are safe it's amazing to hitchhike in Pakistan. Pakistani trucks are beautiful (even though they sometimes go as slowly as 10 km/h) and the truck drivers are very hospitable.

Cities

Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Taftan, Quetta, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Islamabad, Gilgit, Passu, Sost

Karakoram Highway

The KKH connects Pakistan with China. Great hitchhiking in the Northern Areas province. Waiting times vary and depend on your location. There are a lot of blind curves. Be careful for landslides and rockfall. The last or first major town in Pakistan is Sost. There is a dry port where you can find all the truckdrivers to China or south into Pakistan. Close to the border is a national park where you have to pay a fee of 800 PKR to pass through. The northern part of the KKH is smooth hiking. Police will help you to find rides. Be prepared for snow in winter. Camping spots can be found in villages but rarely along the mountain part of the KKH. There is some couchsurfing in Gilgit. November 2016

Borders

Pakistan has borders with Iran, Afghanistan, China and India.

See also

A Video about crossing Pakistan from Iran to India, partially by hitchhiking: vimeo.com/84466726

A blog about the stories of a hitchhiker with many stories about Pakistan from several visits

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