Pakistan Solo Female Travel Safety Tips and Advice

On this page you will find first-hand, unbiased, and real safety tips, advice and reviews from women traveling solo, submitted directly from their personal experiences in the country.

Their opinions are unfiltered and submitted independently as part of the Solo Female Travel Safety Index, a ranking of 210 countries and regions based on how safe they are for women traveling solo.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers.

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Pakistan Country data

We have compiled a few data points below that can help you better understand Pakistan and have more context when thinking about travel safety.

Official country name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Etymology: The word "pak" means "pure" in Persian or Pashto, while the Persian suffix "-stan" means "place of" or "country," so the word Pakistan literally means "Land of the Pure".

Capital: Islamabad.

Independence / foundation: Pakistan Day (also referred to as Pakistan Resolution Day or Republic Day) is 23 March and it commemorates both the adoption of the Lahore Resolution by the All-India Muslim League during its 22-24 March 1940 session, which called for the creation of independent Muslim states, and the adoption of the first constitution of Pakistan on 23 March 1956 during the transition to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Population: 248 million.

Currency: Pakistani Rupee (PKR)
1 USD = 278 - 279 PKR
1 EUR = 299 - 305 PKR

Time zone: UTC+5

Languages spoken: Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Saraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashto (alternate name, Pashtu) 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8%.

Religions: Muslim (official) 96% (Sunni 85-90%, Shia 10-15%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 4%.

Climate: Mostly hot, dry desert climate that is temperate in the northwest and arctic in north.

Real GDP (ppp – purchasing power parity): $1.26 trillion.

Real GDP per capita (ppp): $5,400.

Main airports: Jinnah International Airport, Alama Iqbal International Airport, Peshawar International Airport.

World heritage sites in Pakistan

There are over 1,100 world heritage sites spread across more than 165 countries. New ones are added every year, and some may be removed from the list for various reasons.

Number of UNESCO listed sites: 6.

Top world heritage sites:

- Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro.
- Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol.
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore.
- Taxila.
- Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta.
- Rohtas Fort.

Interesting facts about Pakistan

- Pakistan translates as ‘Land of the Spiritually Clean and Pure’.

- Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital city, was built in 1960 and it was chosen by a commission in 1959 after Karachi was declared unsuitable as the capital.

- Pakistan has had two Nobel Prize winners. Abdus Salam won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 and Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. She was 17 at the time, making her the youngest laureate ever.

- Pakistan is home to some of the highest peaks in the world such as K2. It's also home to five of the eight-thousanders.

- The highest cash machine (ATM) is located at a height of 4,693 meters at the Khunjerab Pass on the border of Pakistan and China.

Further reading: N/A.

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About the Solo Female Travel Safety Index

Safety matters to solo female travelers, you told us so in our annual Solo Female Travel Survey, where year after year, women prove that this is their most important concern when traveling solo.

We wanted to do something about it, so we built these country-specific pages where you can find reviews and scores for 7 key variables affecting the safety of women traveling solo.

How to use the Safety Index

On this page, you will find the country score and the personal opinions on safety of other women traveling solo.

You can sort the comments by:

• The level of experience traveling solo of the reviewer (beginner = <5 trips solo, Intermediate = 5 to 10 trips solo, Experienced = >10 trips solo).
• The age of the traveler.
• Whether they are a visitor or local.
• The date they were posted.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers. 

Thus, the lower the score, the safer the country.

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