Plugs and voltage
Pakistan uses Types C and D sockets; Types G and M are also found. Mains supply is 230 V at 50 Hz.
Two-pin Type C and three-pin Type D are most common; Type G and M appear in newer and commercial buildings.
At 230 V, devices made only for 100–127 V (many American and Japanese hair dryers, curling irons and some shavers) will be damaged without a step-down converter. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.
Money
Rs Pakistani Rupee PKR
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 281.1 PKR (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 23 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Pakistan are about 23% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Urduofficial95%
- Englishofficial50%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Pakistan is on UTC+5, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Pakistan drives on the left, so the steering wheel is on the right. All left-driving countries
Public holidays in the next 12 months
16 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.
November 2026
- Iqbal Day
December 2026
- Quaid-e-Azam Day
February 2027
- Kashmir Solidarity Day
March 2027
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Pakistan Day
May 2027
- Labor Day
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Youm-e-Takbeer
June 2027
- Ashura (estimated)
- Ashura (estimated)
August 2027
- Independence Day
- Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 3 Reconsider travel
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country
- FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country
Updated 2026-10-27. Read the full advice. Checked 2026-11-02.
Advisories are written for each government's own citizens and change without notice: read the original before you travel.
Other practical facts
- Calling code
- +92
- Internet domain
- .pk
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Sunday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
More in Southern Asia
Flag: Flag of Pakistan.svg, Public domain. Arms: State emblem of Pakistan.svg, Public domain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
