Explore by region

Pakistan, region by region.

Move through the country with geography, season and onward connections made clearer.

Hunza Valley beneath the Karakoram mountains

High Pakistan

Gilgit-Baltistan

Where the road meets the great ranges.

Badshahi Mosque in Lahore

Architecture and living culture

Punjab

History carried into the present.

Faisal Mosque and Islamabad at sunset

The composed capital

Islamabad Capital Territory

A green beginning for the road north.

Forested hills in Swat Valley

Valleys and deep history

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Forest country with ancient layers.

Karachi city and mosque minaret at sunset

River and sea

Sindh

Ancient cities and a modern coast.

Neelum River and the green hills of Muzaffarabad

River valleys

Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Follow the water into the mountains.

Gwadar cliffs overlooking the Arabian Sea

The far horizon

Balochistan

A coast and desert built on scale.