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- <text id=93CT1831>
- <title>
- Pakistan--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- South Asia
- Pakistan
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Climate and clothing: Lightweight clothing for the hot, dry
- period which immediately precedes the hot, humid weather of the
- monsoon rains in July and August; medium-weight clothing for
- winter, with woolens needed in the north.
- </p>
- <p> Visas: Visas are required; obtain before traveling to
- Pakistan. The land border with India is open to foreigners at
- Wagah (between Lahore and Amritsar) only on certain days of the
- week. Due to political problems in India's (east) Punjab State,
- foreign visitors may not stay in Amritsar but must be escorted
- in convoy to Ambala (on the Grand Trunk road toward New Delhi).
- For non-diplomats, this can be done on the 2d, 12th, and 22d of
- the month. Diplomats should check the procedure to follow with
- the Indian Embassy or Foreign Office in New Delhi. India and
- Pakistan require that all cars entering at the border be
- covered by an international Carnet de Passage. On May 1, 1986,
- China and Pakistan opened the Khunjerab Pass. Travelers must
- obtain visas and make arrangements through local authorities.
- The Karakoram Highway, built with Chinese aid and connecting
- Pakistan and China through the Khunjerab Pass, was opened in
- the late 1970s.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: Adequate internal and external telephone,
- telegraph, and mail service exists; there is no direct dial for
- international calls.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: Railroad transportation is adequate. The
- public bus system is poor. Air service is excellent. Highways
- are generally crowded, and driving can be dangerous,
- particularly at night; north-south roads are primitive.
- </p>
- <p> Tourist attractions: Greco-Buddhist ruins at Taxila;
- pre-Indus civilization ruins at Mohenjodaro; K-2 and Nanga
- Parbat, the world's second and third highest mountains;
- Jahangir's tomb, the Shalimar Gardens, the Fort, and the
- Badshahi Mosque at Lahore; and the old cities of Multan and
- Peshawar.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- March 1987.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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