LONDON – The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against alltravel to:
– the areas in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province formerly known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas – the districts of Charsadda, Kohat, Tank, Bannu, Lakki, Dera Ismail Khan, Swat, Buner and Lower Dir in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa – the city of Peshawar and districts south of the city, including travel on the Peshawar to Chitral road via the Lowari Pass – northern and western Balochistan Province – travel on the Karakoram Highway between Islamabad and Gilgit – the immediate vicinity of the Line of Control
The FCO advise against all but essential travel to:
– the Kalesh Valley, the Bamoboret Valley and Arandu District to the south and west of Chitral in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa – the city of Quetta – areas of Sindh Province north of, and including, the city of Nawabshah
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A significant earthquake occurred in the Mirpur region in PakistaniAdministered Kashmir on 24 September, with dozens of people reported killedor injured. Relief operations are underway. You should exercise caution invisiting the region at this time, and follow advice from the localauthorities.
In recent years, the security situation in Pakistan has improvedconsiderably following action by the Pakistan government and securityforces. In 2018, there were an estimated 484,000 visits by Britishnationals to Pakistan. Most visits are trouble-free.
