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'''Pakistan''' is a country in Asia. It's probably not too hard to hitchhike.
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|country = of Pakistan
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|map = <map lat='31' lng='70' zoom='5' view='0' height='350' country='Pakistan' float='right' />
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|language = Urdu
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|capital = [[Islamabad]]
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|pop = 169,027,500
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|currency = Pakistani Rupee (PKR)
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|hitch = {{average}} to {{bad}}
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'''Pakistan''' is a country in [[Central Asia]].
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Police have a terrible reputation in Pakistan. In nicer states like Punjab they try to force you onto a bus but when you strongly say no, they stop a truck for you. It seems that police in Balochistan are VERY against hitchhiking and will force you onto buses. In the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) the police are on high alert and a foreigner hitchhiking is to be treated with EXTREME caution! In 2009 [[User:Taylor]] was illegally detained, beaten, harassed and accused of being CIA spy or being  Afghan and having a fake passport. Not good.
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As a guy, it's amazing to hitchhike in Pakistan. The Pakistani trucks are beautiful and the truck drivers very hospitable.
  
 
== Cities ==
 
== Cities ==

Revision as of 01:57, 21 March 2010

Flag of Pakistan Pakistan
Information
Language: Urdu
Capital: Islamabad
Population: 169,027,500
Currency: Pakistani Rupee (PKR)
Hitchability: Average.png (average) to Bad.png (bad)
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<map lat='31' lng='70' zoom='5' view='0' height='350' country='Pakistan' float='right' />

Pakistan is a country in Central Asia.

Police have a terrible reputation in Pakistan. In nicer states like Punjab they try to force you onto a bus but when you strongly say no, they stop a truck for you. It seems that police in Balochistan are VERY against hitchhiking and will force you onto buses. In the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) the police are on high alert and a foreigner hitchhiking is to be treated with EXTREME caution! In 2009 User:Taylor was illegally detained, beaten, harassed and accused of being CIA spy or being Afghan and having a fake passport. Not good.

As a guy, it's amazing to hitchhike in Pakistan. The Pakistani trucks are beautiful and the truck drivers very hospitable.

Cities

Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Quetta, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Islamabad, Gilgit

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