WikiProject Pakistan

Welcome to OSM Pakistan!

Pakistan is a country in Asia at latitude 30°00′00.00″ North, longitude 70°00′00.00″ East.

You can help!

There are many things you can do to help the map of Pakistan. Make sure to refer to the tagging guidelines below as well.

• Many roads missing on the outskirts of Karachi, in rural areas, and in Hyderabad.
• Many roads are missing in Karachi, Sukkur, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Lahore, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Peshawar, Quetta.
• Hyderabad and Kohat are in better shape but still missing some roads.

Tagging Features

Highway

Roads should be tagged in accordance with their official classification or their significance. We can further refine this tagging scheme with active participation from OSM Pakistan users.

Key	Value	Element	Comment	Example
highway	motorway		This tag should be applied to the carriageways of all designated motorways (M1-M10). Do not tag highways as motorways which have not be designated as such by NHA, Pakistan.
highway	motorway_link		The link roads (sliproads / ramps) leading to and from a motorway (or between two motorways). Only use this on slip roads to which motorway regulations apply (the "last escape" slip road before a road becomes motorway is not a motorway_link and should be tagged as a trunk_link or primary_link as appropriate to the non-motorway road it diverges from)
highway	trunk		All National Highways built, maintained and designated as National Highways by NHA, Pakistan.
highway	trunk_link		The link roads (sliproads / ramps) leading to and from a National Highway.
highway	primary		A 6 or more lanes dual carriageway. Important or major highways in a city can also be tagged as primary.
highway	primary_link		The link roads (sliproads / ramps).
highway	secondary		Regional highways mostly maintained by the Provincial Governments connecting cities, towns or villages.
highway	tertiary		4 lanes dual carriageway roads in a city or high importance roads.
highway	unclassified		No administrative classification. Unclassified roads typically form the lowest form of the interconnecting grid network. Note: This is not a marker for roads where we still need to choose a highway tag.
highway	residential		Roads accessing or around residential areas and which are not primary, secondary or tertiary.
highway	track		unmaintained and non-asphalt tracks
highway	service		A roadway providing connections to off-road destinations (such as car parks) or servicing private sites (such as industrial estates). Tagging a road as "service" indicates that the roadway should not be considered a through route nor expected to be of high quality. Pending a recognised tag for roads under construction, "service" may also be an appropriate tag for this purpose.

Motorways

Tag as "motorway", typically rendered in blue.

Road	Route	Length (km)	Details (Status)
M-1	Islamabad to Peshawar	155	Access-controlled motorway with 6 lanes
M-2	Lahore to Islamabad	367	Access-controlled motorway with 6 lanes (Completed November 26, 1997)
M-3	Lahore - Abdul Hakeem	230	Access-controlled motorway with 6 lanes
M-4	Multan - Pindi Bhattian	294	Operational 4 lanes, which, in future can be increased to 6 lanes.
M-5	Sukkur - Multan	392	Access-controlled motorway with 6 lanes completed on 5 November 2019
M-6	Hyderabad - Sukkur	306	Under-contruction (in January 2023) six lane access-controlled motorway.
M-7	Kakkar via Dureji to Karachi	303	Proposed 2 lanes. (Planned)
M-8	Gwadar - Ratodero	892	Two lanes highway, completed
M-9	Karachi - Hyderabad	136	Access-controlled 6 lanes motorway.
M-10	Karachi Northern Bypass	56	Access-controlled motorway with 6 lanes. (Completed 2007, restoration is in progress after bridge collapsed in 2007)
M-11	Lahore to Sialkot	103	4 lanes Operational since 18 March 2020
M-14	Hakla - Dera Ismail Khan	285	4 lane access controlled motorway completed on 5 January 2022
M-15 or E-35	Hazara Motorway Expressway 35	175	57km six lane access-controlled motorway from Burhan to Havelian 39km four lane access-controlled motorway from Havelian to Manshera 84km 2 lane partial access-controlled expressway from Manshera to Thakot
M-16	Swat Motorway	81	Operational 4 lane access controlled motorway

National Highways

Tag as "trunk", typically rendered in green.

Reference	Name	Route	Length (km)
N5	National Highway 5 (Grand Trunk Road)	Hyderabad-Moro-Multan-Sahiwal-Lahore-Jhelum-Rawalpindi-Peshawar-Torkham 1136962 1136962	1819
N10	Makran Coastal Highway	Lyari-Gwadar-Gabd	653
N15		Mansehra-Naran-Jhalkhand	240
N25	RCD Highway	Karachi-Bela-Khuzdar-Kalat-Quetta-Chaman	813
N39		Basima-Khuzdar	110
N35	Karakoram Highway (KKH)	Hasan Abdal-Abbottabad-Thakot-Gilgit-Khunjerab	806
N40		Lakpass-Naukundi-Taftan	610
N45		Dir-Chitral	309
N50		Kuchlack-Zhob-Dera Ismail Khan	531
N55	Indus Highway	Kotri-Shikarpur-Dera Ghazi Khan-Kohat-Peshawar	1264
N65		Sukkur-Sibi-Saryab	385
N70		Qila Saifullah-Loralai-Dera Ghazi Khan-Multan	447
N75	Murree Expressway	Islamabad-Satra Mile-Lower Topa (Murree)-Kohala	90
N80		Tarnol-Kohat	144
N85		Hoshab-Pangjur-Nag-Basima-Surab	487
N90		Kwazakhela-Alpuri-Besham	64
N95		Chakdara-Mingora-Manglour-Kwazakhela-Madyan-Bahrain-Kalam	135
S1		Gilgit-Skardu	167
S2		Kohala-Muzaffarabad	40
S3		Muzaffarabad-Chakothi	55
E3		Wazirabad-Pindi Bhattian	100
E4		Faisalabad-Khanewal	184
E5		Khanewal-Lodhran Section	100

Administrative units of Pakistan

The administrative units of Pakistan consist of four provinces (Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Sindh), two autonomous territories (Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan) and one federal territory (Islamabad Capital Territory). Each province and territory is subdivided into divisions, which are further subdivided into districts, which are further subdivided into tehsils, or taluka, which are further subdivided into union councils.

province / territory (tagged with admin_level 3)

division (tagged with admin_level 4)

district (tagged with admin_level 5)

tehsil / taluka (tagged with admin_level 6)

union council

Largest Cities

• Karachi
• Lahore
• Faisalabad
• Rawalpindi
• Multan
• Gujranwala
• Hyderabad
• Peshawar
• Islamabad
• Quetta
• Gujrat

People Involved

If you are contributing to OSM Pakistan please do create an account on this wiki.

See Category:Users in Pakistan

Disaster response

There have been a number of disasters in Pakistan for which HOT and OpenStreetMappers in general have responded by helping to produce/improve maps with the potential to provide useful maps to aid agencies. Disasters include

• 2022 Pakistan Floods
• 2013 Pakistan Earthquake
• 2010 07 Pakistan Floods

Quality controls

• Quality control with Osmose

See also

• OSM Map On Garmin
• Map Features - how to tag streets, and other features - Highly recommended!
• Editing Standards and Conventions
• Tagging FAQ
• Mapping techniques and related tricks and tips
• Better Mapping - notes from the British Cartographic Society on how to produce better maps