Islamabad to Karachi Road Trip?

[asamieh]

Khair naal jaoo te khair naal aaooo

[sajjad262]

Oh dear don't panic about 5-10 km distance, allah ka nam le kar journey start karo and you will find the way yourself

[neoq]

Thank you @asameih and waqitariq for your comments.

Thanks Sajjad.... I cudnt understand tho...do u mean only 5-10 km ka difference paray ga in the entire journey lenght? If I travel to LHE using Motorway and then change to GT Rd from LHE. ??

Thanks.

[bigb_gr8]

@ neoq
bhai u need patrol just Rs.1000 -1500 that is sufficient for return journey
reg the m.way
u hav no choice but to opt for national highway
using m.way from Islamabad - Lahore
save u lot of time
then u take MULTAN road from thokar niaz baig.
leav lslambad early in morning at 6:00am
then u can reach Bahawalpur / Rahim Yar Khan at night almost 9-10pm
then u proceed next day early morning for karachi
total journey from lahore is almost 18-19 hours (based on cng)
depending upon yr stops

btw one of my friend travelled in 15 hours in his prado
got 3 tickets for speeding

[E90]

Totally agree with spectra

[neoq]

Guys another thought just popped up. I have General tyres, they are new tho (2500km used) but what do u suggest shud I give it a go or change to a good brand before the journey???

Thanks for all your comments.

[spectra]

General tyres will not do any harm to your trip.

We did same trip on General tyres here is the link
https://www.pakwheels.com/forumreply_az_TopicID!83865~ForumID!29~pw.html

[spectra]

Just keep in mind that you have to stay at N-5 (its highway code for the one which takes you to Karachi from Islamabad via Lahore if you use GT road otherwise you reach lahore by M2 (motorway and merge on N-5 at the point where motorway ends. Chances of getting lost are remote but possible

[portage1]

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.......................tell them you know me, and they will set you free........
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[neoq]

@Spectra
Thanks for your comments ...very useful indeed. OK I have another one....On the N5 there are bypasses to major cities....to save time I think it will be best if I take the city bypasses rather going thru the cities.....but the question is: Is CNG available outside the cities?? .. your suggestions please?? Did you use the bypasses or went thru cities??

@Portage1
portage bhai kia gr8 idea hai....thanks for letting me use your reference....u know wht will be even better.... just give me one of ur CHADDAS (bikini :P) so the dacoits can get their dogs to sniff em and make sure that this is a true reference. I will wait for your courier

[bigb_gr8]

cng stations are located on high way
no need to go thru cities

as u are travlleing with family
u shud travel in daylight
specially in sindh

cheers

[spectra]

Bhai cng available all along on N-5. Dont be extra cautious get ready. Do your best and start the journey. Keeping doubts in mind will turn them into reality.

[neoq]

Right on mate!
Just want to be prepared and gather as much info as possible....Sorry to bother u all with so many questions. Thanks for all ur comments.

[neoq]

@Spectra

About your thread. its quite informative and pictorial!!
Is the Royal Palace Inn (Jamil Guest house) the one you stayed in RahimYarKhan....is it a family hotel? how was your experience? and wht was thr dbl-room rate per night? It looks good with nice parking too. What do u say?
Thanks.

[rao_hims1]

@ neoq

sir ji which car you're planning to take along????

[spectra]

@Neoq

It is a very good guest house but are you willing t o drive 950 kms in one day?

[neoq]

@Spectra
Well I am not sure about that....you tell me? What I figure is that since the total distance is about 1700 km so even if we dont travel 950 km the first day ... we will have to travel 900 km from BHW-KHI the next day anyways....and that too in sindh which has uncertain road conditions. So my priority should be to get to RYK asap so we wont have a longer chunk of trip left on the second day. What do you reckon?

yah pls do tell me the rate of the Jamil guest house? tht will help.

@rao
InsaAllah I will do the trip next month riding a City idsi.

[ahmadbila]

@spectra
brother i dnt think so one can drive frm isb to bhawalpur in a day.u se isb-lhr is abt 6 hrs journey,then frm lhr to multan,its again 6 hrs nd bhawalpur is another 2 hrs i think.how can one drive soo much?the max i drove once was 700kms in a single day wid just total rest of 30mins.we dove frm sgd to lhr on this ead,took mu cuzn frm airport(20mins stay) nd then drove to nowshehra(near peshawar).nd at the end i wanst able to park the car in garage:D ye hal ho gya tha.

[ahmadbila]

GENERAL tyres wont do any harm.but dnt drive for more then 250kms widout a stop.give ur self nd ur car s rest for atleast 15-20mins.

n-5 is a really nice road nd i travel on it several times a year going to multan.i enjoy driving on it.

nd yeah,do take pix of the journey,note the milage nd let us know how ur city idsi did all the way(Y)

[spectra]

If you intend to stop at rahim yar khan than dont go via Lahore. Going direct to multan and further to rahim yar khan will be wise. Go to faisalabad through motorway. From faisalabad exit turn left towards sargodha and there will be another left turn which is called jhang bypass. From there you will reach jhang. From jhang to kabirwala is a lousy road but not a big issue. Just keep your eyes open. Daewoo buses also follow same route. From kabirwala you merge again at N-5. This will save 2 hours of travel. Total travel from Islamabad to rahim yar khan with cng stops will be 13-14 hours.