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Generally, the official rules and regulations for flying drones in Pakistan are not very much clear and are not always implemented by the book. For visitors, it’s generally a good idea to follow the below rules to keep their journey safe
- Avoid flying close to Airports, preferably at least keep 5 miles distance
- Fly below 400 feet of altitude
- Keep your drone always in-sight
- Fly under 100 mph speed
- Fly in the daylight or in proper light arrangement during night
- Avoid flying close to sensitive and military areas
- Flying close to people and homes is disrespectful to people’s privacy according to local culture, so always take permission.
The drone flying bane is also specific to certain areas in the North. You need to take permission from AC/DC office in Hunza and Aliabad particularly if you want to fly over Altit and Baliti forts. At Khunjerab Pass the Drone flying is completely prohibited since it’s a border area.
Apart from these restrictions sometime the government will announce a blanket ban on the drone flying across certain areas for a limited period that includes the example of the blanket ban on drones for the whole Punjab provision for two months during the year 2019.
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority is normally responsible for any such notification and they can be reached through the official website and below contact details
A Drone flying map for Pakistan is also a helpful resource although it does not consider the facts of any partial ban due to a certain situation. As compared to the other parts of the world where the drones under 250 grams can be flown without any registration, in Pakistan there are no clear rules for registrations, hence any toy that can fly and having a camera can be considered as a drone.
Moreover, the drone safe flying map from DJI also will help you to see the safe areas to fly in Pakistan.
despite all these restrictions, one can find a spectacular collection of drones footage for almost every corner of Pakistan. AirVuzhas a good collection in this regard.
Bringing drones to the country also is a very risky activity which might lead to confiscation of the drone at the airport if not taken care of properly. For more details, probably a NOC from the DJI official supplier in Pakistan might be a safe way to bring one with you
The latest drone rules & regulations in Pakistan can be found on the suggested blogpost.
Drone Rules and Regulations in Pakistan
https://droneguideline.com/drone-rules-regulations-in-pakistan/
Other References
https://www.dji.com/flysafe/geo-map
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g528739-d3547234-Reviews-Khunjerab_Pass-Tashkurgan_County_Xinjiang_Uygur.html
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g469409-Hunza_Gilgit_Baltistan-Vacations.html
https://www.airvuz.com/collection/pakistan-from-the-sky?id=SJ67ALLSW
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