Karachi to Pakpattan Bus Ticket Price, Timings, Online Booking
The Karachi to Pakpattan ticket price starts at about Rs 4,400 and reaches Rs 7,000 in business class. The journey takes fifteen to sixteen hours, and Pakpattan is the resting place of Baba Farid, the twelfth century Sufi saint and Punjabi poet.
Karachi to Pakpattan bus ticket price: fares run from about Rs 4,400 to Rs 7,000 depending on class. The journey takes fifteen to sixteen hours, and demand peaks around the annual urs rather than at the usual holiday periods.
Karachi to Pakpattan ticket price by operator
Pakpattan sits south of Sahiwal off the main Lahore corridor, served by the operators running that road with an onward leg.
| Operator | Class | Journey time | Ticket price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local and regional coaches | Standard | 16h | Rs 4,400 |
| Via Sahiwal, then local | Two legs | 16h + | From Rs 4,600 |
| Niazi Express | Standard | 15h 30m | Rs 4,900 |
| Daewoo Express | Business | 15h | Rs 7,000 |
Fares are indicative published prices and vary with class, fuel adjustments and peak demand. Your live, confirmed fare appears on the seat map before payment.
The saint the Fareed Express is named after
Baba Farid Shakar Ganj lived in Pakpattan between 1173 and 1266, and Pakistan Railways named its Karachi to Lahore train after him. That is a useful marker of how significant the shrine is: the annual urs draws very large numbers and fills transport on this corridor for several days in a way the ordinary calendar does not.
Pakpattan and the urs
Pakpattan is a small city whose significance is almost entirely the shrine at its centre.
Baba Farid
One of the most visited Sufi shrines in Punjab, with the Bahishti Darwaza opened during the annual urs.
An hour north
The Daewoo hub, and the practical change point if direct timings do not suit.
Annual gathering
Draws very large crowds. Transport and accommodation both fill for days around it.
Book far ahead around the urs
The annual urs transforms demand on this corridor in the same way the Sehwan urs does in Sindh. Book much further ahead than normal, and secure the return before you travel, since outbound seats sell first and getting back is regularly the harder half.
Karachi to Pakpattan bus timings
Departures are in the afternoon and evening so the fifteen to sixteen hour journey passes overnight.
Afternoon and evening
The main blockTimed for an overnight run north through Sindh.
Via Sahiwal
More frequentThe Daewoo hub an hour north, with a short onward leg.
Urs period
Book far aheadTransport fills for several days. The return is harder than the outbound.
Booking
2 to 3 days normallyMuch longer around the urs.
Karachi and destination terminals
Sohrab Goth and four city terminals
Sohrab Goth is the main northbound area. Faisal Movers also runs Karachi Cantt on Dr Daud Pota Road opposite the railway station, Taj Complex in Saddar and Malir Halt on Jinnah Avenue, with free shuttles between them.
Four Faisal Movers terminals means checking which one your ticket names.
Main stand
Services set down in the town, a short distance from the shrine. Local transport for Sahiwal, Arifwala and Depalpur departs from the same area.
Accommodation is limited outside the urs period.
Karachi to Pakpattan bus FAQs
What is the Karachi to Pakpattan bus ticket price?
From about Rs 4,400 on local coaches, Rs 4,900 with Niazi Express and up to Rs 7,000 for Daewoo Express Business. Travelling via Sahiwal costs from about Rs 4,600.
How long is the journey?
Fifteen to sixteen hours for roughly 1,150 km via Multan and Sahiwal.
When is the urs and how does it affect travel?
The annual urs of Baba Farid draws very large crowds and fills transport on this corridor for several days. Book much further ahead than normal and secure the return before travelling.
Should I change at Sahiwal?
It is a reasonable fallback. Sahiwal is a Daewoo hub an hour north with far more frequency, and Pakpattan is a short onward leg.
Who was Baba Farid?
A twelfth century Sufi saint and Punjabi poet who lived in Pakpattan between 1173 and 1266. Pakistan Railways named its Karachi to Lahore Fareed Express after him.
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