Is Khushab safe? Pakistan travel risk
Is Khushab safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Khushab scores 59/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Pakistan Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 16 Jun 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 13 Oct 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Khushab scores 59/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Pakistan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Khushab: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (74/100) and health and medical access (66/100).
A score of 59 is higher than the scores of 84% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Pakistan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Charted at coordinates 32.2986° N, 72.3508° E in Punjab, Khushab maintains a regional distance of 168.7 km NNE to Islamabad.
Punjab
32.2986° N, 72.3508° E
186 m
Asia/Karachi
110,868
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Pakistan
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Khushab happened in November (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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