Legal status in Pakistan

Per-substance legal status for Pakistan, from sourced statutes where available. Legal information, not legal advice — drug laws change; confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.

Last updated: 2026-07-14

1P-LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2-FDCK

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

25I-NBOMe

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

2C-B

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

2C-E

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2C-I

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

2C-T-7

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

3-MMC

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

4-AcO-DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

4-HO-MET

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

6-APB

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Adderall

Legal status: Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity — it is regulated AS amphetamine: psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (s.9, quantity-tiered).
Consequences if caught: Penalties scale by quantity (small up to 2 years; mid 7–14 years; psychotropics >4 kg up to life). The CNS (Amendment) Act 2022/2023 removed the death penalty for drug offences, so there is NO capital exposure.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription stimulant via strictly controlled medical channels; carrying it without a local permit/prescription risks arrest.
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Alcohol

Legal status: Prohibited for Muslims / permit for non-Muslims — alcohol (ethanol) is banned for the Muslim majority under the 1977 Prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Order; non-Muslims and foreigners may obtain it by permit.
Consequences if caught: Muslims consuming or possessing alcohol face criminal penalties including imprisonment and, in law, flogging; non-Muslims are limited to permitted quantities.
If prescribed / medical: n/a — a beverage, not a medicine.
Documentation: Non-Muslim residents buy from a handful of licensed outlets on a monthly permit; foreigners may purchase at licensed hotel outlets; availability is limited and stigmatised.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Amanita muscaria

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Amphetamine

Legal status: Psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (s.9, quantity-tiered).
Consequences if caught: Penalties scale by quantity (small up to 2 years; mid 7–14 years; psychotropics >4 kg up to life). The CNS (Amendment) Act 2022/2023 removed the death penalty for drug offences, so there is NO capital exposure.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription stimulant via strictly controlled medical channels; carrying it without a local permit/prescription risks arrest.
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Amyl Nitrite

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Ayahuasca

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Barbiturates

Legal status: Barbiturates are Schedule-I psychotropic substances under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (penalties under s.9(2)) — the barbiturate class transposing the 1971 Convention as prescription-controlled psychotropics.
Consequences if caught: Section 9(2) penalties are graduated by quantity, topping out at not-less-than-life for very large amounts — there is NO death tier at any quantity (Pakistan removed the death penalty from CNSA s.9 via Act XXXVIII of 2023). Barbiturates are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Phenobarbital is dispensed as a controlled antiepileptic (a WHO Essential Medicine); the sedative-hypnotic barbiturates are tightly controlled.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

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Benzodiazepines

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Buprenorphine

Legal status: Buprenorphine is a controlled psychotropic under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 — a lighter tier than methadone; Pakistan removed the death penalty from CNSA s.9 (Act XXXVIII of 2023), so it is not death-eligible at any quantity.
Consequences if caught: Section 9 penalties are graduated by quantity, topping out at life for very large amounts — there is no death tier.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

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Caffeine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Cannabis / THC

Legal status: Cannabis (charas/bhang) explicitly scheduled under CNSA 1997 Sec 9 — quantity-tiered (≤100 g up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg death/life/up to 14 years; 10 kg+ not less than life); no recreational or medical program
Consequences if caught: Cannabis — charas (hashish) and bhang — is explicitly scheduled under Pakistan's Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (Sec 9), with the 2022 amendment adding detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil). Penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine).
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form; Pakistan has no formal medical-cannabis program (Sec 6 allows a medical/scientific/industrial exception only).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Cathinone

Legal status: Controlled — cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and falls within the psychotropics schedule of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, which incorporates the UN conventions. Mechanism: 1971 Sch-I transposition (convention-mirroring), named. As the parent compound it is DISTINCT from the khat PLANT (Catha edulis, not separately named) and from the synthetic cathinones (mephedrone etc.) that derive from it; cathinone is the named Sch-I alkaloid, cathine the milder metabolite (1971 Schedule III). No capital exposure — the drug death penalty was removed from the CNSA by a 2023 amendment.
Consequences if caught: Controlled psychotropic: heavy custodial penalties for the alkaloid, not capital (death removed from the CNSA in 2023).
If prescribed / medical: 1971 Schedule I substance with no accepted medical use and no lawful prescription route for the isolated alkaloid.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a controlled psychotropic.

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CBD

Legal status: CBD (cannabidiol) is controlled as cannabis for individuals under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (plant, resin and derivatives), with no personal-possession or THC-threshold exemption; the Cannabis Control and Regulatory Authority Act 2024 licenses only commercial/medical CBD cultivation (THC capped at 0.3%), not personal use.
Consequences if caught: Possession is criminal under the CNSA 1997 (Anti-Narcotics Force), scaling up to about 7 years for small/medium quantities and more for large; a traveller's CBD is a cannabis derivative absent a licence.
If prescribed / medical: There is effectively no DRAP-registered CBD prescription pathway; the CCRA 2024 is industrial/commercial, not patient prescription.
Documentation: No documentation legalises personal CBD — controlled under the CNSA 1997; CCRA 2024 licences are commercial only, not a traveller or patient permit.

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Clonazepam

Legal status: Clonazepam is a Schedule-I psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (penalties under s.9(2)).
Consequences if caught: Section 9(2) penalties are graduated by quantity, topping out at not-less-than-life for very large amounts — there is NO death tier at any quantity (Pakistan removed the death penalty from CNSA s.9 via Act XXXVIII of 2023). Benzodiazepines are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

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Cocaine

Legal status: Controlled narcotic under CNSA 1997 Sec 9 — quantity-tiered: ≤100 g up to 2 years, 100 g–1 kg up to 7 years, above 1 kg death OR life OR up to 14 years (10 kg+ not less than life); [narrowed] death narrowed for certain categories by the 2023 amendment
Consequences if caught: Cocaine is a controlled narcotic under Pakistan's Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (Sec 9), explicitly scheduled in the 2022 amended quantity tables. Penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine).
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Codeine

Legal status: Codeine is a controlled substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997; it sits below the capital tier. Pakistan removed the death penalty from CNSA s.9 via the 2022 amendment (in force 2023), so codeine is not death-eligible; the ceiling is life imprisonment.
Consequences if caught: Section 9 penalties are graduated by quantity up to life; codeine is not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

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Crack Cocaine

Legal status: Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Pakistan: it is controlled AS cocaine, a narcotic under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA), whose schedule covers cocaine, its salts and preparations and thus reaches the base/freebase form. The capital regime is measured by weight of cocaine and carries over to crack, so quantities above 1 kg are death- or life-eligible whether powder or base.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking crack (as cocaine) is quantity-tiered under CNSA Sec 9: up to 100 g up to 2 years, 100 g-1 kg up to 7 years, above 1 kg death, life, or up to 14 years.
If prescribed / medical: Cocaine has no recognised therapeutic use in Pakistan; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed.
Documentation: No prescription documentation exists for crack/freebase cocaine.

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Delta-8-THC

Legal status: Controlled — delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA), which schedules cannabis and psychotropic THC; delta-8 is controlled as an isomer of THC. Distinct from cannabis (charas/bhang, explicitly scheduled, quantity-tiered up to death above 1 kg). The pure-isomer capital reach under the weight tiers is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; quantity-tiered penalties (small quantities up to a few years; large quantities death/life). Trafficking above statutory thresholds is capital-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; delta-8-THC is not a prescribable medicine.
Documentation: No lawful personal import of a controlled tetrahydrocannabinol.

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Diazepam

Legal status: Diazepam is a Schedule-I psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (penalties under s.9(2)).
Consequences if caught: Section 9(2) penalties are graduated by quantity, topping out at not-less-than-life for very large amounts — there is NO death tier at any quantity (Pakistan removed the death penalty from CNSA s.9 via Act XXXVIII of 2023). Benzodiazepines are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

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DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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DOM

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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DXM

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Ephedrine

Legal status: Regulated as a chemical PRECURSOR (1988 UN Convention Table I — a methamphetamine precursor), NOT as a scheduled narcotic; a 'controlled substance' (precursor) under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 s.2(k) (regime strengthened by the 2022 amendment).
Consequences if caught: No capital exposure — the 2022/2023 CNSA amendments abolished the drug death penalty (now life). Precursor tiers: ≤100 g up to 2 years; >1 kg up to life.
If prescribed / medical: Also a pharmacy/prescription decongestant-bronchodilator medicine subject to sales limits; carry documentation for a personal supply.
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Etizolam

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Fentanyl

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Gabapentin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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GBL

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

GHB

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Heroin

Legal status: Controlled narcotic under CNSA 1997 Sec 9 — quantity-tiered: ≤100 g up to 2 years, 100 g–1 kg up to 7 years, above 1 kg death OR life OR up to 14 years (10 kg+ not less than life); [narrowed] death narrowed for certain categories by the 2023 amendment
Consequences if caught: Heroin is a controlled narcotic under Pakistan's Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (Sec 9), explicitly scheduled in the 2022 amended quantity tables. Penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine).
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

HHC

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Hydrocodone

Legal status: Hydrocodone is a Schedule-I controlled narcotic under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (s.9); it is not marketed in Pakistan. The 2022 CNSA amendment (in force 2023) removed the death penalty from s.9, so hydrocodone is not death-eligible (maximum now life imprisonment).
Consequences if caught: Section 9 penalties are graduated by quantity up to life imprisonment for the largest amounts; there is no death tier since the 2023 amendment.
If prescribed / medical: No marketed Pakistani hydrocodone product; a Schedule-I narcotic is dispensed only under narcotic control.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Ketamine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Khat

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Kratom

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Lorazepam

Legal status: Lorazepam falls in the Schedule-I psychotropic tier under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (s.9(2)); unlike alprazolam, clonazepam and diazepam it is not separately enumerated by name, but it sits in the same psychotropic penalty tier.
Consequences if caught: Section 9(2) penalties are graduated by quantity, topping out at not-less-than-life for very large amounts — there is NO death tier at any quantity (Pakistan removed the death penalty from CNSA s.9 via Act XXXVIII of 2023). Benzodiazepines are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

LSA (Morning Glory)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

MDA

Legal status: Controlled — MDA is a scheduled substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997. NAMED/scheduled mechanism. ABOLISHED: the CNSA (Amendment) Act 2022 removed the death penalty for narcotics offences, replacing it with life imprisonment; not death-eligible.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking up to life imprisonment; no longer death-eligible (post-2022).
If prescribed / medical: Scheduled narcotic with no recognised medical use; no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal import; trafficking caps at life, not death.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

MDMA

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

MDPV

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Memantine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Mephedrone (4-MMC)

Legal status: Controlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is controlled via national incorporation of the 1971 Schedule II addition into the CNSA 1997 psychotropics schedule. No capital exposure — the drug death penalty was abolished by a 2023 amendment removing capital punishment from the CNSA (formerly s.9 allowed death for >1 kg).
Consequences if caught: Controlled psychotropic: heavy custodial penalties, not capital (death removed from the CNSA in 2023).
If prescribed / medical: Controlled psychotropic with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a controlled psychotropic.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Mescaline

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Methadone

Legal status: Methadone is a Schedule-I controlled narcotic under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (s.9); the 2022 amendment (in force 2023) removed the death penalty from s.9 — methadone is not death-eligible, the ceiling being life imprisonment.
Consequences if caught: Section 9 penalties are graduated by quantity up to not-less-than-life for the largest amounts; the death tier was repealed in 2023.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine (OST availability limited).
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Methamphetamine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Methaqualone (Quaaludes)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Methylone

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Methylphenidate

Legal status: Psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (s.9, quantity-tiered).
Consequences if caught: Penalties scale by quantity; no capital exposure (the drug death penalty was abolished by the 2022/2023 CNSA amendments — now life).
If prescribed / medical: Prescription ADHD/narcolepsy medicine (e.g. Ritalin/Concerta) via controlled channels; carry the original prescription and any required import permit.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Mitragynine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Modafinil

Legal status: Prescription medicine (DRAP Act 2012) — NOT a Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 scheduled narcotic/psychotropic.
Consequences if caught: Buying without a prescription is a regulatory issue; no capital narcotics exposure (outside the CNSA schedules; drug death penalty also abolished 2022/2023).
If prescribed / medical: Carry the prescription.
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Morphine

Legal status: Morphine is a scheduled narcotic under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (s.9); the 2022 amendment (in force 2023) removed the death penalty from s.9, so morphine is scheduled but not death-eligible — the maximum is now life imprisonment.
Consequences if caught: Section 9 penalties are graduated by quantity, topping out at life imprisonment for very large amounts; there is no longer a death tier at any quantity.
If prescribed / medical: Available on prescription as a controlled narcotic for severe and cancer pain.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging and declare controlled narcotics on entry.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

MXE

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Nicotine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Nitrous Oxide

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Oxycodone

Legal status: Oxycodone is a controlled narcotic under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 — a strong opioid; the 2022/23 CNSA amendment removed the death penalty from s.9, so oxycodone is not death-eligible (ceiling life imprisonment).
Consequences if caught: Section 9 penalties are graduated by quantity up to life for the largest amounts; the death penalty was removed from s.9 (Act XXXVIII of 2023) — oxycodone is not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription narcotic under DRAP.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging and declare controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

PCP

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Peyote

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Phenibut

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Pink Cocaine / Tusi

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Poppers

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Pregabalin

Legal status: Pregabalin is a DRAP-registered prescription medicine in Pakistan and, amid documented abuse, is regulated through prescription/sale controls under the Drugs Act 1976 rather than being scheduled as a narcotic under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 — so no capital tier attaches (and the CNSA maximum is now life imprisonment).
Consequences if caught: Undocumented resale or supply is a Drugs Act offence; pregabalin is not within the CNSA narcotics tiers and is not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a DRAP-regulated prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a valid prescription or doctor's letter and personal quantities; confirm current DRAP rules before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Psilocybin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Quetiapine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Salvia divinorum

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Scopolamine (Devil's Breath)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)

Legal status: Controlled. Synthetic cannabinoids are controlled under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 as psychotropic/narcotic substances, incorporating the synthetic cannabinoids added to Schedule II of the 1971 Convention (Pakistan being a party). Capital exposure runs through CNSA s.9's quantity tiers (above 1 kg is death/life-eligible), but whether a synthetic-cannabinoid quantity is treated under that tier is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; possession and trafficking carry quantity-tiered imprisonment under CNSA 1997 s.9, with large quantities death/life-eligible in law. Do NOT carry.
If prescribed / medical: These synthetic cannabinoids have no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Pakistan.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for controlled synthetic cannabinoids; do not carry.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

THC-P

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Tobacco

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Tramadol

Legal status: Tramadol is a controlled prescription medicine registered under the Drugs Act 1976 (regulators moving it toward Schedule G), and its listing as a narcotic under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 is left to confirmation; the 2022/23 amendment removed the death penalty from CNSA s.9 (maximum now life), so no capital tier attaches to tramadol.
Consequences if caught: Undocumented carriage or resale is an offence; there is no death tier — the CNSA maximum is life imprisonment.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled (DRAP-regulated) prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a valid prescription or doctor's letter and personal quantities; confirm current DRAP rules before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Xanax (Alprazolam)

Legal status: Alprazolam is a Schedule-I psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (penalties under s.9(2)).
Consequences if caught: Section 9(2) penalties are graduated by quantity, topping out at not-less-than-life for very large amounts — there is NO death tier at any quantity (Pakistan removed the death penalty from CNSA s.9 via Act XXXVIII of 2023). Benzodiazepines are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Xylazine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Zolpidem

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Pakistan's authorities (CNSA 1997) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Pakistani sources (Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997, Sec 9, and the 2022/2023 amended tables) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. CNSA Sec 9 penalties are tiered by quantity (up to 100 g: up to 2 years; 100 g–1 kg: up to 7 years; above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (CNSA, Sec 9), penalties are tiered by quantity: up to 100 g draws up to 2 years; 100 g to 1 kg up to 7 years; above 1 kg draws death OR life OR up to 14 years plus a fine up to 1 million rupees; 10 kg or more draws not less than life. [narrowed] death-penalty applicability — confirm current applicability per the 2022/2023 amended tables: the death penalty is present in CNSA Sec 9 for top-tier trafficking (above 1 kg: death OR life OR up to 14 years; 10 kg or more: not less than life), but the 2023 amendment REMOVED/narrowed it for certain categories (per legal sources, where death had been stipulated — e.g. 6000 g or more of heroin/morphine or 5000 g or more of cocaine). The 2022 amendment introduced detailed type/quantity tables (Bhang, Charas, Hashish Oil, Opium, Heroin, Cocaine), and charas (hashish) and bhang (cannabis) are explicitly scheduled. Sec 6 has a medical/scientific/industrial exception (not a recreational carve-out); there is NO recreational or formal medical-cannabis program. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

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