You apply for a learner permit at your province’s licence branch or online. Once it matures, you come back for the signs test and the driving test. Check your permit and licence status on DLIMS.
Driving licence · Practice
Practise the road signs you’re tested on for a driving licence in Pakistan. 38 signs, with meanings in English and Urdu.
Practice traffic signs test
10 signs · choose what each one means · about 2 minutes
A red ring on white bans or limits something; a red slash across the picture means that thing is not allowed. Stop is a hand inside an upside-down triangle, and give way is the upside-down triangle on its own.
رُکیں
Stop completely at the line, then go only when the road is clear.
راستہ دیں
Slow down and let traffic on the main road pass before you join.
آہستہ
Slow down: a lower speed limit starts ahead, usually in a town or before a stop sign.
داخلہ ممنوع
Vehicles must not enter this road, usually a one-way street from the other end.
پیدل چلنا منع ہے
People on foot must not use this road.
دائیں مڑنا منع ہے
You must not turn right here.
بائیں مڑنا منع ہے
You must not turn left here.
یو ٹرن منع ہے
You must not turn round to go back the way you came.
اوور ٹیک کرنا منع ہے
You must not pass the vehicle in front of you.
زیادہ سے زیادہ رفتار 55 کلومیٹر
The number is the most you may drive, in km/h, from this sign on; this one means 55 km/h.
ہارن بجانا منع ہے
Do not use the horn, usually near hospitals and schools.
پارکنگ ممنوع
You must not park here; stopping briefly to pick up or drop off is allowed.
A red triangle warns of a hazard or a change in the road ahead. Slow down and look.
دائیں جانب موڑ
The road ahead bends to the right; slow down before the bend.
بائیں جانب موڑ
The road ahead bends to the left; slow down before the bend.
دوہرا موڑ
Two bends follow each other, the first to the left.
آگے سڑک تنگ ہے
The road gets narrower ahead; keep well to your side.
آگے اسپیڈ بریکر ہے
A bump across the road is ahead; slow right down.
پھسلن والی سڑک
The road can be slippery, especially when wet; slow down and brake gently.
پتھر گرنے کا خطرہ
Rocks may fall onto the road, common on hill roads; watch the road ahead.
پیدل گزرگاہ
People may be crossing ahead; slow down and be ready to stop for them.
بچوں کی گزرگاہ
Children cross here, near a school or playground; drive slowly and carefully.
سڑک پر کام جاری ہے
Road works ahead; slow down and follow any directions.
آگے ٹریفک سگنل ہے
Traffic lights are coming up; be ready to stop.
دو طرفہ ٹریفک
Traffic comes towards you on the same road from here.
آگے چوراہا ہے
A road of equal importance crosses yours ahead; traffic coming from the right has the right of way.
پھاٹک والا ریلوے کراسنگ
A level crossing with a barrier is ahead; stop if the gate is closing.
آگے گول چکر ہے
A roundabout is coming; slow down and give way to traffic already on it.
آگے بڑی سڑک ہے
Your road meets a main road ahead and ends; be ready to stop and turn left or right.
A red ring with a black arrow and no slash tells you which way you must go.
صرف سیدھا چلیں
You must go straight on.
دائیں مڑیں
You must turn right.
بائیں مڑیں
You must turn left.
بائیں جانب رہیں
Pass on the left side of the sign or obstruction.
گول چکر
Go round the roundabout clockwise, in the direction of the arrows.
A blue plate with a white border tells you about a service or the road ahead.
پارکنگ
You may park here.
ہسپتال
A hospital is nearby; drive quietly and give way to ambulances.
پٹرول پمپ
A fuel station is ahead.
یک طرفہ راستہ
All traffic on this road goes in the direction of the arrow.
بند راستہ
The side road shown has no way through.
You apply for a learner permit at your province’s licence branch or online. Once it matures, you come back for the signs test and the driving test. Check your permit and licence status on DLIMS.
You are shown road signs one by one and pick what each means, the same way the practice test above works. Signs from all four families come up, so learn the shapes as well as the pictures.
The shape tells you the type of sign before you read the picture: red ring with a slash = not allowed, red triangle = warning, red ring with an arrow = you must go that way, blue plate = information. Give way is the only upside-down triangle, and the stop sign puts a hand inside it.
Signs like “Keep left” and the arrows on roundabouts follow left-hand traffic: you keep to the left of a traffic island, and you give way to traffic already on a roundabout.
Breaking what a sign says can cost you an e-challan from the cameras. You can check for tickets on e-challan by province.
Every sign here is drawn as Pakistan’s official standard sets it out, the [NTRC Manual of Signs, Signals & Road Markings (1989)](https://web.archive.org/web/20250505203301/http://www.ntrc.gov.pk/ntrc_studies/MANUAL%20OF%20SIGNS,%20SIGNALS%20&%20ROAD%20MARKINGS%28JULY,%201989%29.pdf) by the National Transport Research Centre. The code next to each sign’s name, such as R-1 for stop, is the manual’s own number for it.