Yes, you can smoke at Jinnah International Airport (KHI) — inside the enclosed smoking rooms of two airside lounges in International Departures, the Majestic Lounge and the Marhaba Premium Lounge, both reached after immigration. The rest of the terminal is smoke-free.
Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport is Pakistan’s busiest gateway and a major stop on the Gulf and long-haul network, so a lot of smokers passing through are on connections with hours to fill. The practical rule is simple: your one indoor option is a lounge smoking room past immigration, so plan to clear passport control before you light up.
International Departures — Lounge Smoking Rooms
The airside smoking rooms sit inside two paid-access lounges in the International Terminal, both open 24 hours (traveller- and lounge-operator-reported):
- Majestic Lounge — 1st floor, airside, after immigration, near Zainab Duty Free. It has a separate enclosed smoking room. Entry is by Priority Pass, Dragonpass or LoungeKey, or a paid walk-in fee.
- Marhaba Premium Lounge — Level 3, airside, after immigration. It has a designated smoking room and the same access options — membership card or paid walk-in.
Both lounges include the usual comforts (Wi-Fi, hot food, flight screens), and the smoking room is an enclosed cabin within the lounge rather than an open section, so non-smoking guests are kept separate. Stays are typically capped at around three hours per visit.
Main Terminal and Gates
Away from those two lounge smoking rooms, the concourses, gate lounges, waiting areas and washrooms are all smoke-free. Pakistan’s airports are covered by the national Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non-Smokers Health Ordinance, which makes indoor public areas non-smoking, and airport staff do enforce it. There is no smoking room in the domestic terminal, so a smoking room past international immigration is the only indoor option on site.
Landside and Before Security
There is no officially designated landside or outdoor smoking area at KHI. Smokers arriving for a flight generally have a last cigarette outside the terminal building around the departure forecourt before checking in, since once you are inside there is nothing until you reach the airside lounges. This is traveller practice, not a marked facility.
Transit and Long Layovers
If you are connecting internationally, the good news is that both the Majestic and Marhaba smoking rooms are inside the airside area you already have access to, and both run 24 hours — useful on the overnight Gulf-route waves. Leaving the sterile area to smoke outside is usually not worth it, because you would have to clear security screening again to come back in. For a long layover, the reliable move is to buy into one of the two lounges and use its smoking room.
Vaping
Vaping is treated the same as smoking, so use the lounge smoking rooms rather than vaping at the gate or anywhere in the terminal. Vape devices and spare batteries belong in your hand luggage, never in checked bags, and you must never vape onboard the aircraft.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Majestic Lounge smoking room (airside) | Yes | International Departures, 1st floor; Priority Pass or paid entry |
| Marhaba Premium Lounge smoking room (airside) | Yes | International Departures, Level 3; Priority Pass or paid entry |
| Main terminal, gates, domestic terminal | No | Smoke-free under Pakistani law |
| Landside / outdoor | None designated | Smokers use the departure forecourt informally |
For Pakistan’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Pakistan airport guide.