How to Donate Blood in Pakistan: Fatimid Foundation's 10 Centres, Age 18 to 65, Every 3 Months
Donate blood in Pakistan at Fatimid Foundation's 10 centres or Indus blood centres: age 18 to 65, every three months, 10 minutes, and a blood group report.
To donate blood in Pakistan, walk into a blood centre such as Fatimid Foundation's, which has 10 centres from Karachi to Peshawar and Quetta. Any healthy person aged 18 to 65 can give, once every three months. A doctor checks you first, the donation takes about 10 minutes, and you get a free report of your blood group and screening tests.
One donation can help patients who live on transfusions. Fatimid Foundation, a non-profit blood service in Karachi since 1980, gives free regular transfusions and medicines to the thalassaemia and haemophilia patients registered with it. Those transfusions run on donors.
Indus Hospital's Blood Transfusion Directorate is the other large donor network, with blood centres in Karachi and Lahore. Indus says Pakistan's blood donation rate is under 1%. The steps, eligibility rules and every Fatimid address are below.
Anyone healthy aged 18 to 65 can donate blood every three months
Fatimid Foundation accepts any healthy person between 18 and 65, and a donor can give again every three months. A doctor examines every donor before the needle goes in. The donation form asks about any current disease and any medicine you take.
| Rule | Fatimid Foundation |
|---|---|
| Age | 18 to 65 |
| Gap between donations | Every three months |
| Medical check | A doctor examines every donor |
| Time to donate | About 10 minutes, then about 10 minutes rest |
| Tests on your blood | Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, syphilis and malaria |
| What you get | A report of your screening results and blood group |
Be honest on the form. If you have a fever, take regular medicine or had an illness recently, say so, and let the doctor decide.
How to donate blood at a Fatimid centre, step by step
Donating takes under an hour in all. You fill a short form, see a doctor, give blood for about ten minutes, rest with a drink and snack for ten more, and collect your report. No appointment is listed; Fatimid asks donors to visit a centre or call its blood team.
- Eat a normal meal and drink water before you go. Do not donate on an empty stomach.
- Take your CNIC and the date of your last donation, if you have given before.
- Go to the nearest Fatimid centre from the table below, or call first to ask about timings.
- Fill the donor form: name, address, age, last donation date, phone, any current disease and current medicines. Your blood group is optional.
- See the doctor for the medical check.
- Give blood. It takes about 10 minutes.
- Rest for about 10 minutes with the refreshments provided.
- Collect your report of screening results and blood group.
In Karachi, the Blood Management Team at the head office answers on 021-32225284 and 021-32253323. Fatimid also lists a WhatsApp support number, 0345-8239573.
Fatimid Foundation has 10 centres across Pakistan
Fatimid's centres are in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Multan, Quetta, Hyderabad, Rashidabad near Tando Allahyar, Khairpur, Larkana and Tando Mohammad Khan. Karachi is the head office. Its contact page gives an address and phone numbers for each.
| City | Address | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Karachi (head office) | 393 Britto Road, Garden East | 021-32225284, 32258656, 32256036, 32253323 |
| Lahore | 72-A, Block D2, off Khayaban-e-Firdousi, near LDA Complex, Johar Town | 042-35210834 to 38 |
| Peshawar | 310/D, Street 65, Block 7, Sector D-1, Hayatabad | 091-5822708, 5819810 |
| Multan | J-26, T Chowk, Shah Rukn-e-Alam Colony | 061-4554520, 4554521 |
| Quetta | Samungli Road, near Surkh Pull | 081-2831917, 2831929, 2835525 |
| Hyderabad | Haematological Complex, Main Wadhu Wah Road, opposite JS Bank, Qasimabad | 022-2657991, 2657992 |
| Rashidabad, Tando Allahyar | Mirpur Khas Highway, Rashidabad | 022-2732118, 2732128 |
| Khairpur | Opposite NADRA office, Old National Highway, near Radio Pakistan | 0243-684046, 684059 |
| Larkana | Sheikh Zayed Mor | 074-4752873, 4752870 |
| Tando Mohammad Khan | District Headquarter Hospital | 022-3340206, 3340302 |
Timings are not printed for any centre, so call before a long trip. Fatimid's blood team in Karachi can tell you which centre is open.
Your blood is tested for five infections, and you get the result
Every Fatimid donation is screened for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, syphilis and the malaria parasite. Fatimid uses Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT), which looks for the virus itself and can find an infection within about a week, earlier than standard antibody tests.
The report is a free health check for you as well. It tells you your blood group, and whether any of the five tests is positive. If one is, see a doctor; a positive screening result needs a confirmatory test before any diagnosis.
If you have a rare group, Fatimid wants to know. It records only 12 donors in Karachi with the Bombay blood group, a very rare type. People with it can give red cells to any ABO group, but can receive blood only from another Bombay donor.
Indus Hospital runs blood centres in Karachi and Lahore
Indus Hospital's Blood Transfusion Directorate runs four regional blood centres and the blood banks of the hospitals linked to them. You can donate in person, ask for a blood drive at your office or community, or sign up through its Indus Zindagi donor programme.
| Indus blood service | Details |
|---|---|
| Karachi blood centre | Plot C-76, Sector 31/5, opposite Darussalam Society, Korangi Crossing |
| Lahore centre | Plot 779 to 802, Block B, near Mian Chowk, Jubilee Town |
| Blood drive line | 021-35112206 |
| Main office | 021-35112709 to 17 |
| Lahore | 042-111-111-880 |
Indus says its Korangi blood centre holds AABB accreditation, an international blood bank standard. Treatment at Indus is free for patients, as set out in free treatment at Indus Hospital.
If you need blood for a patient rather than to give it, ask the treating hospital's own blood bank first. In Punjab, make sure any outside blood bank is licensed; checking a blood bank licence in Punjab takes a few minutes. Thalassaemia families can register for free transfusions at the centres listed in free thalassemia treatment in Pakistan.
Common questions
Who can donate blood in Pakistan?
At Fatimid Foundation, any healthy person aged 18 to 65, after a doctor's check.
How often can I donate blood?
Once every three months, Fatimid says.
How long does it take to donate blood?
About 10 minutes to give blood, then about 10 minutes of rest with refreshments.
What do I get after donating blood?
Fatimid gives every donor a report of their blood group and the five screening tests.
Which tests are done on donated blood?
Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, syphilis and malaria, using Nucleic Acid Testing at Fatimid.
Where can I donate blood in Lahore?
At Fatimid Foundation in Johar Town, 042-35210834, or at Indus Hospital's Jubilee Town centre, 042-111-111-880.
Does Fatimid treat thalassaemia patients free?
Yes. Registered thalassaemia and haemophilia patients get regular transfusions and medicines free.
How we verified this
What we checked and where we read it.
We read Fatimid Foundation's donate blood page, its home page and its contact page on 14 November 2026, and Indus Hospital's Blood Transfusion Directorate page and collection centres page the same day. Neither organisation prints opening hours for its centres. Fatimid's pages do not list weight or haemoglobin limits, so none are given here. Indus's blood page showed its counter figures as zero when we read it, and its WhatsApp chatbot was marked temporarily unavailable. The meal, water and CNIC tips are general donor preparation, not Fatimid rules.
About the author
Public Services and Education Journalist
Fajr Riaz is a journalist and content writer at Pakistan Era, based in Lahore. She covers the questions people meet in everyday life in Pakistan: how a public service works, what a change in the rules means, and where to find a reliable answer.
