The major pulse crops of Pakistan are chickpea, lentil, mungbean, and urdbean. Diseases are a constant threat and often a limiting factor in the cultivation of pulse crops. Chickpea is attacked mainly by blight, wilt and root rot complex. The main diseases of mungbean and urdbean are yellow mosaic virus (YMV), leaf crinkle virus (LCV), cercospora leaf spot, bacterial blight and charcoal rot. Lentil is attacked by rust, wilt and blight. Details are given of the symptoms, distribution and control of the diseases of economic importance.