Molecular phylogenetics analysis of internal transcribed spacer sequences placed O. pakistanica as sister to O. rivulicola, though it is morphologically distinct.

[1] Oxneriaria pakistanica has a crustose, non-zonate thallus that is initially placodioid (lobate) but becomes non-placodioid with age, reaching up to 5 cm across.

The areoles are distinctly developed, uncracked, 0.5–1.8 mm wide, and broadly attached to the substrate.

[1] Oxneriaria pakistanica is known only to occur in its type locality in the Darel Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

It was found growing on calcareous sedimentary rocks in a moist temperate climate at elevations around 1,900–2,000 m (6,200–6,600 ft).