Telephone numbers in Pakistan

03459736444
Pakistan telephone
numbers

Contents
Fixed (landline) numbers
Mobile telephone numbers
See also
References
External links

Fixed (landline) numbers

Location of Pakistan
Area codes in Pakistan are from two to five digits long; the smaller the city, the
longer the prefix. All the large cities have two-digit codes. Location
Country Pakistan
Smaller towns have a six digit number. Large cities have seven digit numbers.
Continent Asia
Azad Jammu and Kashmir has five digit numbers. On 1 July 2009, telephone
numbers in Karachi and Lahore were changed from seven digits to eight digits. Regulator Pakistan
This was accomplished by adding the digit "9" to the beginning of any phone Telecommunications
number that started with a "9" (government and semi-government connexions), Authority
and adding the digit "3" to any phone numbers that did not start with the number Type Closed
"9".[1] Numbering National Numbering
It is common to write phone numbers as (0xx) yyyyyyy, where xx is the area
plan Plan Pakistan (http
code. The 0 prefix is for trunk (long-distance) dialling from within the country.
s://www.itu.int/oth/T0
International callers should dial +92xxyyyyyyy
2020000A1/en)
Last 23 July 2010
All mobile phone codes are four digits long and start with 03. All mobile updated
numbers are seven digits long, and denote the mobile provider on a nationwide
Access codes
basis and not geographic location. Thus all Telenor numbers (for example)
nationwide carry mobile code 0345 etc. <ref</ref> NWD (area) codes for Country +92
common cities are: calling code
International 00
0852 xxxxxx: Turbat & Kech District
call prefix
086 xxxxxxx:Gwadar
0855 xxxxxx:Panjgur Trunk prefix 0
0853 xxxxxx:Lasbela District
056 xxxxxxxx:Sheikhupura
021 xxxxxxxx: Karachi
051 xxxxxxxx: Islamabad / Rawalpindi
042 xxxxxxxx: Lahore
041 xxxxxxxx: Faisalabad
046 xxxxxxxx: Toba Tek Singh
 022 xxxxxxx: Hyderabad
071 xxxxxxx: Sukkur
081 xxxxxxx: Quetta
091 xxxxxxx: Peshawar
052 xxxxxxx: Sialkot
0966 xxxxxxx: Dera Ismail Khan
064 xxxxxxx: Dera Ghazi Khan
0606 xxxxxx: Layyah
053 xxxxxxx: Gujrat
061 xxxxxxx: Multan
062 xxxxxxx: Bahawalpur
068 xxxxxxx: Rahim Yar Khan
055 xxxxxxx: Gujranwala
0544 xxxxxx: Jhelum
0546 xxxxxx: Mandi Bahauddin
0926 xxxxxx: Parachinar FATA
048 xxxxxxx: Sargodha
040 xxxxxxx: Sahiwal
0938 xxxxxx: Swabi
049 2xxxxxx: Kasur
044 2xxxxx: Okara
057 2xxxxxx: Attock
Premium Rate services:

0900 xxxxx

Toll free numbers (For callers within Pakistan):

0800 xxxxx
See also List of dialling codes in Pakistan

Mobile telephone numbers

Mobile telephone numbers in Pakistan are of the following format 03XZ-YYYYYYY where X is the single letter code assigned
to a specific mobile telephone operator and Z-YYYYYYY is the local telephone number from any mobile phone or Land Line.

3 - is the Mobile Access code

Z can be any value between 0 and 9, assigned by the operator itself, except in case of SCO where Z=5 only
X=0 Jazz Pakistan
X=1 Zong Pakistan
X=2 Warid Pakistan
X=3 Ufone
X=4 Telenorpk
X=5 SCO (Z=5 only)
X=6 Instaphone
Existing Codes

300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309 - Jazz Pakistan
310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317 - Zong Pakistan
320, 321, 322, 323, 324 - Warid Pakistan
330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337 - Ufone
340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349 - Telenor
 355 - SCO
International callers must dial +92-3XZ-YYYYYYY to reach a mobile number in Pakistan from outside Pakistan, where '+92' is
the Country Code, '3XZ' is Mobile Access Code as per the above list and 'YYYYYYY' is personal number.

Within Pakistan the same number can be reached by dialing either 03XZ-YYYYYYY or '0092-3XZ-YYYYYYY' or '+92-3XZ-
YYYYYYY' from any mobile device or land line.

In order to dial a land line number from a mobile phone in Pakistan, city code is required in all cases. However, city code is not
required between land line calls within the same city. For instance, to call a land line number 'YYYYYYY' from another land line
in the same city, dial only 'YYYYYYY'. However, to call this number from another land line in another city or from a mobile
phone anywhere (same city or another city), dial '(0XX)-YYYYYYY'.

See also
List of dialling codes in Pakistan
List of mobile codes in Pakistan

References
1. "Karachi and Lahore now have eight digit phone numbers. In the near future this will be extended to other
metros" (http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\08\story_8-7-2009_pg5_8). Daily Times
(Pakistan). 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-10-01.

ITU allocations list (http://www.itu.int/oth/T02020000A1/en)

External links
National Dialing Codes (https://ptcl.com.pk/Info/National-Dialing-Codes)
Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (http://pta.gov.pk/) - Pakistan’s telephone systems regulator
How to call Pakistan (country code +92) (https://howtophoneto.com/pakistan/) - howtophoneto.com

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