Telephone numbers in Pakistan are ten digits long. Landline numbers and mobile numbers have different structures. Geographically fixed landline are prefixed by an area code which varies in length depending on the significance of the place. Mobile numbers are prefixed (03) followed by a code indicating the telephone operator. The international country code for Pakistan is '+92'.

Fixed (landline) numbers

Area codes in

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are from two to five digits long; the smaller the city, the longer the prefix. All the large cities have two-digit codes. Smaller towns have a six digit number. Large cities have seven digit numbers. 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. This was accomplished by adding the digit 9 to the beginning of any phone number that started with a 9 (government and semi-government connexions), and adding the digit 3 to any phone numbers that did not start with the number 9. It is common to write phone numbers as (0xx) yyyyyyy, where xx is the area code. The 0 prefix is for trunk (long-distance) dialling from within the country. International callers should dial +92xxyyyyyyy All mobile phone codes are four digits long and start with 03. All mobile numbers are seven digits long, and denote the mobile provider on a nationwide basis and not geographic location. Thus all Telenor numbers (for example) nationwide carry mobile code 0345 etc. NWD (area) codes for common cities are: Premium Rate services:
*0900 xxxxx Toll free numbers (for callers within Pakistan):
*0800 xxxxx

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 SCOM where Z=5 only *X=0

Jazz Pakistan Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited, doing business as Jazz, ( ur, ) is a Pakistani mobile network and internet services provider formed by the merger of Mobilink and Warid Pakistan. It provides a range of services for prepaid and postpaid ...

*X=1

Zong Pakistan CMPak Limited ( ur, ), doing business under brand name Zong, is a Pakistan based mobile data network operator, owned by the company China Mobile. It is the first overseas setup of China Mobile through acquisition of a license from Millicom to ...

*X=2

*X=3

Ufone Pak Telecommunication Mobile Limited or Ufone ( ur, ) is a Pakistani GSM cellular service provider. It is the third mobile operator to enter Pakistani market. It started its operations under the brand Ufone, in Islamabad on January 29, 2001. PT ...

*X=4

Telenor Pakistan Telenor Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited (Urdu: ٹیلی نار پاکستان) is the second largest cellular & digital services provider in Pakistan owned by Telenor Group, which is an international provider of voice, data, content and mobile commun ...

*X=5 SCOM (Z=5 only) *X=6

Instaphone Instaphone was Pakistan's first mobile communication service. It was launched by M/s Pakcom Ltd., a telecommunications company and the industry pioneer in the country. The company was jointly owned by M/s Arfeen and Millicom International (Luxe ...

Existing Codes *300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309 -

*310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318 -

*320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326 -

*330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337 -

*340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349 -

*355 - SCOM *364 -

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'. Main article: List of mobile codes in Pakistan 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 SCOM where Z=5 only X=0 Jazz Pakistan X=1 Zong Pakistan X=2 Jazz Pakistan X=3 Ufone X=4 Telenor Pakistan X=5 SCOM (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, 318 - Zong Pakistan 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326 - Jazz Pakistan 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337 - Ufone 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349 - Telenor Pakistan 355 - SCOM 364 - Instaphone 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'.

References

ITU allocations list

External links

National Dialing Codes

Pakistan Telecommunications Authority
- Pakistan’s telephone systems regulator {{Telephone numbers in Asia

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