Telephone numbers in 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.

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.[1]

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

See also: List of dialling 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 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, 318 - 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'.

• List of dialling codes in Pakistan
• List of mobile codes in Pakistan

• ITU allocations list

• National Dialing Codes
• Pakistan Telecommunications Authority - Pakistan’s telephone systems regulator
• How to call Pakistan (country code +92) - howtophoneto.com