Change in Numbering System
From 1 April 2008 the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) announced the successful migration of cellular mobile subscriber numbers from 7 to 8 digits. The dialing codes of all mobile companies were changed from 4 digits to 3 digits(i.e. 0333-51xxxxx would now be 033-351xxxxx).
Numbers of Mobilink, Warid, Ufone and Telenor will remain the same 11 digits as before. For Paktel - now Zong (China Mobile), Instaphone and SCOM (AJK& Northern Areas), in addition to aforementioned shifting of subscriber numbers, digits of their dialing code would also change (i.e. 0304-51xxxxx will be 031-451xxxxx, 0320-51xxxxx will be 036-451xxxxx and 0335-51xxxxx will be 035-551xxxxx).
These changes become effective from April 1, 2008. Until June 30, 2008 all old and new numbers could be dialed. From 1 July 2008 onwards only new numbers will be valid.
| Wireless Provider | Mobile Code |
|---|---|
| Mobilink | 0300 |
| Zong | 0313 |
| Warid | 0321 |
| Ufone | 0333 |
| Telenor | 0345 |
| SCOM (AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan) | 0355 |
| Instaphone | 0364 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Mobile Codes In Pakistan
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