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|pk| Pakistan +92

Number Format

Area Code:            2-5 digits
Subscriber Number:    4-7 digits
Trunk Prefix:         0
International Prefix: 00

Area code information

2004-2005? - national renumbering

Pakistan commenced its move towards a standard national numbering plan. Dates of numbering changes were not indicated, but was believed to have begun in late 2004.

The new format consists of either:

Area codes are consolidated to the following list:

Area code  Place
---------  -----
21         Karachi (central, east, south, west, Malir)
22         Hyderabad (including Kotri MC)
235        Sanghar
243        Khairpur
25         Dadu (except Kotri MC, +92 22)
40         Sahiwal
41         Faisalabad
42         Lahore (including Muridke)
44         Okara
48         Sargodha
46         Toba Tek Singh
47         Jhang
457        Pakpattan
49         Kasur
51         Islamabad/Rawalpindi
52         Sialkot
53         Gujrat (except Sarai Alamgir Tehsil, +92 544)
544        Jhelum (including Sarai Alamgir Tehsil)
55         Gujranwala
56         Sheikhupura (except Muridke, +92 42)
57         Attock
61         Multan
62         Bahawalpur
63         Bahawalnagar
64         Dera Ghazi Khan
65         Khanewal
66         Muzaffargarh
68         Rahim Yar Khan
67         Vehari
71         Sukkur
722        Jacobabad
74         Larkana
81         Quetta
853        Lasbela
86         Gwadar
91         Peshawar/Charsadda (including Bara, F.R. Peshawar, Jamrud)
937        Mardan
946        Swat
297        Badin
298        Thatta
232        Tharparkar
233        Mirpur Khas
238        Umerkot
242        Naushero Feroze
244        Nawabshah
453        Bhakkar
454        Khushab
459        Mianwali
542        Narowal
546        Mandi Bahauddin
543        Chakwal
547        Hafizabad
604        Rajanpur
606        Layyah
608        Lodhran
723        Ghotki
726        Shikarpur
843        Mastung
822        Zhob
823        Killa Saifullah
824        Loralai
825        Chagai
826        K. Abdullah/Pishin
828        Musakhel
829        Barkhan/Kohlu
832        Bolan
833        Sibi/Ziarat
835        Dera Bugti
837        Jhal Magsi
838        Jaffarabad/Nasirabad
844        Kalat
847        Kharan
848        Khuzdar
856        Awaran
852        Kech
855        Panjgur
924        Mohmand Agency/Khyber Agency (except Bara, Jamrud +92 91)
922        Kohat including F.R. Kohat
923        Nowshera
925        Hangu/Orakzai Agency
926        Kurram Agency
927        Karak
928        Bannu/N. Waziristan Agency (including F.R. Bannu)
932        Malakand
938        Swabi
939        Buner
942        Bajaur Agency
943        Chitral
944        Upper Dir
945        Lower Dir
963        Tank incl. F.R. Tank
965        South Waziristan
966        D.I. Khan (including F.R. D.I. Khan)
969        Lakki Marwat (including F.R. Lakki Marwat)
992        Abottabad
995        Haripur
996        Shangla
997        Mansehra/Batagram
998        Kohistan
Source: PTCL

Area codes and subscriber number change in unpredictable patterns. Subscriber number digits may be prepended, inserted or removed as area codes change.

There were some 8- and 9-digit numbers which needed to be converted to 7-digit numbers (for 2-digit area codes such as Lahore +92 42).

The following table indicates the possible conversion to new area codes, which may depend on the telephone exchange or community:

Old area code   New area code(s)
-------------   ----------------
+92 201         +92 298
+92 202         +92 853
+92 21          +92 21
+92 2202        +92 25
+92 2207        +92 25
+92 221         +92 22, +92 25
+92 2221        +92 235
+92 2231        +92 22, +92 233, +92 297
+92 2232        +92 235
+92 224         +92 22, +92 25, +92 297
+92 226         +92 297
+92 227         +92 297
+92 228         +92 22
+92 2288        +92 22
+92 229         +92 25
+92 231         +92 233, +92 235
+92 232         +92 232
+92 2342        +92 232
+92 2346        +92 235
+92 2381        +92 232, +92 238
+92 2382        +92 238
+92 238         +92 238
+92 241         +92 235, +92 244
+92 29          +92 21, +92 298
+92 41          +92 41, +92 46, +92 47
+92 42          +92 42
+92 431         +92 55
+92 432         +92 52, +92 542
+92 4337        +92 53
+92 433         +92 53, +92 546
+92 4340        +92 55
+92 4341        +92 52
+92 4342        +92 52
+92 4343        +92 542
+92 4344        +92 542
+92 4346        +92 55
+92 4348        +92 53
+92 4349        +92 55
+92 435         +92 55
+92 4361        +92 55
+92 4363        +92 547
+92 4364        +92 52
+92 4367        +92 52
+92 437         +92 55
+92 438         +92 547
+92 441         +92 40
+92 442         +92 44
+92 443         +92 457
+92 4441        +92 44
+92 4442        +92 44
+92 4443        +92 44
+92 4445        +92 63
+92 4446        +92 457
+92 4449        +92 44
+92 445         +92 40
+92 446         +92 457
+92 447         +92 67
+92 448         +92 65
+92 451         +92 48
+92 45202       +92 459
+92 45203       +92 459
+92 4521        +92 48
+92 4522        +92 453, +92 459
+92 4523        +92 48
+92 4524        +92 47
+92 4525        +92 453
+92 4526        +92 48
+92 4527        +92 454
+92 4529        +92 459
+92 4531        +92 48
+92 4533        +92 47
+92 453         +92 453
+92 454         +92 454
+92 4556        +92 48
+92 455         +92 48
+92 456         +92 546
+92 458         +92 544
+92 459         +92 454, +92 459
+92 4610        +92 41
+92 4611        +92 47
+92 4612        +92 47, +92 48
+92 4614        +92 46
+92 4615        +92 41
+92 462         +92 41, +92 46
+92 463         +92 46
+92 464         +92 47
+92 4651        +92 41, +92 46
+92 4652        +92 41
+92 4653        +92 453
+92 4654        +92 453
+92 4656        +92 46
+92 4657        +92 41
+92 4658        +92 56
+92 4659        +92 41
+92 466         +92 47
+92 467         +92 56
+92 468         +92 41, +92 41
+92 4691        +92 41
+92 4694        +92 41
+92 471         +92 46, +92 47
+92 4751        +92 47
+92 475         +92 47
+92 492         +92 49
+92 4931        +92 56
+92 4941        +92 56
+92 4942        +92 49
+92 4943        +92 49
+92 4944        +92 49
+92 4945        +92 56
+92 4946        +92 49
+92 4947        +92 56
+92 4949        +92 56
+92 4951        +92 42, +92 49
+92 4952        +92 49
+92 4955        +92 56
+92 496         +92 56
+92 498         +92 56
+92 499         +92 56
+92 51          +92 51
+92 541         +92 544
+92 571         +92 51, +92 543, +92 544
+92 573         +92 51, +92 543
+92 5771        +92 53
+92 5772        +92 57
+92 5774        +92 57
+92 5775        +92 57
+92 5776        +92 543, +92 57
+92 5777        +92 51
+92 5778        +92 57
+92 5779        +92 57
+92 578         +92 51
+92 5798        +92 51
+92 5799        +92 57
+92 593         +92 51, +92 992
+92 596         +92 51, +92 57, +92 995
+92 597         +92 57
+92 61          +92 61, +92 64, +92 65, +92 66
+92 621         +92 62
+92 628         +92 61
+92 631         +92 63
+92 632         +92 62, +92 63
+92 641         +92 604, +92 64
+92 6510        +92 64
+92 6511        +92 66
+92 6512        +92 65
+92 6513        +92 61
+92 6514        +92 608
+92 6515        +92 67
+92 6516        +92 604
+92 6517        +92 608, +92 61
+92 6518        +92 608
+92 661         +92 66
+92 667         +92 66
+92 671         +92 606
+92 682         +92 68
+92 683         +92 68
+92 684         +92 68
+92 6901        +92 65
+92 6902        +92 62, +92 66
+92 6904        +92 62
+92 6906        +92 66
+92 691         +92 63
+92 692         +92 65
+92 693         +92 67
+92 694         +92 606
+92 695         +92 63
+92 696         +92 62
+92 697         +92 66
+92 698         +92 62
+92 699         +92 65
+92 702         +92 604, +92 68
+92 703         +92 723
+92 704         +92 722
+92 7057        +92 722
+92 707         +92 68
+92 71          +92 71
+92 721         +92 722
+92 731         +92 68
+92 740         +92 838
+92 741         +92 74
+92 742         +92 722, +92 74
+92 743         +92 74
+92 747         +92 837
+92 752         +92 242, +92 244
+92 761         +92 726
+92 7665        +92 835
+92 792         +92 243
+92 81          +92 81, +92 843
+92 820         +92 823
+92 821         +92 823, +92 824, +92 829
+92 822         +92 822
+92 823         +92 843
+92 825         +92 825
+92 826         +92 826
+92 827         +92 853
+92 828         +92 828
+92 8287        +92 847
+92 831         +92 833
+92 832         +92 832
+92 833         +92 833
+92 834         +92 833
+92 8356        +92 832
+92 836         +92 832
+92 837         +92 832, +92 837
+92 84          +92 844
+92 854         +92 823
+92 856         +92 856
+92 857         +92 829
+92 858         +92 829
+92 859         +92 829
+92 861         +92 852, +92 855
+92 862         +92 86
+92 863         +92 86
+92 864         +92 86
+92 865         +92 852
+92 866         +92 86
+92 867         +92 855
+92 869         +92 852
+92 871         +92 844, +92 848
+92 873         +92 848
+92 874         +92 848
+92 875         +92 848
+92 877         +92 856
+92 878         +92 848
+92 879         +92 847
+92 883         +92 825
+92 885         +92 825
+92 886         +92 825
+92 887         +92 825, +92 847
+92 894         +92 826, +92 833
+92 91          +92 91, +92 923
+92 920         +92 924
+92 921         +92 91, +92 924
+92 922         +92 922, +92 925
+92 923         +92 923
+92 9241        +92 922
+92 9246        +92 925, +92 926, +92 928
+92 9248        +92 924
+92 925         +92 925
+92 926         +92 926
+92 9261        +92 969
+92 927         +92 927
+92 928         +92 928
+92 9282        +92 928
+92 9297        +92 928
+92 931         +92 937
+92 9322        +92 932, +92 937
+92 9323        +92 932, +92 945
+92 9328        +92 932
+92 933         +92 943
+92 934         +92 944
+92 935         +92 944, +92 945
+92 9351        +92 942
+92 936         +92 945, +92 946, +92 996
+92 938         +92 938
+92 939         +92 939
+92 961         +92 963, +92 966, +92 969
+92 963         +92 963
+92 964         +92 928
+92 965         +92 965
+92 966         +92 966
+92 968         +92 966
+92 969         +92 969
Detailed conversion list is available from PTCL.

(with report courtesy Baig Mirza)

Draft report - Numbering plan changes

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority issued a draft report on proposed numbering plan changes. It was recommended that a standard 9-digit national number total be adopted, which could consist of a 2-digit area code with 7-digit subscriber number, or a 3-digit area code with 6-digit subscriber number.

This report is available at the PTA website's documents section.

September 2004? - Sandah Lahore changes

PTCL announced that approximately 17 000 subscriber numbers will change from Central Exchange Lahore to Sandah Exchange Lahore "in near future" (no specific date indicated).

Initially, 1425 telephone numbers Akram Park, Bund Road T4, Boby Plaza Bund Road, Chohan Road Bund Road were to change. Other numbers in the area were to change after that.

Source: PTCL press release (17 September 2004)

20 September 2004 - Sihala subscriber number changes

Changes to subscriber numbers in Sihala exchange (+92 51) were introduced on 20 September 2004:

Old format       New format
==========       ==========
+92 51 4495xxx   +92 51 4485xxx
+92 51 4496xxx   +92 51 4486xxx
The last 3 digits of phone number remain unchanged. The old format numbers operate permissively with the new format for 3 months (through December 2004)

Source: PTCL announcement 17 September 2004.

Other information

Regulator is Pakistan Telecommunication Authority.

Also see PTA's numbering page.

Major carrier is PTCL.


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