Telephone numbers in Pakistan

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[edit] Fixed (landline) numbers

Area codes in Pakistan are from two to five digits long; the smaller the city, the longer the prefix. All the large cities have a two-digit code. Older exchanges have a 4, 5 or 6 digit number. Newer exchanges, those in the cities, have seven digit numbers.

It is common to write phone numbers as (0xx) yyy-yyyy, where xx is the area code. The 0 prefix is for long-distance dialing from within the country. International callers should dial +92 xx yyyyyyy.

All mobile phone codes are three digits long and start with 3xx. All mobile numbers are seven digits long.

Area codes for common cities are:

021 xxxx xxxx: Karachi
051 xxx xxxx: Islamabad / Rawalpindi
042 xxxx xxxx: Lahore
041 xxx xxxx: Faisalabad
022 xxx xxxx: Hyderabad
081 xxx xxxx: Quetta
091 xxx xxxx: Peshawar
052 xxx xxxx: Sialkot
053 xxx xxxx: Gujrat
061 xxx xxxx: Multan
055 xxx xxxx: Gujranwala
0546 xxx xxxx: Mandi Bahauddin
0604 xxx xxxx: Rajanpur

Premium Rate services:

0900 xxx xx

Toll free numbers (For callers within Pakistan):

0800 xxx xx

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[edit] Mobile telephone numbers

Mobile telephone numbers in Pakistan are of the following format 0XXX-YYYYYYY where XXX is the three letter code assigned to a specific mobile telephone operator and YYYYYYY is the local telephone number.