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Calls to Pakistan, prepaid

Call Pakistan for 2 cents a minute.

Any mobile or landline in Pakistan, from wherever you live. Their phone rings like a normal call: no app, no data, no dropped Sunday call. Prepaid, no ID, and you never spend more than you load.

  • 1,000 minutesfor a $20 top-up
  • No IDan email is enough
  • No billyour balance is the limit

Calling Pakistan from

00Exit92Pakistan300No 0XXXXXXX7 digits

Pakistan's country code is +92. From the UK dial 00 92, then the number without its first 0. On a mobile, + works instead of 00.

--:-- in Karachi now5 h ahead of London

$0.0200 a minute to any Pakistani mobile or landline from the UK. 1,000 minutes for $20.

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Why calls to Pakistan keep dropping

An app call needs two good connections. A phone call needs none on their side.

If everyone you call sits on fast Wi-Fi, keep using WhatsApp. This page is for the calls that never seem to work.

Left: an app call on weak village data, reconnecting. Right: a keypad phone in Pakistan ringing with a call from abroad.EAmmiReconnecting...RingingCall from abroadyour caller IDApp call: data both endsPhone call: nothing on theirs
  • 4G

    Village data drops app calls

    WhatsApp and Imo need a good connection at both ends. Away from the big cities that is the part that breaks: the robot voice, the freeze, the call that keeps reconnecting.

  • MUM

    Parents answer a ringing phone

    Plenty of older parents never open an app to take a call. A normal ring on their keypad phone, they answer straight away.

  • 021

    Shops, banks and offices have no app

    A landline in Lahore or a supplier's office in Sialkot can only be reached on its number. App calls cannot reach it at all.

Call their phone, not their app. $0.0200 a minute to every Pakistani mobile and landline.

Get 1,000 minutes for $20
$20

Cheap calls to Pakistan

One $20 top-up. 22 Sunday calls home.

A 45-minute call every Sunday costs $0.90. At $0.0200 a minute, billed per second, $20 lasts about 5 months.

Six months of Sundays. Coral ones are paid for by a single $20 top-up.
Six months of Sundays: 22 of 26 covered by one $20 top-up at 45 minutes a call.SUN1SUN2SUN3SUN4SUN5SUN6SUN7SUN8SUN9SUN10SUN11SUN12SUN13SUN14SUN15SUN16SUN17SUN18SUN19SUN20SUN21SUN22SUN23SUN24SUN25SUN26Six months of Sundays: 22 of 26 covered by one $20 top-up at 45 minutes a call.SUN1SUN2SUN3SUN4SUN5SUN6SUN7SUN8SUN9SUN10SUN11SUN12SUN13SUN14SUN15SUN16SUN17SUN18SUN19SUN20SUN21SUN22SUN23SUN24SUN25SUN26
Pakistan, mobile and landline$0.0200a minute, billed per second
10 minutes
$0.20
1 hour
$1.20

Calling from a UK mobile with no add-on? EE's standard pay monthly rate to Pakistan is £4.64 a minute, so that 45-minute call would be £208.80. With us it is $0.90.

UK rate as listed by EE on 27 October 2026. Add-ons lower it; check yours.

You pay for the seconds you talk

A call of 2 min 10 s. Each square is 10 seconds: coral is talk time, hatched squares are what per-minute billing would charge on top.

LinkedSIP, per second$0.04
Billed per minute$0.06

No contract, no monthly fee. 1,000 minutes for $20, and credit that never expires.

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PIN

Pakistan calling cards, compared

Skip the access number and the PIN.

A calling card makes you dial a local access number, wait, type a PIN and only then the number in Pakistan. With LinkedSIP you dial +92 and the number, like any call.

What you press before anyone answers
A calling card needs an access number, a wait, a PIN and then the number. A direct call is +92 and the number.CALLING CARDAccess no.WaitPIN#0092NumberLINKEDSIP+92Number
  • DiallingAccess number, wait, PIN, then the number+92 and the number, from your app or office phone
  • ChargesCheck for connection fees and per-minute roundingPer second from the first second, no connection fee
  • No answerCheck whether failed attempts are chargedBusy, off or no answer costs nothing
  • CreditMany cards expire after a set timeNever expires while your account is open
  • PayingA shop, or a card onlineUSDT, USDC, Bitcoin or four more coins, from $20

Card terms differ from brand to brand. A card can still suit you if you want to pay cash in a shop.

GO

How to start calling Pakistan

Set up once. Then it is just +92.

No shop, no SIM and no contract. You set it up once, on the phone or laptop you already have.

  1. Step 1

    Open an account

    An email address you can verify. No ID, no documents, no card.

  2. Step 2

    Top up from $20

    In USDT, USDC, Bitcoin or four more coins. You get US dollars of credit once the payment confirms.

  3. Step 3

    Add us to a SIP app

    Zoiper, Linphone, MicroSIP or Groundwire on your phone or laptop. Three settings: domain, username, password.

  4. Step 4

    Dial +92

    Then the number without its first 0. Their phone rings. You pay per second once they answer.

PBX

Calling Pakistan from an office? The same account works as a SIP trunk on 3CX, FreePBX, Asterisk or Yeastar, so your team dials Pakistan from their desk phones at the same rate. Settings for your PBX.

An email, a $20 top-up and three settings. Then call +92.

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ID

Caller ID and grey routes to Pakistan

Your number shows. The call does not drop.

Some cheap routes push calls into Pakistan through local SIM cards so they look local. Pakistan blocks those SIMs, and the call dies with them. That is why a too-cheap call keeps cutting off.

Legal international minutes into Pakistan, per month
2019630m
Jan 2020 to Jul 2021757m

+20% after the regulator's monitoring system went live in March 2020.

  • 504,563SIM cards blocked for grey telephony
  • 92%fewer grey SIMs detected, January 2020 to July 2021

How LinkedSIP sends your call

Calls go out as international calls with the caller ID you set, such as your own mobile number or a number from us. Your mother sees a call from abroad, not a random local number, and knows to pick up.

One rule on your side: never set a +92 number as your caller ID when calling from abroad. It looks exactly like grey traffic.

Signs your current route is grey

  • The person you call sees a local 03 number, not yours.
  • Calls cut off after a few minutes.
  • A rate that seems too low to be legal.
YOU

Is LinkedSIP right for calls to Pakistan?

Made for three kinds of caller.

And plainly not for a few others. Better you know before you top up.

  • HOME

    Family on keypad phones or village data

    The Sunday call connects
  • PBX

    Offices calling suppliers and teams in Pakistan

    One rate on your own system
  • USDT

    People who would rather pay in crypto

    No card, no contract, no ID

Not the right choice if

  • Everyone you call is on Wi-Fi all day. WhatsApp or Imo costs nothing extra.
  • You want to pay by card and install nothing. Your own network's international add-on is simpler.
  • You need 15 or 1122 in Pakistan. We do not carry emergency calls.
03

How to dial a Pakistani number

Paste the number. Get the digits to dial.

Numbers in Pakistan start with 0 at home. After 92 the 0 goes, and one extra 0 is the most common reason a call fails. Paste a number the way it was given to you.

  • 03
    Mobiles start 03

    11 digits at home: 0300 1234567. From abroad: +92 300 1234567.

  • 111
    Company UAN numbers

    City code, then 111 and 6 digits: 021 111 XXX XXX becomes +92 21 111 XXX XXX.

  • 800
    Toll-free 0800

    Free inside Pakistan and often unreachable from abroad. Ask for a landline or UAN.

Try
Type
Waiting
Details
City or network
Dial from your PBX or app
+92...
Length
-

Number checks out? Call it for $0.0200 a minute, mobile or landline.

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+5

Time in Pakistan

Pakistan is on UTC+5 all year.

Pakistan does not change its clocks, so the gap moves when yours do. Pick your city and see their day on your clock.

  1. 4h
    UK summer9:00 in London is 13:00 in Karachi.
  2. 5h
    UK winter9:00 in London is 14:00 in Karachi.
  3. 10h
    New York winter9:00 in New York is 19:00 in Karachi.

5 h aheadPakistan is 5 h ahead of you today

  • Office hours09:00 to 17:00 there. Business calls04:00
    to 12:00
  • Evening17:00 to 22:00 there. Family and friends12:00
    to 17:00
  • Night22:00 to 09:00 there. Avoid unless urgent17:00
    to 04:00 (next day)

Their evening is your lunchtime in London. Call before dinner there.

Get 1,000 minutes for $20
021

Pakistan mobile codes and area codes

Every code, one rate.

Four networks carry almost every mobile in Pakistan: 211 million subscriptions in August 2026. Landlines start with a city code. Whatever the code, the price with us is the same.

  • Jazz030, 03236%76.3m
  • Zong031, 0370, 037127%56.6m
  • Telenor03421%44.3m
  • Ufone03315%31.8m
  • SCO03551%2.1m
  • 030Jazz+92 30
  • 031Zong+92 31
  • 032Jazz+92 32
  • 033Ufone0339 is also used by Onic+92 33
  • 034Telenor+92 34
  • 0355SCOAzad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan+92 355
  • 0370 / 0371Zong+92 370 / 371

Area codes for 67 places

  • KarachiSindh+92 21021 at home
  • LahorePunjab+92 42042 at home
  • Islamabad and RawalpindiCapital and Punjab+92 51051 at home
  • FaisalabadPunjab+92 41041 at home
  • MultanPunjab+92 61061 at home
  • PeshawarKhyber Pakhtunkhwa+92 91091 at home
  • QuettaBalochistan+92 81081 at home
  • HyderabadSindh+92 22022 at home

Punjab

30 towns
  • Gujranwala+92 55
  • Sialkot+92 52
  • Sargodha+92 48
  • Bahawalpur+92 62
  • Sheikhupura+92 56
  • Rahim Yar Khan+92 68
  • Gujrat+92 53
  • Sahiwal+92 40
  • Dera Ghazi Khan+92 64
  • Kasur+92 49
  • Okara+92 44
  • Chiniot+92 47
  • Jhang+92 477
  • Jhelum+92 544
  • Vehari+92 67
  • Khanewal+92 65
  • Muzaffargarh+92 66
  • Bahawalnagar+92 63
  • Toba Tek Singh+92 46
  • Attock+92 57
  • Mianwali+92 459
  • Khushab+92 454
  • Hafizabad+92 547
  • Mandi Bahauddin+92 546
  • Pakpattan+92 457
  • Narowal+92 542
  • Bhakkar+92 453
  • Layyah+92 606
  • Lodhran+92 608
  • Rajanpur+92 604

Sindh

6 towns
  • Sukkur+92 71
  • Larkana+92 74
  • Thatta+92 298
  • Badin+92 297
  • Tharparkar+92 232
  • Umerkot+92 238

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

13 towns
  • Mardan+92 937
  • Swat+92 946
  • Abbottabad+92 992
  • Dera Ismail Khan+92 966
  • Nowshera+92 923
  • Bannu+92 928
  • Swabi+92 938
  • Haripur+92 995
  • Mansehra+92 997
  • Chitral+92 943
  • Parachinar+92 926
  • Bajaur+92 942
  • Tank+92 963

Balochistan

9 towns
  • Gwadar+92 86
  • Turbat+92 852
  • Khuzdar+92 848
  • Lasbela+92 853
  • Panjgur+92 855
  • Pishin+92 826
  • Zhob+92 822
  • Loralai+92 824
  • Sibi+92 833
PBX

Calling Pakistan from a phone system

Send +92 in the right format, once.

These rules send Pakistan calls through LinkedSIP correctly, including numbers your team dials with an exit code out of habit.

SIP app on your phone
Apps
Zoiper, Linphone, Groundwire or any SIP app
Dial
+92 3XX XXXXXXX
Or
0092 3XX XXXXXXX
3CX outbound rule
Calls to numbers starting with
0092
Strip digits
2
Prepend
+
Route
LinkedSIP trunk
FreePBX outbound route
Prepend
+
Prefix
00
Match pattern
92X.
Asterisk extensions.conf
00 style
exten => _0092X.,1,Dial(PJSIP/+${EXTEN:2}@linkedsip)
E.164
exten => _+92X.,1,Dial(PJSIP/${EXTEN}@linkedsip)

Full settings for each system: SIP trunk configuration.

FAQ

Calling Pakistan: your questions

Reviewed 27 October 2026.

What is the country code for Pakistan?

Pakistan's country code is +92. Dial your exit code, then 92, then the number without its first 0. A mobile written 0300 1234567 becomes +92 300 1234567.

How do I call Pakistan from the UK?

Dial 00 92, then the number without its first 0: 00 92 300 1234567. From a mobile you can type + instead of 00. Pakistan is 4 hours ahead of the UK in summer and 5 in winter.

How do I call Pakistan from the USA or Canada?

Dial 011 92, then the number without its first 0: 011 92 300 1234567. Pakistan is 8 to 13 hours ahead in mainland North America, depending on your time zone and the time of year: 10 hours ahead of New York in winter.

How do I call Pakistan from Australia?

Dial 0011 92, then the number without its first 0. Pakistan is 3 hours behind Perth and 5 to 6 hours behind Sydney, depending on daylight saving.

How do I call Pakistan from the UAE or Saudi Arabia?

Dial 00 92, then the number without its first 0. From a SIP app on LinkedSIP, +92 works the same from the UAE, Saudi Arabia or anywhere else.

What is the cheapest way to call Pakistan?

If both of you have good data, an app call costs nothing extra. To reach a keypad phone, a landline or someone on weak village data, you need a paid call to their number. With us that is $0.0200 a minute to every Pakistani mobile and landline, billed per second.

Is LinkedSIP better than a Pakistan calling card?

You skip the access number and the PIN: you dial +92 and the number. Calls are billed per second with no connection fee, a call nobody picks up in Lahore or Karachi costs nothing, and your balance stays put through quiet months. A card may suit you better if you want to pay cash in a shop.

How much does it cost to call Pakistan from a UK mobile?

Without an international add-on it is expensive. On 27 October 2026 EE's standard pay monthly rate to Pakistan was £4.64 a minute and O2's was £4.10. EE's International Pass add-on brings it to 21p. With us a 45-minute call costs $0.90.

Is calling a Pakistani mobile dearer than a landline?

Not with us: Jazz, Zong, Telenor, Ufone and landlines are all one rate on our price list.

Which network is a 0300 or 0345 number?

030 and 032 were first issued by Jazz, 031 and 0370 by Zong, 033 by Ufone and 034 by Telenor. People keep their number when they switch, so the code shows who issued it. The price with us is the same.

How many digits is a Pakistani phone number?

Mobiles have 11 digits at home (0300 1234567) and 10 after +92. Landlines have 9 or 10 digits after +92, including the city code. Company UAN numbers have 11 or 12.

Do my parents need an app or internet?

No. You call their actual number. Their phone rings like any call from abroad and they answer as normal.

Why do some calls to Pakistan show a strange number or cut off?

The call probably went over a grey route: a local SIM in Pakistan that makes an international call look local. Pakistan's regulator blocks those SIMs, so calls drop. Never set a +92 number as your caller ID when calling from abroad.

Can family in Pakistan call me back?

Yes, on any number you have; they pay their own network's international rate. You can also ask us for a number at $0.99 a month that rings in your SIP app. What we can set up depends on the country and number type.

Hear them clearly this Sunday. 1,000 minutes for $20.

Any Pakistani mobile or landline at one rate. No ID, no contract, no monthly fee, and never a bill bigger than your balance.