Shaza Fatima 
Transferring a SIM card’s ownership from one person to another is a legitimate, PTA-regulated process that Pakistani mobile users need in several real-life situations — gifting a number to a family member, handling a deceased relative’s SIM, resolving a corporate SIM that was incorrectly registered on a personal CNIC, or correcting registration errors at the … Read more
Pakistan’s telecom regulations include a critically important but widely misunderstood rule that affects every SIM holder in the country: if a SIM card remains completely inactive for 180 consecutive days, the operator has the right to deactivate it — and eventually recycle the number for registration to a new subscriber. For most active users, this … Read more
Pakistan’s Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 — commonly known as PECA 2016 — is the primary legal framework governing all SIM-related fraud, identity theft, and digital crimes in Pakistan. Every unauthorized SIM registration, every SIM swap attack, every fraudulent use of another person’s CNIC for mobile registration is a criminal offence under this law … Read more
When SIM fraud causes serious financial damage — drained bank accounts, hijacked mobile wallets, unauthorized SIM registrations used for crime — PTA complaints and operator reports are often not enough. For cases involving significant financial loss, criminal activity, or identity theft, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cybercrime Wing is Pakistan’s most powerful law enforcement tool … Read more
A stolen CNIC in Pakistan is not just the loss of a physical document — it is the theft of your entire digital identity. Your CNIC number controls your SIM registrations, your bank accounts, your mobile wallets, your government services, and your legal identity. In the wrong hands, a stolen CNIC can be used within … Read more
In Pakistan’s mobile verification ecosystem, two short codes — 667 and 668 — are among the most useful tools available to every SIM holder. While most Pakistanis have heard of 668 for CNIC-linked SIM checking, the 667 service is less understood but equally important: it handles Mobile Number Portability (MNP) — the process of verifying … Read more
Ufone is Pakistan’s fourth-largest mobile network — owned by PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited), a government-linked entity — with approximately 22 million subscribers. Despite being smaller than Jazz, Zong, and Telenor, Ufone SIMs are frequently targeted by fraud operators because Ufone’s network covers many rural and remote areas where biometric verification enforcement has historically been … Read more
Telenor Pakistan has over 45 million subscribers and operates one of the country’s most established mobile networks. With Telenor’s deep integration into Pakistan’s digital financial ecosystem — particularly through Easypaisa, one of the country’s largest mobile wallets — Telenor SIMs are among the most targeted numbers for SIM swap fraud, unauthorized registration, and financial account … Read more
Zong is Pakistan’s fastest-growing mobile network and the country’s leading 4G/5G provider, with over 45 million subscribers. As Zong’s network and digital services expand, so does the criminal interest in fraudulently registering Zong SIMs using stolen CNICs — particularly because Zong numbers are heavily used for internet services, data SIM fraud, and unauthorized device registrations. … Read more
Jazz is Pakistan’s largest mobile network with over 65 million subscribers — which also makes it the most targeted network for SIM fraud, unauthorized registrations, and identity theft. Whether you want to verify your own Jazz SIM is correctly registered, check how many Jazz SIMs are active on your CNIC, or confirm that no one … Read more
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