Free, Legal & Official — Updated August 2026

SIM Owner Details — Check Your CNIC’s SIMs Free & Legally in Pakistan (2026)

Pakistan keeps one national SIM registry. It’s called SVMS, PTA’s record system, and it sits behind 208,057,255 active cellular subscribers as of June 2026, per PTA telecom indicators, across every operator — Jazz, Zong, Telenor, Ufone, SCO and ONIC. This page is the full manual for your own SIM owner details. People search for SIM information, SIM details and SIM ownership; all three mean the same PTA record. It covers all 12 official methods, the 8-SIM limit and the new 365-day rule. It also shows what to do when the count looks wrong.

See all 12 official methods   Open cnic.sims.pk (free)

Try It First

Free SIM & CNIC Checker (advisor — no lookup)

This advisor is a router, not a search box. No database sits behind it. That’s the whole reason this site stays legal while “lookup” sites keep getting blocked.

Trusted

Trust badges — verifiable promises

Each badge is a promise you can test yourself. Every code here comes from PTA or the operators, not from us. The free SIM and CNIC checker on this page sends nothing anywhere. And the subscriber badge carries PTA’s actual number, not the rounded figure that still circulates on unofficial sites. Our rules live on the Editorial Standards and About pages.

Fresh & Dated

What changed recently (dated)

• Late May 2026: a newly activated SIM can’t be disowned or transferred for 365 days (it used to be 60). The full story and the date proof.
• 19 May 2026: new-SIM sales are banned nationwide between midnight and 6 AM. Your checks still work 24/7.
• 1 July 2026: Telenor Pakistan merged into PTML, the company behind Ufone. What it means for your codes.

Dated advisories are archived in the PTA SIM news changelog. We update it weekly.

The Record

What the SVMS record covers

• Owner’s full name, exactly as printed on the CNIC.
• The 13-digit CNIC number. Every SIM hangs off this one anchor.
• Network operator: Jazz, Zong, Telenor, Ufone, SCO or ONIC.
• Activation date. The portal shows it, and it starts the 365-day clock.
• Biometric status: whether NADRA’s fingerprint check is complete.
• SIM status: active, blocked or disowned, plus the total SIM owner details count on that CNIC.

The System

PTA’s SIM Information System (the “sim info system” people search for) (SVMS), explained

Here’s the flow in one line. You buy a SIM. NADRA’s biometric system (MBVS) matches your fingerprint to your CNIC. The activation gets written into SVMS. From that moment, any 668 or portal check on your CNIC includes that SIM in its count.

One registry, two public windows, and a fingerprint gate at the door. That’s why the count you get back is solid enough to act on. It is also why any genuine SIM information check must start from a CNIC: the registry is indexed by identity, not by phone number.

It’s also why a fake SIM can’t hide. A SIM can’t enter the registry without landing on somebody’s CNIC. If a fraudster puts one on yours, your count goes up. The monthly check exists to catch exactly that.

Your Record

“SIM card owner details” — your record, on demand

This is the search people run while holding a physical SIM and wondering whose name sits under it. The self-serve answer is the pair you already know: 668 for the count, 667 for the SIM in your hand.

Need more than a count? A printed record, a correction, a transfer? That’s franchise territory. Take your original CNIC, give a fingerprint, and the staff can pull the complete record for SIMs on your identity. Method 8 below covers what to bring.

Step by Step

All 12 official methods (most guides stop at 10)

Most guides list ten routes at best. Two more genuinely belong here: PTA’s WhatsApp assistant, new in February 2026, and NADRA’s identity channels. Why NADRA? Because half of all SIM problems are really CNIC problems in disguise. And there is no secret thirteenth method. Any site that promises an owner’s name from just a number is unofficial, and it breaks PECA 2016 Section 16. These twelve routes are the complete lawful set.

Jump straight to any SIM owner details method:

1. SMS your CNIC to 668 — the classic check
2. cnic.sims.pk — free, worldwide, shows activation dates
3. MNP to 667 — the SIM in your hand
4. Your own number, free — all-network codes
5. BVS biometric status — with the Ufone code question, settled
6. Operator apps — Jazz World, My Zong, My Telenor, My Ufone, ONIC
7. Operator helplines — identity-checked support
8. The franchise — print, fix, transfer, disown
9. 76367 network ID — the exact N-format
10. PTA channels — 0800-55055, CMS app, complaint portal
11. PTA Digital Assistant — WhatsApp 0315-0055055
12. NADRA identity channels — 1777, Pak-ID, 8400

Method 2

Method 2 — cnic.sims.pk (free · worldwide) + look-alike warning

The portal is the SIM owner details route most people should default to. It costs nothing. It works from anywhere in the world with a CNIC or NICOP. And it shows more of your registration record than the SMS does, including activation dates.

When people search “SIM owner details online”, this portal is the answer — the only official one. And the “free SIM owner details” promise that scam sites dangle is already true here: the real check costs nothing. Paying anyone for a “database” result buys you a fake, not a shortcut.

Overseas Pakistanis, this one’s built for you: your SIM owner details from anywhere, no Pakistani SIM needed. And the screen nobody talks about is next: activation dates.

Method 3

Method 3 — MNP to 667 (the SIM in your hand)

667 answers one narrow question very well: is this SIM properly registered, and to whom? The masked CNIC in the reply lets you confirm a line is really yours before you trust it with anything valuable. That’s why it pairs with the pre-bank-linking routine later on this page.

What it won’t do, despite the “reveal any owner in 6 seconds” claims you may have read, is look outward. It only ever describes the SIM inside your own phone. See how the four codes differ in the quick compare.

Method 5

Method 5 — BVS biometric status (+ the Ufone code question, settled)

Here’s the honest reconciliation nobody else publishes. For Ufone, PTA’s own verification page documents *336*1#. Yet most guides still point to V to 7911 — which is Zong’s channel; our 11 July check against PTA’s own post settled it. That mess is exactly how wrong codes spread across the internet.

Our approach: we list both, with sources. Settled 11 July 2026: *336*1# is the working Ufone code, verified against PTA’s own post — the on-device comparison shot is below. If it fails, use the UPTCL app or call 333; V to 7911 belongs to Zong, not Ufone.

Whatever the network, the reply means the same thing. A positive response confirms your verification is complete. “Not Verified” means visit the franchise with your original CNIC and re-verify free, before the SIM risks suspension. Full per-network detail: the BVS guide.

Method 7

Method 7 — helplines (identity-verified)

When you need help fast, the helpline is the quickest human in the loop. It’s the right first call when something urgent happens. Think of an unknown SIM you just found, a lost SIM that needs an instant block, or a signal that suddenly died.

Expect identity questions before anything is shared. That friction is the system working. And note what no agent will ever do, for anyone: reveal who a number belongs to. An agent who did would commit the same Section 16 offence as a lookup site.

Method 9

Method 9 — 76367 network ID (exact format: N 03xx…)

Two details make this worth its own section in a SIM owner details guide. First, the format. The portal documents the leading N, and guides that say “just send the number” are passing along an untested version. Second, the reason it exists. Number portability (MNP) means a 0300 number may live on Zong today, so the prefix is a guess. 76367 is the answer.

Use it before calling any helpline about a number, so you call the operator that actually serves it today. It’s a network check, not a SIM owner details lookup. Full guide: 76367 network check.

Method 11 · New PTA Tool

Method 11 — PTA Digital Assistant (WhatsApp 0315-0055055)

The official name is the PTA Digital Assistant. It’s a menu-driven WhatsApp service, a fifth free front door to things PTA already ran: SIM owner details guidance, device verification, complaint filing. The shortcut wa.me/923150055055 opens the chat straight away.

Keep it in perspective, though. For the core question, how many SIMs sit on your CNIC, the primary SIM owner details routes are still 668 and the portal. The assistant adds convenience. And like every official channel, it deals only with your own identity and devices.

Which One?

Which method when? (decision matrix)

Every code in one table (bookmark this)

Still unsure? The SIM owner details advisor at the top asks one question and points you to the right row.

668 or 667 — which one? Use 668 to see how many SIMs sit on your whole CNIC across every operator (SMS your CNIC, about Rs 2). Use 667 to check the one SIM in your hand right now (send MNP, standard SMS). 668 counts every SIM; 667 shows the masked identity and status of the SIM you are holding. In other words, the SIM owner CNIC link — which SIM sits on which identity — is what 668 counts. They answer two different questions, so pick by what you need.

What to Expect

Anatomy of a 668 reply (real screenshot)

That bare-bones reply is the privacy feature scam sites pretend to beat. Even you, the CNIC holder, get only the count per network. A reply of “Telenor: 2” isn’t broken. It’s doing exactly what it was built to do.

Need to identify one specific SIM? That’s 667’s job. Is a count plain wrong? The franchise can pull the full record after a fingerprint match. Read the reply against your own memory, then file it away. A folder of dated screenshots is the cheapest legal evidence you’ll ever collect.

Honest Answers

Can you check SIM owner details BY NUMBER? (honest answer)

This is the most-searched SIM owner details question in the country, so it deserves the plainest answer. Searches like “SIM information with number” or “SIM details by number” hit the same wall: the registry answers to a CNIC, never to a phone number. PTA’s registry has no public API and no public search window. Not for websites. Not for apps. Not for “premium” WhatsApp services. Adding “online” does not help either. “SIM information with number online” leads to the same dead end: the only official online check, cnic.sims.pk, opens with your own CNIC, never a phone number.

So any service that seems to know a stranger’s SIM owner details is doing one of two things: inventing the result, or recycling stolen breach data. And in both cases it’s harvesting every number and CNIC typed into it. This is exactly what PECA 2016 Section 16 prohibits — here’s the line in the law.

The phrase doing the legal work is “without authorization”. You’re fully authorized for your own identity, which is why every method above is safe. You’re never authorised for a stranger’s. And the law reaches the user of a lookup service, not just its owner. These maximums come straight from PECA 2016, and the January 2025 amendment left Section 16 untouched. Ignore the “7 years plus Rs 5.7 million” penalty that floats around online. No such provision exists.

Myth vs Fact

What 667 actually returns

Some sites dress 667 up as a SIM owner details loophole. The truth is narrower, and more useful. Send MNP to 667 from a SIM you hold, and the reply confirms that one SIM’s registration, masked CNIC included.

It can’t be pointed at anyone else’s number. That’s not a bug. It’s the design. Use 667 for what it’s genuinely good at: confirming a line is yours before you trust it with banking.

Myth Killed

The “NADRA can show anyone” myth

NADRA’s job in the SIM system is the front gate, not a directory. Its biometric system matches your fingerprint to your CNIC so an activation can be written into the registry. It issues ID documents. It doesn’t run a window where anyone can type a number and read a citizen’s record.

Sites borrowing NADRA’s name are trading on trust they don’t have. Treat the claim itself as the scam signal. That is also why the popular search “NADRA SIM owner details” has no official destination: the SIM-side checks belong to PTA (668 and cnic.sims.pk), while NADRA only proves who you are.

The Honest Boundary

What law enforcement can do (that you can’t)

This boundary is what keeps the SIM owner details system fair. The data exists, but only accountability opens it. An agency request is logged, tied to a case, and reviewable. The opposite of an anonymous search box.

So when someone is genuinely hurting you from an unknown number, don’t chase their identity yourself. Hand the problem to people with real legal authority. File at complaint.nccia.gov.pk or call 1799, attach your evidence, and let the process do what no website legally can.

Stay Safe

“Pak SIM Data” — what those sites really are

“Pak SIM Data” is a brand family, not a SIM owner details database. People land on these sites by googling “pak SIM owner details” or “SIM owner details Pakistan” — and reach the one kind of page that cannot deliver either. The sites and apps carrying the name promise a live window into the national registry. That window doesn’t exist, for anyone.

What they actually serve is a mix of invented records and stale leaked material, styled to pass a quick glance. And the business isn’t the “results”. It’s you. Every CNIC and number typed in gets harvested for the next dataset, and every visit feeds the ads and malware behind it.

The names change: “SIM database online”, “fresh SIM data 2026”, “live tracker”. The anatomy never does. The legal, near-free alternative takes 30 seconds: SMS your CNIC to 668, or open the free portal. The full breakdown lives at the Pak SIM Data truth page.

Is it illegal for me to just check? Yes, if the CNIC or number isn’t your own. Looking up a stranger on these sites is unauthorised access to identity information. That falls under PECA 2016 Section 16. The maximum is 3 years in prison, or a fine reaching Rs 5,000,000, or both. The law reaches the person who searches, not only the site owner.

Do Not Install

“Live tracker” — a trap, start to finish

Location is the most protected data in the telecom stack, far beyond SIM owner details. It’s released to investigators under documented legal process, and to nobody else. An app store listing can’t change that. Neither can a Telegram channel.

What “live tracker” apps deliver is the reverse of the promise. They track you: contacts, messages, passwords. If someone’s location matters to your safety, that’s precisely the case the NCCIA exists for. More at the live tracker debunk.

Read the Listings

Play-Store apps & APKs — read their own confessions

You don’t need an investigator here. The app pages confess in writing. Listings describe their sources as “publicly available data”, the polite phrase for scraped and leaked material. The one-star reviews tell the rest: payments demanded over WhatsApp for “premium” results that never come.

Off-store APKs are the darkest corner of the family. The NCCIA has banned lookup apps by name, and security advisories tie these download channels to malware that steals saved passwords. The safe amount of trust for a “SIM owner details” app is zero. Details: the app warning page.

One Rule

The one-line immunity rule

Memorize that rule and the whole scam category loses its grip on you. Every future “new tool”, every rebrand, every viral forward gets measured against one sentence. And fails.

Enforcement keeps proving the point. In the year to June 2025 the PTA blocked 83 illegal SIM-sale sites. By September 2025 it reported 1,372 personal-data sites and apps blocked. In October 2025 the NCCIA dismantled 139 data-selling platforms. Sites built on the illegal promise vanish. The official self-checks of your own registration are still here.

How Many?

How many SIMs on one CNIC? (5+3=8 — and who’s exempt)

The cap is enforced where nobody can argue with it: at activation. The system simply won’t let a CNIC cross five voice or three data connections. That’s what makes a fake SIM visible. If your SIM owner details count sits at the limit and you didn’t buy that many, the gap is someone else’s SIM riding your identity.

The exemptions rarely get spelled out, so here they are. Foreign nationals: two SIMs on a passport with a valid visa. POC holders: two SIMs on a valid POC with passport, the SIM’s validity matching the POC. Children: none at all until 18, because a minor’s SIM sits on a guardian’s CNIC and counts towards that adult’s eight. Companies: connections registered against a National Tax Number, through the operator’s corporate desk. The check itself is identical for everyone. One 668 SMS or one portal visit reads your whole SIM owner details record. What happens over the cap? Right below.

History

PTA SIM rules timeline (2012 to 2026, dated & sourced)

Not real, ignore these wherever you read them. There’s no June 2026 advisory of any kind. There’s no “Operation Clean Sweep 3.0”, no “limit reduced to 6”, and no “7-year / Rs 5.7 million penalty”. Those claims drift between unofficial sites. None appears in any PTA release or statute. The full set of viral claims gets verdicts on the SIM myths fact-check page, and the freshest changes are archived in the PTA SIM news changelog.

Timing Rules

7-day wait & the midnight sales ban

Both rules exist for one reason: slowing down bulk SIM fraud. The 7-day wait kills the “walk in, walk out with five SIMs” trick. The night ban removes the hours when oversight is thinnest.

Neither touches your SIM owner details checks. 668, the portal and every code on this page work at any hour. And neither applies to replacements, transfers or porting. New-SIM timing details: the waiting period page.

Why Monthly

12 sourced reasons to check monthly

• OTP and wallet theft. An unknown SIM on your CNIC can quietly receive your banking codes.
• Legal liability. Anything done on a SIM in your name lands at your door first.
• The 365-day lock. Since a PTA advisory on 24 May 2026, a new SIM can’t be disowned or transferred for a full year. Finding it early matters more than ever.
• SIM-swap fraud. Early detection stops a number takeover before accounts drain.
• Ghost SIMs. Franchise-level fraud can register SIMs without your knowledge.
• Biometric-expiry blocks. An unverified SIM can be suspended. A check warns you first.
• Cap breaches. SIMs you didn’t activate push you over the 8 limit.
• Expired-CNIC risk. Around 8.1 million SIMs sit on renewal-due CNICs (April 2026 advisory). Yours shouldn’t be among them.
• Deceased-CNIC misuse. An unattended family record is a known fraud route. 3.2 million such SIMs were blocked in one enforcement year.
• Breach exposure. A Joint Investigation Team confirmed that 2.7 million citizens’ records were compromised between 2019 and 2023 (Dawn, March 2024). Leaked CNIC data gets used to register SIMs. So it’s worth checking whether your CNIC turned up in a known data breach. Monitoring is the one defence a leak can’t beat.
• Dormant recycling. 891,000 dormant SIMs were blocked or recycled in one enforcement year (ProPakistani, 2 January 2026). Never leave banking tied to a number you stopped using.
• Dated evidence. A monthly 668 screenshot is a timestamped record if you ever must prove a SIM wasn’t yours.

Take Action

Found an unknown SIM? The 6-step plan

1. Document it. Screenshot the 668 or portal SIM owner details result with the date showing, plus the activation-dates view if you can.
2. Flag it fast. Call the operator’s helpline (Jazz 111, Zong 310, Telenor 345, Ufone 333, SCO 355) for an emergency block.
3. Disown it in person. At the franchise, with your original CNIC and a fingerprint, say the exact words “SIM Disowning”. Keep the written reference number.
4. File the PTA complaint at complaint.pta.gov.pk or 0800-55055, attaching your dated screenshot and the franchise reference number. That’s your dated official record.
5. Secure what’s downstream. Change bank, wallet and email passwords, and move OTPs to an authenticator app.
6. Re-check after 24 to 48 hours and confirm the SIM count has dropped.

Expect two realities on the way. The fee: up to Rs 200 if the SIM was held under six months. It’s waived entirely when the SIM was issued fraudulently without your consent (PTA, 1 January 2024). The timing: if the rogue SIM is recent, the 365-day lock may delay the formal transfer. File the complaint anyway, the same day. The dated record is what proves the SIM was never yours. Full hub: unknown SIM on CNIC.

Roman-Urdu: Agar koi anjaan SIM mile to pehle screenshot lein. Phir operator helpline par block karwayein. Franchise mein original CNIC ke saath biometric “SIM Disowning” karwayein, aur PTA complaint zaroor darj karein.

Housekeeping

Deactivate an extra SIM you DO own

The order matters more than the trip: migrate first, deactivate second. A SIM that still receives a wallet’s OTPs isn’t “spare”. It’s a loose key to your money.

Walk through each extra number’s attachments: bank alerts, JazzCash or Easypaisa, WhatsApp, app logins. Re-point them at your keeper number. Only then let the franchise retire the line. Remember the recycling stat above. Numbers you abandon eventually belong to someone else. Guide: deactivate an extra SIM.

Cybercrime

NCCIA cybercrime complaint (1799 · since Jun 2025)

The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency took over from the FIA’s cybercrime wing, and its 1799 helpline replaced the old FIA-era line. Pages still pushing only the old FIA numbers are out of date.

Use the NCCIA for what it’s built for: identity theft, SIM-based fraud, harassment from unknown numbers, and reporting data-selling sites. The helpline guides you and helps lock down compromised accounts. The formal complaint goes through the portal, with your CNIC, your evidence, and any PTA reference attached. Guide: NCCIA complaint steps.

Protect Yourself

SIM-swap & OTP fraud — the working defence

SIM-swap works by moving your number onto a criminal’s SIM, usually through a CNIC photocopy and a careless “duplicate SIM” request. From that moment, they receive your banking OTPs.

The tell is sudden, unexplained loss of signal. A number can only live on one SIM at a time, so when a duplicate activates, your phone shows “no service”. Accounts have been drained within minutes of a swap. That’s why the layered defence matters: an authenticator app means a stolen number can’t harvest your codes, and low limits cap whatever slips through.

If your signal vanishes for no reason, act in this order from another phone:

1. Block the line. Ask your operator to suspend the number at once: Jazz 111, Zong 310, Telenor 345, Ufone 333. After identity questions, the block is usually instant.
2. Freeze the money. Call your bank or wallet on the number printed on your card and stop online access. This is the step that saves the balance.
3. Disown and replace. Take your original CNIC to the franchise, ask for “SIM Disowning” (fingerprint required), and get a verified replacement so you keep the number.
4. Report it. File with the NCCIA cyber helpline 1799 or complaint.nccia.gov.pk, and keep every reference number as evidence.

Fold these habits into the monthly self-check routine below and the attack loses its economics. A swapped number that yields no OTPs isn’t worth the fraudster’s paperwork. More on this: SIM-swap fraud.

10 Minutes

Monthly 10-minute security checklist

1. Audit. Run the 668 SIM owner details check or open cnic.sims.pk. Screenshot with the date, plus the activation-dates view.
2. Compare. Set it against last month’s screenshot. Investigate any increase the same day.
3. Verify. Send MNP to 667 from each SIM you physically hold.
4. Biometric. Confirm BVS status (Jazz 6001, Telenor 7751, Zong V to 7911, Ufone *336*1#).
5. Harden. App-based two-factor codes on financial accounts. Low transaction limits. SIM PIN on.
6. Archive. Keep the dated screenshots in one folder. That’s your evidence trail.

Ten minutes a month covers your identity, your wallet and your legal record. A printable one-page PDF version is on the way.

Act Today

Lost CNIC? Same-day protocol

Speed is the whole defence here. A lost card, or even a photocopy that wandered off, is the raw material for a fake registration. And the 365-day lock now makes each ghost SIM a year-long headache.

The same-day FIR and NADRA report put your loss on record before any SIM appears. The dated 668 SIM owner details baseline proves what your CNIC looked like at the moment of loss. Everything found after that line is provably not yours — and the week-one play for such a line is the unauthorised-SIM action plan. Full protocol: lost CNIC and SIM risk.

Family Duty

A deceased relative’s SIMs (act within 30 days)

It’s a hard errand at a hard time. That’s exactly why criminals count on it being postponed. An unattended record is a ready-made identity, and the April 2026 advisory still flagged roughly 1.5 million SIMs sitting on deceased CNICs.

Treat the franchise visits as part of settling the estate, within about 30 days. Close the identity itself at NADRA when the connections are done. Steps and documents: a deceased person’s SIMs.

By Network

Per-operator panel + the PTCL–Telenor merger (1 Jul 2026)

One prefix range trips almost everyone: 0320 to 0329 was Warid and is now Jazz, though people assume it’s Zong. And after porting, any prefix is only a guess. A 0300 number may live on Zong today. For any live number, skip the guessing and send N 03XXXXXXXXX to 76367.

Want the full walkthrough for your own network? Each guide covers the own-number USSD, the app login and the biometric check, step by step. Start with the Jazz number check code, the Zong number check code or the Telenor number check code. Ufone’s code is *336*1#.

Whichever brand serves you, nothing changes for you as a subscriber. Your number, your SIM and your registration all stay the same. So does the registry behind your SIM owner details. One 668 reply still covers every operator. Merger updates, as they land: the merger tracker.

Roman-Urdu + اردو

Roman-Urdu + اردو — mukammal khulasa

Kitni SIMs ho sakti hain? Ek CNIC par maximum 8: paanch voice aur teen data SIMs, tamam networks mila kar (Supreme Court, 5 November 2015). Na 25, na 6. Sirf 8. Foreigners ke liye 2 (passport + visa par).

Anjaan SIM mile to? Pehle screenshot lein (date ke saath). Phir operator ki helpline (Jazz 111 · Zong 310 · Telenor 345 · Ufone 333 · SCO 355) par block karwayein. Uske baad franchise mein original CNIC ke saath biometric “SIM Disowning” karwayein. Aur PTA complaint (0800-55055 / complaint.pta.gov.pk) zaroor darj karein. Yaad rahe: late May 2026 ki advisory ke baad nayi SIM 365 din tak disown nahi ho sakti. Is liye complaint fauran karein taake dated record ban jaye.

Kya cheezein nahi karni? Kisi “SIM owner details by number” site par ajnabi ka number na dalein (illegal). Kisi paid “Pak SIM Data” ya WhatsApp wali service ka istemal na karein. Apni SIM ya CNIC copy kisi ko na dein. Spam report karne ke liye number aur message 9000 par forward karein. Apna number bhoolne par: Jazz *99# · Zong *8# · Telenor *8888# · Ufone *780*3#. Mahine mein ek baar 668 SIM check — sab se sasti hifazat.

اردو میں عام سوالات

Poori Urdu guide alag URL par jald aa rahi hai — 668, portal, by-number, limit aur block guides, Urdu script mein.

کیا موبائل نمبر سے سم مالک کا نام معلوم ہو سکتا ہے؟ نہیں۔ پاکستان میں کوئی قانونی ویب سائٹ یا ایپ کسی اجنبی کے نمبر سے نام، شناختی کارڈ یا پتہ نہیں دکھا سکتی۔ یہ پیکا 2016 کی دفعہ 16 کے تحت جرم ہے۔ آپ صرف اپنے شناختی کارڈ کی سمز (668 یا cnic.sims.pk) یا اپنے ہاتھ میں موجود سم (667) چیک کر سکتے ہیں۔

ایک شناختی کارڈ پر زیادہ سے زیادہ کتنی سمز؟ صرف 8: پانچ وائس اور تین ڈیٹا سمز، تمام نیٹ ورکس ملا کر (سپریم کورٹ کا فیصلہ، 5 نومبر 2015)۔ نہ 5، نہ 6، نہ 25۔ غیر ملکیوں کے لیے 2 (پاسپورٹ اور ویزا پر)۔ مہینے میں ایک بار 668 سے اپنی سمز چیک کریں۔

Questions

FAQ hub · sources · author (final trust block)

Set 1 — Checking & methods

Set 3 — Problems & safety

Trust

Sources, editorial standards & last reviewed

Written and reviewed by Muhammad Hamza, founder and editor of CnicSimInfo. I follow Pakistan’s PTA and NADRA rules on SIMs and CNICs, check every SIM owner details code and figure against primary sources, and re-verify this whole guide quarterly. Last reviewed: 5 August 2026. More on the About page and in our Editorial Standards.

Every fact on this page traces to a named source. The official ones are PTA (pta.gov.pk, cnic.sims.pk, complaint.pta.gov.pk and the telecom indicators) and NADRA (nadra.gov.pk, Pak-ID). We also cite the Supreme Court of Pakistan for the 5 November 2015 SIM-limit ruling. PECA 2016 supplies Sections 3, 4, 16 and 17. The NCCIA channels are complaint.nccia.gov.pk and helpline 1799.

The reporting is named too. ARY News covered the 365-day rule on 24 May 2026. ProPakistani covered the enforcement drive on 2 January 2026, and the 365-day rule on 25 May 2026. Dawn reported the 2.7M NADRA records on 27 March 2024. Express Tribune reported 1,372 data pages blocked on 9 September 2025. Geo News ran the fact-checks and the 8 April 2026 advisory. Profit and Pakistan Today covered the PTCL–Telenor merger completion on 1 July 2026.

We store no CNIC or phone numbers, run no lookup, and sell no data. If a figure can’t be traced to a named official or credible source, we leave it out. And when a “fact” drifts between values on different sites, we treat it as fabricated. Spotted an error? Tell us and we’ll check it and fix it openly. Independent, not affiliated with PTA, NADRA or any operator.