One Name, Two Very Different Answers
Pakistan Database Agency (PakDB): The Real Agencies, and the Site That Is Just a Parked Page
“Pakistan database agency” is two questions wearing one search. The bodies that actually run Pakistan’s databases are NADRA, keeper of the citizen registry, and the new Pakistan Digital Authority, set up under the Digital Nation Pakistan Act 2025 — and neither offers any public person-lookup. As for the lookup site people call “PakDB”: we opened pakdb.xyz from Pakistan on 28 August 2026 and found a parked advertising page — no search form, no records, only ad links.
Key takeaways
- The real agencies are NADRA, which issues the CNIC and holds the citizen registry, and the Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA), created under the Digital Nation Pakistan Act 2025. Neither runs a public person-lookup.
- pakdb.xyz redirected to ww547.pakdb.xyz on 28 August 2026 — a parked shell of “Related Searches” ad links, with no search form.
- Every lookup brand in this family draws on recycled leaked lists — long-held numbers turn up, a SIM issued last month never does.
- Checking yourself is simple: SMS your 13-digit CNIC to 668 for about Rs 2 including tax, or use cnic.sims.pk, which costs nothing.
- Obtaining another person’s identity information breaches Section 16 of PECA 2016 — up to three years in prison, a fine of up to Rs 5,000,000, or both.
Both readings get a straight answer below: which agencies genuinely run Pakistan’s databases, what the “pakdb” name promises, what its address served on 28 August 2026, and the self-checks that exist in place of it all. What you will not find is a way to pull up a stranger’s record — Pakistan offers no lawful tool for that, and neither do we.
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The agencies that really run Pakistan’s databases
Start with the honest half of the search. NADRA — the National Database and Registration Authority — is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Interior. It holds the national citizen registry and issues the CNIC, NICOP and POC. Its official home is nadra.gov.pk, and its counters serve one person: you, for your own documents, after verification.
The newer name is the Pakistan Digital Authority. The PDA was created under the Digital Nation Pakistan Act 2025, and its official site, pda.gov.pk — read on 28 August 2026 — describes the PDA as that Act’s cornerstone. It sets policy; it does not serve records.
Here is the line that settles everything below: neither NADRA nor the PDA operates any website where the public can type a stranger’s number or CNIC and read who they are. Any site claiming to be “Pakistan’s database” open for that kind of search is claiming something the state itself does not offer.
What the “pakdb” searches are chasing
The other half of the search is a brand. Across three months of this site’s Google Search Console, one query family appears typed a dozen ways: “pakistan database agency” with 533 impressions, then “pakistan database” (256), “pakdatabase” (243), “db pakistan” (209), “pakdb” (204), “pak database agency” (99), “pak database 2026” (39), right down to the bare address “pakdb.xyz” (29).
The promise wrapped around the name is the familiar one: a site presented as Pakistan’s own database, where you type in a mobile number or CNIC and the owner’s details appear. Sibling searches like “pak database sim” and “pak database sim ownership” spell out the expectation. The word “agency” does the heavy lifting — it sounds governmental. No agency named PakDB exists in Pakistan; the section above lists the ones that do. Even AI answer engines now split the query the same two ways.
The pattern is familiar. The same enter-any-number promise moves from brand to brand — we have traced it at sims.bio and across the “pak sim data” family — and when one domain goes dark, the searches simply carry the promise to whichever address surfaces next.
What pakdb.xyz served on 28 August 2026
On 28 August 2026 we opened pakdb.xyz from a Pakistani connection. The address did load — but not as a lookup site. It redirected to a subdomain, ww547.pakdb.xyz, and what rendered was a domain-parking shell: a list of “Related Searches” advertising links above a bare “Privacy Policy | Terms of Service” footer. No search form. No records. No article, no contact, no service of any kind.
Parking is what happens to a domain that lapses, or whose holder decides leftover traffic earns more as ad clicks than as a website. Whatever pakdb.xyz used to show, what it shows now is on the record: on 28 August 2026, the “database” that videos point people toward was an empty page selling ads to the visitors it disappoints.
So the current answer to “is the site working?” is short: there is no site to work. Anyone presenting pakdb.xyz as a live service needs to produce evidence dated after 28 August 2026, because on that day there was nothing behind the name but advertising.
The sales pitch, checked against the record
Because the domain now serves nothing except ads, the table below sets the promises attached to the “pakdb” name — by videos and by sibling sites — beside what can actually be verified.
| The pitch | The record | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| “PakDB — Pakistan’s database agency” | No agency by that name exists. The real bodies, NADRA and the PDA, run no public person-lookup. | The name borrows authority it never had. |
| “Enter any number or CNIC, see the owner” | 668 and cnic.sims.pk are the registry’s public windows, and each answers a sender about their own CNIC alone. | No lawful source exists to power the promise. |
| “Updated pak database 2026” | Across this family, numbers held for years bring back details while freshly issued ones bring back nothing. | A stale copy of an old leak, not a live feed. |
| “Just open pakdb.xyz” | On 28 August 2026 the address redirected to ww547.pakdb.xyz, a parked page of ad links with no form. | The destination is an ad shell, not a service. |
| “Free and safe to try” | Whatever a visitor types into a lookup form becomes the operator’s property, and Section 16 of PECA 2016 covers the entire trade. | You risk your data, and the law, for an empty page. |
A single question exposes the whole category: could it identify a SIM activated only days ago? A system tied to the live registry would know it instantly. A site built on a copied leak cannot, because a stolen list stops growing on the day of the theft.
The checks that really exist
Pakistan’s SIM registry takes questions about yourself and nobody else. There are four official channels, and all four end at your own record.
- 668 by SMS. Message your own 13-digit CNIC, written without dashes, to 668; every operator answers with the SIMs it holds against your name, at roughly Rs 2 including tax. Our 668 guide covers the details.
- cnic.sims.pk, free. PTA’s web portal shows every SIM registered on your CNIC without charge. Our portal walkthrough explains each step.
- 667 from the SIM itself. Send “MNP” to 667 using the SIM you are holding; the reply describes that SIM alone — number, registered name, often-masked CNIC, IMSI, activation date, connection type.
- 76367 for network only. SMS “N” followed by a number to 76367 and the reply names the network it sits on — nothing else. A name never arrives; that ceiling is deliberate.
A stranger’s number stays anonymous through all four channels. Everything the “pakdb” pitch sells begins exactly where those channels stop.
Why looking up a stranger is illegal
Section 16 of PECA 2016 makes obtaining, selling, possessing, transmitting or using another person’s identity information without authorisation an offence, and the punishment climbs to three years in prison, a fine of up to Rs 5,000,000, or both. The buyer commits it as surely as the seller — fetching a record is itself the act the section names. Our PECA 2016 explainer unpacks the section in plain language.
It is also why no clean version of this service can exist. A “pakdb”-style operation has nothing to stock except records leaked from somewhere, and merely possessing or passing on those records completes the offence.
What to do instead
Four different needs drive this search, and every one of them has a legal answer.
- Check your own SIMs. Your CNIC sent to 668, or the free cnic.sims.pk portal — either way the answer comes straight out of the registry.
- Find out if your data leaked. If sites like this worry you, run our CNIC data breach check to learn whether your details sit in known leaks, and what to do about it.
- Put a name to an unknown caller. No lawful route exists for that. 76367 can at least tell you the network, your phone can block the number, and harassment belongs with NCCIA on 1799.
- Report the operation. PTA takes complaints at 0800-55055 and complaint.pta.gov.pk — attach the URL and screenshots — and NCCIA is on 1799.
Frequently asked questions
“Pakistan database agency” kya hai?
Is search ke do matlab hain. Asal idaray NADRA (CNIC aur shehri registry) aur Pakistan Digital Authority (Digital Nation Pakistan Act 2025) hain — dono mein se koi public person-lookup nahi chalata. Doosra matlab “PakDB” naam ki lookup site hai, jiska address 28 August 2026 ko sirf ek parked ads page nikla.
Is PakDB real?
As a name in videos, yes; as a database, no. On 28 August 2026, pakdb.xyz redirected to ww547.pakdb.xyz, a parked page of ad links with no search form. No agency called PakDB exists, and sites carrying this promise run on recycled leaked lists, not any live registry.
Can anyone search Pakistan’s SIM records?
No. The registry opens no search window to the public. Its official checks describe your own record — your CNIC to 668, the free cnic.sims.pk portal, or “MNP” to 667 from the SIM in your hand. For a number that is not yours, the ceiling is the network name, via 76367.
“Pak database sim ownership” check kaise karein?
Sirf apni ownership check ho sakti hai. Apna 13-digit CNIC, bina dash, 668 par SMS kar dein — taqreeban Rs 2 mein jawab milta hai — ya phir cnic.sims.pk ka free portal khol lein. Kisi doosre shakhs ki ownership dekhne ka koi qanooni raasta Pakistan mein mojood nahi.
Can I get someone’s details from NADRA or the PDA?
No. NADRA serves citizens their own documents after verification, and the PDA is a policy body with no records counter at all. Neither runs a person-lookup, and obtaining another person’s identity data is an offence under Section 16 of PECA 2016.
Roman Urdu mein
“Pakistan database agency” ki search ke do matlab hain. Asal idaray: NADRA, jo CNIC banata hai aur shehri registry chalata hai, aur naya Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA), jo Digital Nation Pakistan Act 2025 ke tahat bana. Dono mein se koi bhi public person-lookup nahi rakhta. Doosra matlab “PakDB” naam ki lookup site hai. Humne 28 August 2026 ko pakdb.xyz khola: address ww547.pakdb.xyz par redirect ho gaya aur wahan sirf ads wala parked page mila — na koi search form, na koi record.
PECA 2016 ka Section 16 kisi doosre shakhs ki identity information hasil karne, bechne, rakhne, aagay bhejne ya istemal karne ko jurm banata hai — qaid 3 saal tak, jurmana Rs 5,000,000 tak, aur dono bhi ho sakte hain. Apna record dekhne ke liye 13-digit CNIC (bina dash) 668 par SMS karein, kharcha taqreeban Rs 2, warna cnic.sims.pk ka portal bilkul muft hai. Kisi anjaan number ke baare mein bas itna maloom ho sakta hai ke woh kis network par hai: “N” ke baad number likh kar 76367 par bhejein — naam kabhi wapas nahi aata.
Written and reviewed by Muhammad Hamza, founder and editor of CnicSimInfo. Verification behind this page: pakdb.xyz was opened over a Pakistani connection on 28 August 2026 and redirected to a parked advertising shell at ww547.pakdb.xyz; NADRA and PDA facts were read the same day at nadra.gov.pk and pda.gov.pk; search-demand numbers come from this site’s own Google Search Console covering three months; the legal reference is Section 16 of PECA 2016. No lookup brand mentioned above receives a link from this site, and we mirror none of them. Last reviewed: 28 August 2026. See our Editorial Standards.