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To check SIM owner details in Pakistan

SMS your 13-digit CNIC (no dashes) to 668, or open PTA’s free portal cnic.sims.pk. Within about 30 seconds you get an operator-wise count of every SIM registered on your own CNIC. You can only ever check your own CNIC — looking up a stranger’s number is illegal under PECA 2016. One SMS, one complete CNIC SIM check — the dedicated walkthrough, both methods end to end, is our CNIC SIM check guide.

Pakistan runs one national SIM registry — PTA’s SVMS — covering 204.771 million active SIMs (PTA, end-February 2026) across Jazz, Zong, Telenor, Ufone, SCO and ONIC. This guide is the complete, verified manual for reading your own SIM owner details record — from your first CNIC SIM check to formal disowning: every official method, every code, the legal boundary, and what to do when the numbers don’t match what you expected.

See all 10 SIM owner details methods Open cnic.sims.pk (free)

Free or near-free cnic.sims.pk is completely free; the 668 SMS costs about Rs 2 including tax. Checking your SIM owner details never costs more than a text message.

Your own CNIC only Every official SIM owner details check works on your own CNIC. No legal tool reveals a stranger’s name from a number — that’s an offence under PECA 2016 Section 16.

Helplines that matter Jazz 111 · Zong 310 · Telenor 345 · Ufone 333 · PTA 0800-55055 · NCCIA cyber helpline 1799 · NADRA 1777.

The 30-second answer (read this first) The fastest way to check SIM owner details: open Messages, type your 13-digit CNIC with no dashes, and send it to 668 (About Rs 2 with tax). PTA replies in about 30 seconds with how many SIMs each operator has registered on your CNIC. Prefer a screen? cnic.sims.pk runs the same CNIC SIM check free, from anywhere in the world.

That single reply is your SIM owner details audit. If the CNIC SIM check matches the SIMs you actually use, you’re done for the month. If any operator shows more connections than you remember activating, this page walks you through exactly what to do — from the emergency helpline call to formal SIM disowning at the franchise and a PTA complaint that creates a dated legal record.

A third code completes the SIM owner details toolkit: send MNP to 667 from any SIM physically in your hand to confirm that one SIM’s registered network and status. And if you only need to know which network serves a number after porting, SMS the number to 76367.

Try It First Free SIM & CNIC Checker Tool (Advisor) Not sure which SIM owner details method fits? Our free advisor asks what you want to do and points you to the exact PTA channel — 668 or cnic.sims.pk for all SIMs on your CNIC, 667 for the SIM in your hand, 76367 for a number’s network. It runs entirely in your browser, stores nothing, and never performs a lookup — it simply points you to the right SIM owner details check.

What do you want to do?

• See all SIMs registered on my CNIC
• I am outside Pakistan
• Check the SIM in my hand / find its network
• Identify which network a number belongs to
• Report or remove an unknown SIM on my CNIC
• Block a lost or stolen SIM
• Look up a stranger’s details from their number

This tool doesn’t look up any data. It never shows a stranger’s SIM card owner details: no data is stored, no database is accessed, and nothing you select leaves your browser. It only tells you which official PTA method fits your situation. Independent — not affiliated with PTA, NADRA or any Privacy-safe official method finder: This website does not reveal the owner, CNIC, address, or live location of any mobile number. No CNIC and no phone number you type here is ever saved by this site. Treat this page as a learning resource for the PTA-approved channels only — cnic.sims.pk, 668, 667, and 76367.

Quick comparison: 668, cnic.sims.pk, 667 and 76367 side by side

What’s the difference between the SIM-check codes? 668 returns a count of all SIMs on your CNIC; cnic.sims.pk shows the same count free and works overseas; 667 verifies only the SIM in your own hand; 76367 identifies which network a number is on. None of them reveals a stranger’s SIM owner details.

Think of them as three lenses on one SIM owner details registry. 668 and the portal look at your identity and count every connection under it. 667 looks at one physical SIM and confirms it’s properly registered. 76367 looks at a number and names only its operator — useful because after MNP porting the prefix no longer proves the network. Use 668 or the portal first for the full SIM owner details audit, then 667 for any individual SIM you’re unsure about.

Four official SIM owner details channels, four different jobs — and none of them reveals a stranger’s identity.

Roman-Urdu: 668 aur cnic.sims.pk aapke CNIC par tamam SIMs ka count dete hain; 667 sirf aapke haath wali SIM verify karta hai; 76367 kisi number ka network batata hai. Behtar tarteeb yeh hai: 668 se mukammal fehrist lein, aur jis SIM par shak ho usko 667 ke zariye alag se confirm kar lein.

Trusted Built on official PTA & NADRA methods only — we store nothing Is this service official and safe? Check SIM Owners Details is an independent guide that teaches only PTA- and NADRA-authorised self-check methods. We never run a lookup, never store your CNIC, and never sell data — because unofficial “lookup” services are illegal under PECA 2016 and dangerous to everyone who touches them.

PTA-Authorized Methods Only Zero CNIC Storage — Ever PECA 2016 Compliant No Third-Party Lookup — Self-Check Only 204.771M Active SIMs (PTA, Feb 2026) Last Reviewed: 3 July 2026 · Quarterly Refresh

Every badge is a promise you can verify. “PTA-authorized methods only” means every code on this page — 668, 667, 76367, cnic.sims.pk, the BVS codes — is published by PTA or the operators, not invented by us. “Zero CNIC storage” means the advisor tool above transmits nothing. And the subscriber badge carries the real, dated figure — 204.771 million active SIMs at end-February 2026 per PTA’s telecom indicators — not the rounded “198 million” that circulates on unofficial sites.

What It Means

What exactly are “SIM owner details”? SIM owner details are the PTA record — held in SVMS, the Subscriber Verification Management System — created when a SIM is biometrically activated. It stores the owner’s full name, 13-digit CNIC, network operator, activation date, biometric status and current SIM status. Public SIM owner details checks return only a per-operator count — at most with masked digits — never full numbers, names or the record itself.

The 6 fields PTA’s SVMS actually stores

• Owner’s full name — exactly as printed on the CNIC.
• 13-digit CNIC number — the identity anchor every SIM is registered against.
• Network operator — Jazz, Zong, Telenor, Ufone, SCO or ONIC.
• Activation date — when the SIM was biometrically verified and switched on.
• Biometric status — whether NADRA’s verification (BVS/MBVS) is complete.
• SIM status — active, blocked or disowned, plus the total count on that CNIC.

Notice what a 668 or cnic.sims.pk reply deliberately leaves out: the phone numbers themselves, the name, the address. Even you only receive a count per operator. That privacy-by-design is exactly why no website can legitimately sell a stranger’s full SIM owner details — the registry simply has no public window that exposes them.

“SIM info”, “SIM data”, “SIM details” — what each really means People use SIM information, SIM info, SIM data and SIM details interchangeably for the same registration record, and for your own CNIC they all lead to the same official SIM owner details checks. But be careful with one phrase: “Pak SIM Data” sites are something entirely different — third-party lookup services built on fabricated or breach-recycled data, not the official PTA record. We cover them honestly further down this page.

The System

The PTA SIM Information System (SVMS), explained SVMS — the Subscriber Verification Management System — is PTA’s backend registry that powers both 668 and cnic.sims.pk. It links every biometrically verified SIM in Pakistan to a CNIC, which is what lets you audit the SIM owner details registered in your name and what makes an unauthorised SIM detectable.

Here’s the flow in one line: you buy a SIM → NADRA’s MBVS (Multi-Biometric Verification System) matches your fingerprint to your CNIC → the activation is written into SVMS → from that moment, a 668 or portal SIM owner details check on your CNIC includes that SIM in its count. Three different government systems cooperate: NADRA proves identity, SVMS records ownership, and DIRBS — the Device Identification, Registration and Blocking System — handles the handset side via IMEI. (Pakistan uses DIRBS, not “CEIR” — CEIR is India’s system, whatever some sites claim.)

SIM verification terms in plain language

Step by Step

Every official way to check SIM owner details — all 10 methods There are ten official routes to check SIM owner details in Pakistan: SMS 668, the cnic.sims.pk portal, MNP to 667, your operator’s own-number code, the operator’s BVS biometric code, the operator app, the operator helpline, the franchise/service centre, 76367 for a number’s network, and PTA’s own channels (0800-55055, CMS app, WhatsApp Digital Assistant). All are free or near-free.

Method 1 — SMS your CNIC to 668 (the classic CNIC SIM check) Open Messages, type your 13-digit CNIC with no dashes (for example 3520112345678), and send it to 668. PTA replies within about 30 seconds with an operator-wise count of the SIMs registered on your CNIC. Each SMS costs roughly Rs 2 including tax — near-free, but not free, whatever other sites say. Works on any phone, no internet needed. Last tested: 3 July 2026.

• Launch the Messages app on your phone and begin a fresh SMS.
• Type your 13-digit CNIC with no dashes and no spaces.
• Send it to 668.
• Give it roughly half a minute — PTA replies with your SIM owner details count split by operator.
• Screenshot the reply with the date — that’s your dated audit record.

Method 2 — cnic.sims.pk, PTA’s official free portal (works overseas) Open cnic.sims.pk, enter your 13-digit CNIC, complete the CAPTCHA, and view the same SIM owner details count on screen — completely free, from any country, no VPN required. A NICOP works exactly like a CNIC here, which makes the portal the go-to CNIC SIM check for overseas Pakistanis — and the free sim owner details online check most people should default to. Last verified: 3 July 2026.

Look-alike warning: only cnic.sims.pk is official. Sound-alike domains such as cnicsimcheck.pk or a bare sims.pk are not PTA sites and should never receive your CNIC. Check the spelling before you type anything.

Method 3 — texting MNP to 667 for the SIM you are holding Send the word MNP to 667 from the SIM in your phone. The reply confirms that SIM’s registered network and status — including a masked view of the CNIC it sits on — so you can verify a SIM is genuinely yours before, say, linking it to JazzCash, Easypaisa or a bank account. It works only for the SIM physically in your device; it is a verification code, not a people-search.

Method 4 — Your operator’s own-number code Forgotten your own number? Dial your network’s code with zero balance and it appears on screen: Jazz *99#, Zong *8#, Telenor *8888#, Ufone 7803#. Codes occasionally change — if one fails, use the operator app or send MNP to 667 instead. None of these replaces the 668 SIM owner details check — they only show your own number.

Method 5 — Operator BVS code (biometric status) To confirm your SIM is biometrically verified: Jazz — SMS your CNIC to 6001; Telenor — SMS your CNIC to 7751; Zong and Ufone — send V to 7911. A positive reply confirms verification; “Not Verified” means re-verify free at the operator’s franchise with your original CNIC before the SIM risks suspension.

Method 6 — Operator mobile app Once you sign in, the dashboard of every operator app — Jazz World, My Zong, My Telenor, My Ufone, or ONIC — displays your number together with its registration status. You’ll need the number once to sign in — use the own-number code first if you’ve forgotten it.

Method 7 — Operator helpline (after identity confirmation) Call Jazz 111 · Zong 310 · Telenor 345 · Ufone 333 · SCO 355. After verifying your identity, agents can confirm your own SIM owner details, flag an unknown SIM, or start a block. What they will never do — for anyone — is reveal who another number is registered to; PECA 2016 bars exactly that.

Method 8 — Franchise / service centre (in-person biometric) The franchise is where paperwork becomes action: bring your original CNIC, complete a fingerprint match, and staff can print your full SIM owner details record, correct CNIC mismatches, transfer ownership, or process SIM disowning. Changes typically appear in your 668/portal CNIC SIM check within 24–48 hours.

Method 9 — 76367 network identification (after MNP porting) SMS any 11-digit mobile number to 76367 and the reply names its current operator. Essential after porting, when a 0300 prefix might now live on Zong. It returns the network name only — never the owner’s name, CNIC or address. It is a network check, not a SIM owner details lookup.

Method 10 — PTA’s own channels (0800-55055 · CMS app · WhatsApp assistant) PTA’s toll-free consumer line is 0800-55055; complaints go to complaint.pta.gov.pk or the PTA CMS app. And since 25 February 2026 there’s a fifth free channel: the PTA Digital Assistant on WhatsApp at 0315-0055055 — a menu-driven assistant for SIM guidance, DIRBS/IMEI device queries and complaint filing. Verify the number against PTA’s own announcement before saving it; a real PTA channel never asks for an OTP or a payment.

Which method should you use? (decision matrix)

Roman-Urdu: Das official tareeqe hain — 668 par CNIC SMS, cnic.sims.pk portal, apne haath wali SIM ke liye 667 par MNP, apna number janne ke codes, BVS biometric codes, operator app, helpline, franchise, kisi number ka network 76367 se, aur PTA ke apne channels — yehi mukammal CNIC SIM check hai.

Do It Now

Your first SIM owner details check — a complete walkthrough Never checked before? Do it now in under a minute: open Messages, type your 13-digit CNIC with no dashes, send it to 668, and read PTA’s reply. It lists each operator and how many SIMs are registered on your CNIC — your first complete CNIC SIM check. Screenshot it with the date visible — that screenshot is your baseline for every future month.

Any phone with your own SIM works — the SIM owner details check is tied to your CNIC, not to a smartphone, so a basic keypad phone is fine. Within about half a minute the reply arrives, and reading it is simple: lay it next to what you actually use. Carrying one personal Jazz number plus one work Zong number? The reply should list a single SIM against each network: Jazz 1, Zong 1. If it does, save the screenshot and move on with your day.

If a network shows more connections than you activated — say “Jazz: 3” when you only ever bought one — those extra connections are exactly what this page’s unknown-SIM action plan exists for. Either way, the very first CNIC SIM check is the most valuable one you’ll ever run, because it becomes the baseline every later check is compared against.

What the 668 reply actually looks like The 668 SIM owner details check: send your CNIC, read the operator-wise count, screenshot the reply. The reply is one short SMS listing each operator with a count — for example “Jazz: 2, Zong: 1, Telenor: 0, Ufone: 1”. Depending on the network and PTA’s current format, some replies also show a masked version of each number (like 0300•••1234) so you can recognise your own SIMs. What it never contains: full numbers, names or addresses — yours or anyone else’s. That minimalism is a privacy feature, not a limitation: even the CNIC holder only gets a count, which is precisely why no third-party site can honestly promise you more.

Common mistakes people make when checking SIM owner details

• Dashes or spaces in the CNIC — 668 expects thirteen unbroken digits; one stray character breaks the CNIC SIM check.
• Using an old CNIC number — after a NADRA reissue, always check with the CNIC you hold today.
• Expecting phone numbers in the reply — 668 returns a count by design; use 667 to identify a specific SIM in your hand.
• Trusting a look-alike portal — only cnic.sims.pk is official; never type your CNIC anywhere else.
• Trusting a prefix after porting — confirm any number’s live network with 76367 instead.

Roman-Urdu: Agar aap pehli baar check kar rahe hain: Messages app kholein, 13 hindson wala CNIC bina kisi dash ke type karein, 668 par send kar dein, phir jawab aane par usay ghor se parhein. Screenshot date ke saath save karein — yahi aapka baseline hai.

Honest Answers

Can you really check SIM owner details BY NUMBER? No. No legal public tool in Pakistan reveals a stranger’s name, CNIC or address from a phone number. You may only check the SIMs on your own CNIC (668 / cnic.sims.pk) or the SIM physically in your own hand (667). Looking up someone else’s identity from their number violates PECA 2016 Section 16 — up to 3 years in jail and/or a fine up to Rs 5 million.

This is the single most-searched question in the niche, so it deserves the plainest possible answer. PTA’s SVMS registry has no public API and no public search window. Not for websites, not for apps, not for “premium” WhatsApp services. Any service that appears to know a stranger’s SIM owner details is, by definition, either inventing the result or recycling stolen breach data — and harvesting the numbers you type in for the next data set it sells.

Can you get a name and address from a number? Not through any public channel. Only law-enforcement agencies can obtain subscriber data, through a formal, documented legal request to the operator — typically tied to a registered case or court order. Ordinary users have no such access, and neither does any website, whatever its landing page claims.

What 667 actually returns (your own SIM only) Some sites overstate 667 as a “reveal any owner in 6 seconds” trick. The truth: 667 confirms the network and registration status of the SIM in your own phone — a portability/verification check. It does not, and cannot, return another person’s name, CNIC or address from their number.

The “NADRA can show me anyone” myth NADRA verifies identity and issues CNICs; it runs the biometric step behind SIM activation. It does not operate a public “search anyone by number” service. Any site claiming NADRA-powered lookups of strangers is fake, and using it puts you — the user — on the wrong side of PECA 2016.

Is Truecaller the same as an official check? No. Truecaller shows crowd-sourced caller names contributed by other users’ contact lists — a community phone book, not PTA’s registry. Names there can be nicknames, business labels, previous owners or plain wrong. It’s fine for screening spam calls; it is never proof of who a SIM is legally registered to. The authoritative SIM owner details live only in SVMS, readable only for your own CNIC.

What law enforcement can do that the public cannot Investigation agencies (police, NCCIA) can lawfully request subscriber and location data from operators under due process. That’s the honest boundary: if you’re facing harassment or fraud from an unknown number, the correct move isn’t a lookup site — it’s a complaint to the NCCIA cyber helpline 1799 or complaint.nccia.gov.pk, where people with actual legal authority take it from there.

Stay Safe

“Pak SIM Data”, “SIM database” & “live tracker” — what they really are Are Pak SIM Data websites real? No. PTA’s registry has no public feed, so no private site can legally pull live registration data. These sites display fabricated or breach-recycled records while harvesting the CNICs and numbers typed into them — and some distribute malware. The only legitimate SIM owner details checks are 668, cnic.sims.pk and 667.

Where “fresh SIM data” actually comes from From old leaks — not from any live official feed. The documented reality: a Joint Investigation Team led by the FIA confirmed that 2.7 million citizens’ records were stolen from NADRA offices between 2019 and 2023 (reported by Dawn, March 2024). That was a records theft, not a live SIM-database breach — and recycled data of exactly this kind is what powers “fresh SIM data” and “SIM database online” sites, usually years stale, often simply invented.

“Live tracker” & “SIM tracker with name and address” — a trap There is no legal public live tracker in Pakistan. Apps promising a SIM’s live location are scams that steal your data or install spyware; location data is available only to law enforcement via legal process. If someone is harassing you, report it — don’t install the very apps that will make things worse.

“Minahil SIM Data” and other brand-name tools Named lookup brands that circulate on social media are unofficial third-party tools recycling leaked data. They aren’t PTA services, they have no licence, and using them is both unsafe and illegal. The same goes for “SIM owner details” apps on app stores and side-loaded APKs — several have been banned by name, and some have carried infostealer malware.

Why these sites can’t be real — the one-line logic Remember this and you’re immune: SVMS is a closed government system with no public interface. A site that “knows” a stranger’s details is either faking the answer or breaking the law with stolen data — and either way, the number you type in becomes part of its next product.

How scam data-sites actually harm you

• CNIC harvesting — your identity number joins the next batch sold.
• Fake or stale results — you pay (or watch ads) for fabricated data.
• Malware — off-store “SIM checker” APKs have carried infostealers.
• Legal exposure — the PECA 2016 Section 16 offence reaches the user of a lookup, not just its operator.
• Follow-on fraud — harvested numbers get targeted with SIM-swap and OTP scams.

The legal, free alternative (do this instead) Send your CNIC to 668 or open cnic.sims.pk to see your own SIM owner details; send MNP to 667 for the SIM in your hand. Official, near-free, and nothing about you gets stored. If you’ve already entered your CNIC into a lookup site, don’t panic — change OTP-linked passwords, switch to app-based 2FA, and run a fresh CNIC SIM check via 668 for a dated baseline.

Enforcement against these services is real and accelerating: in its July 2024–June 2025 drive PTA blocked 83 illegal SIM-sale websites; on 9 September 2025 it reported blocking 1,372 sites, apps and pages selling personal data; and on 2 October 2025 the NCCIA dismantled 139 data-selling platforms across apps, websites and social media (Express Tribune, Pakistan Today). Reporting a site you stumble across genuinely feeds that machinery — PTA 0800-55055 and NCCIA 1799.

How Many?

How many SIMs can be registered on one CNIC? (5 + 3 = 8) The maximum is 8 SIMs per CNIC — five voice SIMs plus three data-only SIMs — combined across all operators, set by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 5 November 2015 and enforced automatically through the registry; the count itself is decoded in how many SIMs are on my CNIC. It is not 25, not “5 per network”, and it was never “reduced to 6”.

5 voice + 3 data = 8 — the SIM limit every CNIC SIM check is measured against, unchanged since 2015.

The cap is enforced at activation: the system simply won’t let a CNIC cross five voice or three data connections. That’s what makes an unauthorised SIM visible — if your own count sits at the limit and you didn’t register that many, the gap isn’t a glitch; it’s someone else’s SIM riding on your identity, and your monthly SIM owner details check is how you catch it. Exceeding counts or unverified SIMs can be auto-blocked via the DIRBS-linked enforcement PTA runs.

Exceptions worth knowing: foreign nationals and POC holders get two SIMs on a passport/visa; children can’t hold SIMs at all until 18 (a guardian’s CNIC carries them); and companies register connections against an NTN — which is how businesses legitimately exceed the personal cap. The CNIC SIM check itself works identically for everyone.

New-SIM waiting period & the midnight sales ban Two timing rules also apply. Since 24 January 2024, a second (or later) new SIM on a CNIC requires a 7-day NADRA wait — your first SIM, duplicates/replacements, ownership changes and MNP porting are all exempt. And since 19 May 2026 there’s a nationwide ban on new-SIM sales between midnight and 6 AM, an anti-fraud measure that doesn’t affect your ability to check your SIM owner details at any hour.

History

PTA SIM rules timeline (2012 → 2026) — dated & sourced The current PTA SIM rules in one paragraph: the cap is 5 voice + 3 data per CNIC (Supreme Court, 2015); a 7-day wait applies before a second new SIM (January 2024); the disowning fee is capped at Rs 200 (January 2024); a newly activated SIM can’t be disowned for 365 days (24 May 2026); and new-SIM sales are banned midnight–6 AM (19 May 2026). Each of these rules shapes what your next CNIC SIM check shows.

Not real — ignore these claims wherever you read them: there is no “June 5, 2026 advisory”, no “Operation Clean Sweep 3.0”, no “limit reduced to 6”, and no “7-year / Rs 5.7 million penalty”. These fabrications drift between unofficial sites; none appears in any PTA release or statute.

The 365-day disowning rule (24 May 2026) — the newest rule that matters Since PTA’s advisory of 24 May 2026, a newly activated SIM cannot be disowned or transferred for 365 days after activation — extended from the old 60-day window (confirmed by Geo Fact Check quoting PTA). The practical takeaway cuts both ways: be very careful whose SIM you biometrically approve, because you’ll carry it for a year; and if a SIM was wrongly registered to you, file a PTA complaint the same day you find it — the dated record protects you even while the lock applies.

Your SIM is your identity — and your legal liability Every SIM registered on your CNIC is legally yours. If a connection in your name is used for fraud, the trail leads to your door first. That is the blunt reason a monthly SIM owner details check is worth two minutes: it lets you find and disown a SIM you never authorised before someone else’s crime becomes your problem.

Pakistan SIM verification at a glance (2026) — verified numbers only

Take Action

Found an unknown SIM on your CNIC? Your action plan If your SIM owner details show a SIM you didn’t register: screenshot the CNIC SIM check result with the date, identify the operator, call its helpline to flag the SIM, then visit the franchise with your original CNIC and ask for “SIM Disowning” (biometric). Lodge a complaint with PTA through complaint.pta.gov.pk or by calling 0800-55055, then lock down any bank or mobile-wallet accounts tied to that number.

• Document it. Screenshot the 668 or cnic.sims.pk CNIC SIM check result with the date visible.
• Flag it fast. Call the operator’s helpline (Jazz 111, Zong 310, Telenor 345, Ufone 333, SCO 355) for an emergency block.
• Disown it in person. At the franchise with your original CNIC and biometric, use the exact phrase “SIM Disowning” and keep the reference number in writing.
• File a PTA complaint at complaint.pta.gov.pk or 0800-55055 — this creates the dated official record.
• Secure downstream accounts. Change banking/wallet/email passwords and switch OTPs to an authenticator app.
• Re-check your SIM owner details after 24–48 hours and confirm the count has dropped.

The 5-step disowning path when a CNIC SIM check flags a stranger’s SIM — evidence, block, dated legal record.

Two realities to expect. The fee: disowning costs up to Rs 200 if the SIM was held under six months — waived where it was issued illegally without your consent (PTA, effective 1 January 2024). The timeline: if the rogue SIM was activated recently, the 365-day lock may delay the formal transfer — file the PTA complaint anyway, the same day; the dated record is what proves the SIM was never yours.

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

Report

Filing complaints: PTA — and the NCCIA for cybercrime For SIM problems an operator won’t fix, file with PTA at complaint.pta.gov.pk, call 0800-55055 (toll-free), or use the PTA CMS app. For fraud, harassment or identity theft, file with the NCCIA — Pakistan’s cybercrime agency since April 2025 — at complaint.nccia.gov.pk or call its 24/7 cyber helpline 1799.

Include your CNIC, the SIM details, screenshots and a clear description; keep every reference number, because it links your case across PTA and the NCCIA. One correction to outdated advice you’ll see elsewhere: the NCCIA (which absorbed the FIA Cybercrime Wing) launched its dedicated 1799 helpline on 3 June 2025 — pages still quoting only the old FIA numbers are behind the times. The helpline guides you and helps secure compromised accounts; the formal complaint itself goes through complaint.nccia.gov.pk.

Protect Yourself

SIM swap & OTP fraud — how it works and how to beat it SIM-swap fraud moves your number onto a criminal’s SIM — usually via a CNIC photocopy and a careless “duplicate SIM” request — so they receive your banking OTPs. Your defence: check your CNIC’s SIM owner details monthly via 668, use app-based 2FA instead of SMS OTPs, set a SIM PIN and a WhatsApp two-step PIN, never share any OTP, and set low transaction limits.

The tell-tale sign is sudden, unexplained loss of signal: a number can only be live on one SIM at a time, so the moment a duplicate activates, your handset shows “no service”. Treat that as an emergency — call your operator from another phone immediately and freeze the number. Accounts have been drained within minutes of a successful swap, which is why the layered defence matters: authenticator-app 2FA means a stolen number can’t harvest your codes at all.

Active SIM-related scams every Pakistani should know

• “Your SIM will be blocked” texts — weaponise the real expired-CNIC advisory. Verify only at cnic.sims.pk; never tap the link, never pay.
• OTP-sharing calls — “your bank” asks you to read out a code. No legitimate institution ever asks for an OTP.
• Spoofed caller ID — the call can display your real bank’s number. Hang up and dial the number on your card yourself.
• Fake PTA/NADRA fee demands — official complaints are free; nobody calls demanding payment to “keep your SIM active”.
• Fake FBR / BISP messages — refunds or aid that need your CNIC + OTP are phishing; use only the official IRIS/BISP channels.
• Roadside fingerprint theft — an “agent” takes an extra thumb impression and registers SIMs on your CNIC. Verify biometrics only at official franchises.

Report spam to 9000 (forward the number, a space, then the message — the correct code, not “7622”), stop marketing messages via the Do Not Call Register (reg to 3627), block a nuisance number with *420#, and report fraud to PTA 0800-55055 and NCCIA 1799.

Your monthly SIM security checklist (10 minutes)

• Audit — run the 668 CNIC SIM check or open cnic.sims.pk; screenshot with the date.
• Compare — check against last month’s screenshot; investigate any increase.
• Verify — send MNP to 667 from each SIM you hold.
• Biometric — confirm BVS status (Jazz 6001, Telenor 7751, Zong/Ufone V to 7911).
• Harden — app-based 2FA on financial accounts; low transaction limits.
• Archive — keep the dated screenshots; they’re your evidence trail.

The Real Source

Documented data breaches — where illegal “SIM data” comes from Has Pakistani ID data been breached? Yes — a JIT led by the FIA confirmed 2.7 million citizens’ records were stolen from NADRA offices between 2019 and 2023 (Dawn, 27 March 2024). It was a records theft, not a live SIM-database hack — and that recycled data is what fake “SIM data” sites resell as “fresh”.

This section exists for awareness only: we never link, name or describe how to reach any breach dump — searching for or buying leaked CNIC/SIM data is itself a PECA 2016 Section 16 offence for the buyer. What you control is the response: a leak can’t be undone, but a monthly SIM owner details check catches any SIM registered against your leaked identity, and app-based 2FA makes a stolen number useless for draining accounts. Ignore the dramatic drifting figures (“Rs 22.5 billion fraud”, “137% SIM-swap rise”) — they have no named source, which is how you know they’re fabricated. The dated incidents above, with their sources, are the real record.

By Network

Per-operator SIM owner details (Jazz, Zong, Telenor, Ufone, SCO, ONIC) All operators appear in one 668 reply or on cnic.sims.pk. For a single network use its own codes — own number: Jazz *99#, Zong *8#, Telenor *8888#, Ufone 7803#; biometric status: Jazz CNIC to 6001, Telenor CNIC to 7751, Zong/Ufone V to 7911. Helplines: Jazz 111, Zong 310, Telenor 345, Ufone 333, SCO 355.

Verified update — 1 July 2026: the PTCL–Telenor merger has completed. Telenor Pakistan formally amalgamated into PTML — the company behind Ufone — after the Islamabad High Court’s approval of 30 June 2026 (CCP had approved the acquisition, with conditions, in October 2025). Both brands and their codes remain live for now, so we list them separately; expect gradual convergence and re-verify codes on the operators’ own channels as integration proceeds.

Prefixes can be wrong after MNP — always confirm with 76367 A ported number keeps its prefix but changes networks, so a 0300 number may now be on Zong and a 0312 on Jazz. One range trips almost everyone: 0320–0329 was Warid and is now Jazz, though it’s commonly assumed to be Zong. For any live number, the prefix is a guess; 76367 is the answer. Whichever brand serves you, the SIM owner details registry behind 668 stays the same. Operator codes also change over time — we stamp this table with its verification date and re-check quarterly.

Device Side

eSIM, IMEI & DIRBS — the device side of verification Your SIM owner details cover the SIM-to-CNIC link; DIRBS covers the handset. Dial *#06# to see your phone’s 15-digit IMEI and SMS it to 8484 to check its DIRBS status. eSIMs — offered by Jazz, Zong and Ufone, plus the app-based ONIC — activate by biometric verification and a QR code, and appear in your 668 result exactly like physical SIMs.

Keep the two systems straight and everything makes sense. SVMS ties a SIM to a CNIC — that’s what 668 reads. DIRBS links each handset to its IMEI and rules on whether that device is allowed onto Pakistan’s mobile networks in the first place. An eSIM changes nothing about your SIM owner details: same biometric registration, same 8-SIM cap, same appearance in your count — you just scan a QR instead of inserting plastic. Telenor’s consumer eSIM has been limited to select franchises; with the PTML merger complete, verify current availability with the operator directly.

Lost or stolen phone? File a police FIR, then lodge a blocking request on PTA’s Lost & Stolen Device System with the IMEI — PTA blocks the handset across all networks, usually within about 24 hours, and can unblock it if recovered. PTA blocks; police trace. Note your IMEI down now, long before any emergency makes you need it. And if you buy a second-hand phone: the handset and the SIM are separate — check the device via *#06# + 8484, and never keep using the previous owner’s SIM.

Every Situation

Overseas, deceased, minors, foreigners & other special cases Overseas Pakistanis read their SIM owner details at cnic.sims.pk from any country using a CNIC or NICOP — no Pakistani SIM needed. To disown from abroad, authorise a trusted family member in Pakistan with a notarised authority letter and a copy of your CNIC, since disowning itself requires in-person biometric.

A deceased relative’s SIMs (act within ~30 days) Take the death certificate, the deceased’s CNIC, your CNIC and a NADRA Family Registration Certificate (FRC) to each operator’s franchise to block, transfer or disown the SIMs — promptly, because criminals target dead people’s CNICs. PTA blocked over 3.2 million SIMs on deceased CNICs in its 2024–25 drive, and the April 2026 advisory still flagged around 1.5 million more. Separately cancel the CNIC at NADRA.

SIMs for minors A child can’t hold a SIM on a B-Form. Any SIM for someone under 18 is registered on a parent’s or guardian’s CNIC — and counts toward that adult’s 8-SIM cap — until the child gets their own CNIC and the line is transferred at a franchise.

Foreign nationals & tourists Visitors register up to two SIMs against a passport and valid visa (or POC), at an operator’s official service centre — not a roadside stall — with the SIM’s validity tied to the stay. The same self-checks apply; only the identity document differs.

Transferring a SIM between people Both parties visit the franchise together with original CNICs; the new owner completes biometric verification and the record moves to their CNIC. Note the 365-day rule: a freshly activated SIM can’t transfer until a year has passed.

Expired CNIC — renew before it bites PTA’s 8 April 2026 advisory flagged around 8.1 million SIMs running on expired or renewal-due CNICs — SIMs that can be suspended at any time. Renew via the Pak-ID app, any NADRA Registration Centre, or an e-Sahulat franchise; your 13-digit number doesn’t change, so every SIM and bank account stays linked. Then re-run 668 to confirm nothing unfamiliar appeared while the card was expired. NADRA’s helpline is 1777 (or 051-111-786-100).

Reactivating a blocked SIM A SIM blocked for inactivity or verification issues can usually be reactivated within about 180 days via biometric re-verification at the franchise; after that, the number may be recycled to a new owner — another reason dormant numbers shouldn’t stay linked to your bank.

Porting done right (Pakistan ≠ India) Pakistan’s MNP does not use India’s “SMS PORT to 1900” system — that code does nothing here. You visit the new operator’s franchise with your original CNIC, complete biometric verification, clear dues, and the port completes in about four working days under the MNP framework. Your number stays, the operator changes — which is exactly why 76367 exists.

Know the Law

Is it legal? PECA 2016, section by section Checking the SIM owner details on your own CNIC is legal and officially encouraged. Accessing another person’s identity information without authorisation is an offence under PECA 2016 Section 16 — up to three years’ imprisonment and/or a fine up to Rs 5 million. Fraudulent SIM issuance falls under Section 17 (up to 3 years and/or Rs 500,000). The full statute, corrected penalty table and every legal route: our PECA 2016 guide.

The phrase doing the legal work is “without authorisation”. You’re fully authorised for your own identity — which is why every method on this page is safe — and never authorised for a stranger’s. The law reaches the user of a lookup service, not just its operator. And ignore the “7 years + Rs 5.7 million” penalty that circulates online: no such provision exists; it’s stitched together from unrelated sections. Enforcement sits with PTA and the NCCIA (operational since April 2025). If you want the statute unpacked clause by clause — the exact wording of Section 16, plus the fabricated penalties traced back to where they came from — CnicSimInfo’s PECA 2016 guide does exactly that.

You CAN (legal & safe)

• Run a full CNIC SIM check on your own identity — 668 / cnic.sims.pk
• Verify the SIM in your hand — MNP to 667
• Identify a number’s live network — 76367
• Check biometric status — 6001 / 7751 / V to 7911
• Disown an unauthorised SIM at the franchise
• Report misuse — PTA 0800-55055 · NCCIA 1799
• Use app-based 2FA instead of SMS OTPs

You must AVOID (illegal / risky)

• “SIM owner details by number” / “live tracker” sites — PECA 2016, Section 16
• Paid “Pak SIM Data” or “premium data on WhatsApp” offers
• Entering your CNIC on any unofficial tool
• Sharing, selling or lending your SIM to anyone
• Extra fingerprint scans on roadside forms
• Sharing an OTP with anyone — ever

Myths, Corrected

Common myths about SIM owner details — set straight Misinformation in this niche gives itself away: the same “fact” appears as different numbers on different sites. When a figure drifts, it was invented. Here are the big myths beside the verified record, so your decisions rest on facts.

One habit makes you immune: before acting on any dramatic SIM “news”, ask whether a named source — PTA, NADRA, the Supreme Court, the NCCIA, or a serious outlet — actually stands behind it. That single filter removes almost everything alarming you’ll read about your SIM owner details online.

New PTA Tool

PTA Digital Assistant on WhatsApp (0315-0055055) — the fifth free channel PTA launched its official WhatsApp Digital Assistant on 25 February 2026. Save 0315-0055055, open WhatsApp and send any message: a menu appears covering SIM-related guidance, DIRBS/IMEI device checks and complaint filing — no PTA office visit needed. A QR code has also been issued for quick access.

It’s a genuinely useful addition, and worth keeping in perspective. For the core question — how many SIMs sit on your CNIC — the primary SIM owner details routes remain the 668 SMS and cnic.sims.pk; the assistant complements them as a menu-driven front door to PTA services. Like every official channel, it deals only with your own identity and devices; it does not and cannot perform a “SIM owner details by number” lookup on strangers, because no lawful PTA service does.

Verify before you save: confirm 0315-0055055 against PTA’s own announcement on pta.gov.pk. Scammers imitate official WhatsApp lines — and a real PTA channel will never ask you for an OTP or a payment.

Reference

Master short-code reference (PTA & consumer codes) Pakistan’s official consumer short codes — 668, 667, 76367, 8484, 9000, 3627, *420#, 8300, 8400 and the helplines — let you check, block and report for free or near-free. The SIM owner details self-checks (668, 667, 76367, cnic.sims.pk) work on every network; the rest cover devices, spam and identity services.

Keep two often-confused codes apart: 8300 is the Election Commission’s voter-information service — it does not report “CNIC status”, whatever some sites claim — and 8400 is NADRA’s application tracking. And none of these codes reveals another person’s SIM owner details; they’re tools for your own identity, devices and complaints.

Honest Answers

“By CNIC”, “by number”, “by NADRA” — popular searches, answered honestly People search for SIM owner details in many phrasings — by CNIC, by number, by NADRA, “free”, “online check”, “real”. The honest answer splits cleanly in two: anything tied to your own CNIC is legal and easy; anything that starts from a stranger’s number is illegal and impossible through legitimate channels.

SIM owner details by CNIC The legitimate search. It simply means checking your own CNIC via 668 or cnic.sims.pk — an operator-wise count of every SIM on your identity, in about 30 seconds, for at most a couple of rupees.

SIM owner details online check That’s cnic.sims.pk: enter your 13-digit CNIC, complete the CAPTCHA, read the per-operator breakdown — the definitive sim owner details online check. It’s PTA’s official portal, free, and works from anywhere in the world — including for NICOP holders.

SIM owner details by number Not possible legally — this phrasing implies typing a stranger’s number to reveal their identity, and no lawful tool does that. The closest legal actions: 667 for a SIM you physically hold, and 76367 to learn only which network serves a number.

SIM owner details by NADRA NADRA performs the biometric verification behind SIM activation, but runs no public lookup window. No NADRA service reveals a stranger’s name from a number or CNIC — sites claiming “NADRA-powered” lookups are fake.

Free SIM owner details “Free” really means cnic.sims.pk, which genuinely costs nothing for your own CNIC. Anything advertising free access to other people’s details is either fabricated data or recycled breach material — and a trap.

Real SIM owner details The only “real” record is PTA’s SVMS entry, accessible solely for your own CNIC via the official channels. Sites promising “real” or “100% working” stranger lookups are advertising a crime, not a service.

Fresh Data

Pakistan’s telecom market in 2026 — the verified picture Three big things changed in 2026: Pakistan completed its first 5G spectrum auction in March, raising about $507 million; the PTCL–Telenor merger closed on 1 July, folding Telenor Pakistan into the Ufone (PTML) group; and the market crossed 204.771 million active SIMs (PTA, end-February 2026).

Why does this matter on a SIM owner details page? Because the market is consolidating into three big groups, and brand-level changes follow: codes, apps and franchise networks converge after mergers. Your CNIC SIM check doesn’t change — 668 and cnic.sims.pk read the national registry regardless of which brand serves you — but re-verify operator-specific codes whenever brands merge, and expect the Telenor and Ufone entries above to converge over the coming months.

Know Your SIM

SIM types in Pakistan — voice, data, prepaid, postpaid & eSIM Pakistani SIMs split three ways: by billing (prepaid or postpaid), by function (voice or data-only), and by form (physical SIM or eSIM). The 8-SIM cap is split 5 voice + 3 data. Whatever the type, every SIM is biometrically registered to a CNIC and appears in your SIM owner details.

• Voice vs data: the Supreme Court cap allows 5 voice plus 3 data-only SIMs per CNIC. Data SIMs live in MiFi devices, dongles and tablets — and a forgotten data SIM in an old wingle still counts toward your cap.
• Prepaid vs postpaid: identical registration and identical limits; postpaid just adds a billing agreement.
• Physical vs eSIM: an eSIM is digitally provisioned by QR code after the same biometric step — same cap, same appearance in your 668 CNIC SIM check.
• Corporate (NTN): companies register connections against a National Tax Number, outside the personal cap, via the operator’s corporate process.

eSIM in Pakistan — per-operator status

Your handset must support eSIM and be DIRBS-compliant (check the IMEI via *#06# and 8484). Travel eSIMs from international providers are a separate category riding on local networks — for a Pakistani number registered to you, use an operator’s own eSIM.

Why Monthly

12 reasons to check your CNIC’s SIM record every month A monthly SIM owner details check is the cheapest identity defence in Pakistan. In one enforcement year (July 2024–June 2025) PTA blocked 3.2 million SIMs on deceased CNICs, 783,000 on expired CNICs and recycled 891,000 dormant SIMs — proof of how much quiet risk sits in unwatched records.

• OTP & wallet interception — an unknown SIM on your CNIC can quietly receive your banking OTPs.
• Legal liability — anything done on a SIM in your name lands at your door first.
• The 365-day lock — since 24 May 2026 a new SIM can’t be disowned for a year, so catching it early matters more than ever.
• SIM-swap fraud — early detection stops a number takeover before accounts empty.
• Ghost SIMs — franchise-level fraud can register SIMs without your knowledge.
• Biometric-expiry block — an unverified SIM can be suspended; a check warns you first.
• Exceeding the 8-SIM cap — SIMs you didn’t activate push you over the limit.
• Expired-CNIC risk — around 8.1 million SIMs sit on renewal-due CNICs (Apr 2026 advisory); yours shouldn’t.
• Deceased-CNIC misuse — a family member’s record left unattended is a known fraud route.
• Breach exposure — leaked CNIC data gets used to register SIMs; monitoring is the defence.
• Dormant-SIM recycling — old numbers get reassigned; don’t leave banking tied to one.
• Dated evidence — a monthly screenshot is a timestamped record if you ever must prove a SIM wasn’t yours.

Keep SIMs Active

Renew an expired CNIC — Pak-ID app, NADRA centre or e-Sahulat Over 8.1 million SIMs run on roughly 4.5 million CNICs that need renewal (PTA advisory, 8 April 2026) — and they can be suspended at any time. Renew through the Pak-ID mobile app (online, home delivery), any NADRA Registration Centre, or an e-Sahulat franchise.

The crucial reassurance: your 13-digit CNIC number does not change on renewal, so every SIM, bank account and benefit tied to it stays linked. Renew first, then re-run a 668 SIM owner details check to confirm your SIMs are active — and that nothing unfamiliar slipped onto your record while the card was expired.

Before you link a SIM to a bank or wallet Taking over a new or second-hand number? Two quick checks first: send MNP to 667 from that SIM to confirm it’s registered to you, then dial ##002# once to cancel any hidden call/SMS forwarding — a silent-fraud trick that diverts OTPs to an attacker. Do both before attaching JazzCash, Easypaisa or a bank account, and never share a sign-up OTP.

Spot the Difference

How to tell a safe SIM check from a risky one You don’t need technical knowledge to judge a SIM-checking website. A safe one works only on your own CNIC, stores nothing, names its sources and sells no data. A risky one asks for a stranger’s number, offers “premium data”, and contradicts itself on basic facts like the SIM limit.

That last row is the tell: flashy lookup sites are precisely what PTA and the NCCIA keep taking down — 83 SIM-sale sites, 1,372 personal-data pages and 139 data-selling platforms in the recent drives alone. A service built on stolen data can vanish overnight, taking your CNIC with it. The official self-check is still here whenever you need it.

How we keep this guide accurate Every figure on this page must earn its place: if a number or date can’t be traced to PTA, NADRA, the Supreme Court, PKCERT, the NCCIA or a serious news outlet, we leave it out. When a “fact” drifts between values on different sites, we treat it as fabricated. The whole guide is re-verified quarterly — codes re-tested, stats refreshed to the newest PTA figure, the “last reviewed” date updated — and if you find an error, we correct it openly. On a topic that touches your identity and your money, that discipline isn’t a detail; it’s the entire point.

Roman-Urdu

SIM Owner Details — Roman-Urdu mein mukammal guide SIM owner details kaise check karte hain? Apna 13-hindsa CNIC (bina dash) 668 par SMS karein (taqreeban Rs 2 + tax), ya cnic.sims.pk kholein — bilkul free. Aapke CNIC par har network ki SIMs ka count aa jayega. Apne haath wali SIM ke liye MNP likh kar 667 par bhejein. Kisi ajnabi ka number check karna PECA 2016 ke tahat jurm hai.

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.

Anjaan SIM mile to? — Screenshot lein (date ke saath), operator ki helpline (Jazz 111, Zong 310, Telenor 345, Ufone 333) par block karwayein, phir franchise ja kar original CNIC ke saath biometric “SIM Disowning” karwayein, aur PTA complaint (0800-55055 / complaint.pta.gov.pk) darj karein. Yaad rahe: 24 May 2026 se nayi SIM 365 din tak disown nahi ho sakti — isliye 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, aur apni SIM ya CNIC copy kisi ko na dein. Spam milne par bhejne wale ka number aur poora message 9000 ko forward kar dein. Mahine mein ek baar apna 668 CNIC SIM check — sab se sasti hifazat.

Bahar mulk (overseas) hain? — cnic.sims.pk duniya ke kisi bhi mulk se chalta hai, CNIC ya NICOP dono ke saath — 668 SMS ki zaroorat nahi. Agar koi SIM disown karni ho to Pakistan mein kisi bharosemand family member ko notarized authority letter aur CNIC copy ke saath authorize karein, kyunke disowning ke liye biometric zaroori hai.

Biometric status check karna ho? — Jazz: CNIC 6001 par SMS karein; Telenor: CNIC 7751 par; Zong aur Ufone: V likh kar 7911 par bhejein. “Not Verified” aaye to franchise ja kar original CNIC ke saath free re-verify karwayein, warna SIM band ho sakti hai.

Naye rules yaad rakhein — 19 May 2026 se raat 12 se subah 6 baje tak nayi SIM ki sale par pabandi hai, aur doosri nayi SIM ke liye 7 din ka intezar hota hai (Jan 2024 se). Apna number bhoolne par: Jazz *99#, Zong *8#, Telenor *8888#, Ufone 7803#.