How to Check SIM Owner Details in Pakistan Free & Official PTA Guide — 2026 Verify every SIM registered on your CNIC across Jazz, Zong, Telenor, Ufone & SCO — in 30 seconds, using only PTA-authorized channels

Send your 13-digit CNIC, with no dashes or spaces, as an SMS to 668 from any Pakistani phone on any network. Within about 30 seconds, you’ll receive a per-operator count across Jazz, Zong, Telenor, Ufone, and SCO. For more detail — including exact registration dates and a printable record — open cnic.sims.pk in any browser, free of charge.

668 tells you the count of SIMs on your CNIC across all five networks — useful for monthly identity audits. 667 tells you the owner of the SIM currently in your phone. Neither code can look up another person’s number. Use 668 for the big picture; use 667 to verify a specific SIM in your hand.

Yes. cnic.sims.pk is PTA’s official citizen-facing portal for SIM verification. It’s free, requires no signup, returns the same data as 668 plus exact registration dates, and produces a printable record that’s accepted by courts, banks, and police stations. PTA’s January 2026 advisory specifically named it as the primary recommended channel.

Yes. 668 (SMS your CNIC) and 667 (send MNP) both work on any phone, including basic feature handsets, with no internet required. USSD shortcodes like *321# (Jazz), *345# (Telenor), and *333# (Ufone) also work over the cellular network without data.

The official record is PTA’s Subscriber Verification Management System (SVMS), operated jointly with NADRA. It contains the owner name, CNIC, address, biometric status, and activation date for every active SIM across all five Pakistani networks. SVMS is a classified government system. Citizens can access their own record through three channels: 668, 667, and cnic.sims.pk. No third party has authorized access.

Yes — exactly one: cnic.sims.pk. This is PTA’s free portal for citizens. Any other site claiming to offer a free SIM lookup is operating outside the law. SimOwner.net.pk’s role is purely educational: we guide you to use these official channels correctly. We don’t maintain any database of our own.

No. PECA 2016 Section 16 specifically criminalizes accessing another person’s identity data without a court order. You can only legally verify SIMs registered to your own CNIC, or confirm the owner of a SIM physically in your phone. The capability to find a stranger’s full details from their number simply doesn’t exist through any PTA-authorized channel — and any site claiming to offer it is showing fabricated data while harvesting your CNIC.

The data on 668, 667, and cnic.sims.pk is pulled in real time from PTA’s SVMS — 100% accurate, legally admissible. Third-party “lookup” sites typically show one of three things: fabricated names and addresses generated to look real, recycled data from old breaches (often years out of date and tied to previous owners), or data from completely different countries. None of it is reliable for any decision.

For each active SIM, the SVMS records: the full legal name on your CNIC, your 13-digit CNIC number, your registered address, biometric fingerprint verification status (via NADRA MBVS), exact activation date, the network operator, and the current SIM status (active, suspended, blocked, disowned). Citizens can access their own record. No third party can — without a court order.

Yes — fully legal, provided you use the three official channels (668, 667, cnic.sims.pk) and only check records tied to your own CNIC. What’s not legal under PECA 2016 is accessing another person’s record without a court order. Combined penalties under Sections 3, 4, and 16 can reach 7 years imprisonment and Rs. 5,700,000 in fines, applied equally to both site operators and individual users.

Under current PTA rules, the maximum is 8 active SIMs per CNIC — 5 voice and 3 data-only, calculated across all five operators combined. You can spread these across any networks as long as the voice and data totals aren’t exceeded. If 668 returns a count higher than what you actually own, treat it as an identity-security incident and follow the disowning process.

DIRBS — Device Identification, Registration, and Blocking System — is PTA’s automated 24/7 enforcement platform. It blocks SIMs that exceed the legal cap, deactivates biometrically unverified SIMs after 120 days, and blocks non-compliant devices on all networks. The catch: if criminals push your record over the limit using a leaked CNIC, DIRBS may block your own legitimate SIM, often without prior notice. Monthly 668 checks are the best preventive habit.

PECA 2016 imposes criminal penalties on both operators and users. Section 3 (unauthorized access): up to 3 months and Rs. 100,000. Section 4 (unauthorized data transmission): up to 6 months and Rs. 100,000. Section 16 (unauthorized use of identity information): up to 3 years and Rs. 5,000,000. When all three apply — as with someone running or regularly paying for a lookup service — the combined maximum is around 7 years and Rs. 5.7 million. The FIA Cybercrime Wing actively investigates both sides of these transactions.

Insert the Jazz SIM and send MNP to 667 — owner name, masked CNIC, and activation date arrive in ~6 seconds. To see all Jazz SIMs on your CNIC, dial *321# from a Jazz number or send your CNIC to 668 from any phone. For biometric status, SMS your CNIC to 6001. Helpline: 111 (free from any Jazz line). Jazz prefixes: 0300–0309, 0320–0329.

Insert the Zong SIM and send MNP to 667 for instant owner details. For all Zong SIMs on your CNIC, SMS your CNIC to 310 from a Zong number, or check cnic.sims.pk. Send V to 7911 for biometric verification status. Helpline: 310. Zong prefixes: 0310–0319, 0360–0365.

Send MNP to 667 from the Telenor SIM. To see all Telenor SIMs on your CNIC, dial *345#. For biometric status, SMS your CNIC to 7751. Helpline: 345. Telenor prefixes: 0340–0349.

Send MNP to 667 from the Ufone SIM. Dial *333# for all Ufone SIMs on your CNIC. Send V to 7911 for biometric verification. Helpline: 333. Ufone prefixes: 0330–0339.

Send MNP to 667 from the SCO SIM. For network help, call 321. To see SCO SIMs alongside other operators in your CNIC record, SMS to 668 or use cnic.sims.pk. SCO mainly serves AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan. Prefixes: 0355–0357.

SMS the 11-digit number (starting with 03) to 76367 — you’ll get the network back instantly. Prefix-based identification (Jazz 0300s, Zong 0310s/0360s, Ufone 0330s, Telenor 0340s, SCO 0355–7) is a quick mental shortcut, but unreliable for numbers that have been ported via MNP. For ported numbers, only 76367 returns the current active network.

Six steps, in order: (1) Screenshot the 668 reply with today’s date. (2) Call the relevant operator’s helpline and log a complaint with a written reference number. (3) Visit the operator’s franchise with only your original CNIC and ask for “SIM Disowning” — biometric verification removes the unauthorized SIM permanently. (4) File a complaint at complaint.pta.gov.pk or call 0800-55055. (5) Notify your bank, freeze JazzCash and Easypaisa, change all relevant passwords. (6) Re-send your CNIC to 668 after 18–20 days to confirm removal. Disowned SIMs cannot be reactivated by anyone.

Six common signals: (1) 668 shows more SIMs than you registered. (2) You’re receiving OTPs for transactions you didn’t start. (3) Your phone loses signal completely with no operator outage. (4) Banks contact you about accounts or loans you never opened. (5) You receive legal notices about activity you don’t recognise. (6) Your own SIM is blocked by PTA without warning. Any one of these warrants an immediate 668 check.

PTA’s DIRBS enforces a progressive timeline. Days 1–30: warning SMS. Days 31–60: outgoing calls and SMS restricted. Day 90: most services suspended. Day 120: permanent deactivation. Once a SIM is permanently blocked at this stage, no operator, official, or court order can restore it — the number is lost. If your SIM is approaching this deadline, visit the operator’s franchise with your original CNIC immediately. Re-verification is free.

Four habits: (1) Run a monthly 668 check — unauthorized SIMs can be used to compromise wallets. (2) Use unique transaction PINs and rotate them quarterly. (3) Enable in-app biometric authentication where available — blocks attackers even if your SIM is swapped. (4) Treat any sudden, complete signal loss as a possible SIM swap and contact your operator immediately from another phone.

No — and they’re illegal to use. Sites claiming to return another person’s name and CNIC from a phone number cannot be doing this legitimately, because PTA’s SVMS has no public API and no third-party licensing for arbitrary lookups. What they’re actually doing: showing fabricated or breach-sourced data while harvesting your CNIC for resale. PTA has blocked over 1,300 such sites. Under PECA 2016, users — not just operators — face prosecution. Always use 668, 667, and cnic.sims.pk only.

Official data comes from exactly three channels: 668 (SMS), 667 (SMS), and cnic.sims.pk (web). These are real-time, accurate, and legally admissible. Any other source — websites, paid WhatsApp services, APKs — is either fabricated, recycled from old breaches, or actively harvesting your CNIC. There’s no legitimate middle ground.

No public live tracker exists in Pakistan. Real-time location tracking based on SIM data is a classified law-enforcement capability used only by authorized agencies under court orders, accessed directly through operator networks. Any consumer-facing site or paid WhatsApp service claiming this capability is either showing made-up GPS coordinates or installing spyware. Both operating and using such services is a serious PECA 2016 offence.

Yes. cnic.sims.pk is accessible globally — no VPN or Pakistani SIM required. The major operator apps (My Jazz, My Zong, My Telenor, My Ufone) also work internationally if you’re logged in to an active account. For filing complaints from abroad, use pta.gov.pk‘s online complaint portal. To physically disown an unauthorized SIM, you need someone in Pakistan to visit the franchise on your behalf with your original CNIC and a notarized authorization letter — there is no remote option.

Eight actions within 24 hours: (1) File a police report and get a written FIR. (2) Visit NADRA, report the loss, request a fraud flag and CNIC replacement. (3) SMS your CNIC to 668 immediately and screenshot the current record. (4) Visit each relevant operator’s franchise to block any unauthorized SIMs that have appeared. (5) Change all passwords on banking, email, JazzCash, Easypaisa, and social media. (6) Replace SMS-based 2FA with an authenticator app. (7) Notify your bank and request enhanced monitoring. (8) Set temporary spending limits on mobile wallets.

In January 2026, PTA escalated enforcement and automatically suspended 4.7 million mobile connections linked to CNICs that hadn’t completed required biometric re-verification within the mandated timeframe. PTA simultaneously published an advisory urging all subscribers to verify their record via cnic.sims.pk and visit their operator’s franchise if any SIM showed “Not Verified” status. If you haven’t done this since the announcement, do it now — it’s free and takes minutes.

Insert the SIM into your phone and send MNP to 667. The reply confirms the registered owner. If the name doesn’t match the person who sold you the phone, don’t use the SIM — and contact the operator. To legally use the SIM yourself, the previous owner must visit the operator’s franchise with you, both with original CNICs, to complete a formal ownership transfer with biometric verification. Using a SIM registered to someone else’s CNIC creates legal exposure for you, even with verbal consent.

Four channels: (1) For spam calls and network-rule violations: complaint.pta.gov.pk or call 0800-55055 (free, 24/7). (2) For blackmail, fraud, or unauthorized lookup sites: complaint.fia.gov.pk or call 1991 (FIA Cybercrime, free, 24/7). (3) For physical threats or extortion: file an FIR at the nearest police station. (4) For NADRA-related identity issues: 051-111-786-100. Always preserve evidence — call logs, screenshots, transaction records — before filing.

“Fresh” simply means the current, real-time PTA record — updated whenever a SIM is verified, transferred, deactivated, or re-registered. When you use 667, 668, or cnic.sims.pk, you’re already seeing the fresh record. There’s no premium “fresh” version. Any site charging for “fresh” data is selling either fabricated information or recycled breach material.