Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international telephone calls to Pakistan from another country:

1) Find the lowest telephone call rate for Pakistan, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 92 + City Area Code + Local number

When you have to make a phone call from Pakistan you will have to dial pakistan-exit-code (eg: pakistan-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The actual current date and time in Islamabad, Pakistan can be found at Time in Islamabad.

Pakistan’s standard time is 5 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Pakistan does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Pakistan are generally known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was formerly termed STD codes in Pakistan.

These phone area codes are required only if calling from outside the telephone code area. However it is mandatory when making a calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Pakistan in general specify geographical areas within Pakistan which might be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Pakistan is often preceded in the dial string by the Pakistani country code or the international access code for Pakistan ("92").

Phone Area codes in Pakistan will often be quoted including the country access code for Pakistan.