SMS pricing in Pakistan
SMS to Pakistan costs from $0.0034 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 4 direct operators (Jazz (Mobilink), Telenor Pakistan, Zong, Ufone); sender IDs are registered with the PTA in 7-14 business days.
Across 4 direct operators · regulator PTA
How much does SMS to Pakistan cost?
SMS to Pakistan costs from $0.0034 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 4 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and PTA-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (PKR per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
Jazz (Mobilink) Direct bind · A2P registered | ₨ 0.9452 per SMS · $ 0.0034 USD | — |
Telenor Pakistan Direct bind · A2P registered | ₨ 0.9452 per SMS · $ 0.0034 USD | — |
Zong Direct bind · A2P registered | ₨ 1.0008 per SMS · $ 0.0036 USD | — |
Ufone Direct bind · A2P registered | ₨ 1.0564 per SMS · $ 0.0038 USD | — |
- PTA-approved alphanumeric sender IDs required for branded traffic.
- Per-operator approval workflow; lead times vary by content category.
- Long messages (>160 GSM-7 chars) split into segments — billed per segment.
- Concatenation, Unicode and Latin all priced identically per segment.
- Delivery receipts (DLRs) included — no per-DLR fee.
SMS in Pakistan: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Pakistan coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 4 · Jazz (Mobilink), Telenor Pakistan, Zong, Ufone |
| Sender-ID lead time | 7-14 business days |
| Typical OTP latency | 3.5 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 194M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +92 · 410 |
| Time to launch | Live in 8–19 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time) |
| Billing currencies | USD · PKR |
| Published SMS band | USD 0.0034 – 0.0038 |
SMS to Pakistan: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to Pakistan, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in Pakistan?
How do I get test access for Pakistan?
Tiers upgrade automatically — the moment you cross the line.
Your effective rate is recalculated every billing cycle from the volume you sent that month. No paperwork, no renegotiation. Discounts apply automatically.
List rate. No commitment, no minimums.
Auto-applies on traffic above 100K/mo.
Includes monthly route review + Slack channel.
Direct operator pricing, signed SLAs, optional private cloud.
| Tier | Monthly volume | Discount | Effective rate (PKR per SMS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | 0 – 100K messages / month | List rate | ₨ 0.9452$ 0.0034 USD |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | ₨ 0.8318$ 0.0030 USD |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | ₨ 0.6994$ 0.0025 USD |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | ₨ 0.5671$ 0.0020 USD |
More on Pakistan
Above 1M / month, pricing becomes a conversation.
Per-country rate cards negotiated against your traffic mix, dedicated SMPP binds, named account management, signed delivery SLAs and optional on-premise or private-cloud deployment. Most quotes come back within two business days.
- Custom per-country rate cards
- Dedicated SMPP binds (capacity agreed per bind, up to 30,000 SMS/s per node)
- Named account manager + on-call engineer
- Signed delivery SLA — 99.99% uptime
- On-prem or private-cloud deployment
- Quarterly route review and benchmark
Launch SMS in Pakistan on approved routes.
Test access on request, with a reply within one business day. Live in 8–19 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time). Billed in AED, SAR, USD, EUR or GBP.
$ curl -X POST https://api.broadnet.me/sms/sendSms -H "Authorization: Bearer $BROADNET_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"senderId":"BroadNet","destinationNumber":"447700900123","message":"Hello from BroadNet","messageType":"TEXT"}'