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Brief Facts >> Pakistan
Communications
Country Code 0092.
Country Zip Code 54700.
Telephone mainlines
Per 1,000 people
23 (2004)
In largest city (per 1,000 people) 117 (2004)
Cellular Companies

4(2002)
Mobilink(0300)
Paktel(0303)
Ufone(0333)
Instaphone(0320) (2004)

Mobile phones (per 1,000 people) 5 (2004)
Daily newspapers (per 1,000 people) 41 (2004)
Television sets (per 1,000 people) 91 (2004)
Radio broadcast stations AM 27, FM 2, short wave 21 (1998) Radio stations: Total 23, Home services in 20 languages. External services cover 70 countries in 15 languages (2004)
Television broadcast stations 22 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997) Pakistan Television: Five TV centers at Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Karachi covering 87% population
Registered TV sets: 2,823,800
Viewership: 115 million (2004)
Internet country code .pk
Personal computers
Per 1,000 people 5
5.1 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 30 (2004)
Media a. Print Media
Dailies: 424
Weeklies: 718
Fortnightlies: 107
Monthlies: 553
b. News Agencies
APP (official)
PPI & NNI (Pvt)
Private News Agencies 2 (2004)
 
Post Offices Post Offices: 13,419
Telegraph offices: 427 (2004)
Telephone Connections 4.28 million (2004)
Public Call Offices 362 (2004)
Internet Users (per 1000 people) 3.4 (2004)
Internet Connections 1.7 million (2004)
Source: www.worldbank.org/www.bbcworld.com/www.infopak.gov.pk/www.pakboi.com


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