Own-CNIC checks only · Reviewed 28 August 2026
Zong SIM Owner Details: Every Official Check That Works in 2026
You can check Zong SIM owner details, but only for a SIM that is in your own hands. Send the word “MNP” by SMS to 667 from the Zong SIM and the official system replies with the registered name, a CNIC that is often partly masked, and the activation date. No code, app, or website reveals the owner of a stranger’s Zong number, and trying to get that information is a criminal offence. Every method below was checked against official pages on 28 August 2026.
Your own Zong SIM will tell you who it is registered to through 667; a stranger’s SIM never will.
Can you check who owns a Zong SIM?
The honest answer has two halves. If the Zong SIM is physically with you, yes. Pakistan’s mobile number portability system runs an SMS service on shortcode 667 that returns the SIM’s own registration record. It works on Zong exactly as it works on every other network, because 667 is a PTA-side service, not a Zong product.
If the SIM is not with you, no. There is no Zong code, no PTA website, and no app that shows the owner details of a number you type in. Services that promise this are either fake or breaking the law, and we explain the legal side further down.
What your own Zong SIM can show you
Zong customers have five official routes, and each one returns something different. Only the first one shows a registered name. The table lists exactly what you get, so you do not waste time dialling codes that were never designed to show owner details.
| Method | What you do | What comes back | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 667 SMS | Text “MNP” to 667 from the Zong SIM | The SIM’s number, registered name, CNIC (often partly masked), IMSI, activation date, and connection type | Carrier SMS charge |
| *8# code | Dial *8# on the Zong SIM | Your own Zong number on screen, nothing more | Free |
| 7911 SMS | Text “V” to 7911 from the Zong SIM | Verification status of your numbers only, never a name | Free |
| My Zong app | Log in with your Zong number | Your own number, package, balance, and account details | Free |
| Helpline 310 | Call 310 from the Zong SIM | Help with your own SIM after the officer verifies your identity | Rs 2 plus tax to reach an officer |
667 is the real owner-details check
Send the letters “MNP” in an SMS to 667 from the Zong SIM you want to check. The reply comes from the central mobile number portability database and lists that SIM’s registration record, including the name it is registered under. The CNIC in the reply is often partly masked for privacy. This is the check to use when you buy a used phone with a SIM inside, inherit a family number, or simply cannot remember whose name a SIM was put in.
*8# shows the number, not the name
Zong’s current published code for finding your own number is *8#. Dial it and your number appears on screen for free. It never shows a name or CNIC, so treat it as a number-check code only. If you manage SIMs from more than one network, our guide to every sim number check code covers the matching codes for Jazz, Telenor, Ufone, and the rest.
Counting the Zong SIMs on your CNIC: 668 and cnic.sims.pk
The owner check runs from the SIM. The count check runs from your CNIC. Type your own 13-digit CNIC without dashes into an SMS and send it to 668. The reply costs about Rs 2 including tax and lists how many SIMs each operator has registered against your CNIC. Zong appears as its own line in that reply, so you can see your Zong count next to your counts on the other networks.
The same count is free on screen at cnic.sims.pk. You enter your CNIC, pass a reCAPTCHA, and see the operator-by-operator table with no account needed. Our main guide explains the 668 check step by step. Remember the ceiling while you read the reply: PTA allows 8 SIMs per CNIC, split as 5 voice and 3 data, a limit set after the Supreme Court’s 5 November 2015 orders. The SIM limit section covers what to do when you are at the cap.
Zong-specific facts worth knowing
The 310 helpline has its own price tag
Zong’s helpline is 310, and unusually, Zong documents it on a dedicated page: the 310 Smart IVR page on zong.com.pk. Self-service options sit in the IVR menus, but reaching a live officer costs Rs 2 plus tax. The officer can help with your own SIM after verifying your identity. No helpline officer, on any network, will read out the owner details of somebody else’s number, so do not call 310 hoping for that.
*2# is the older code, *8# is the current one
Many older guides list *2# as Zong’s number-check code. That is the legacy code; *8# is the one Zong currently publishes. Either way, both codes were only ever meant to show your own number. Neither has ever shown a name.
The My Zong app knows only its own user
The My Zong app shows the logged-in customer’s own number, package, and account. It has no search box for other people’s numbers, which is exactly how a lawful telecom app should behave.
The verification-status code PTA lists for Zong
Zong does have one genuinely documented shortcode, and it is free. Send the single letter “V” by SMS to 7911 from your Zong SIM. The reply reports the verification status of your numbers, meaning whether the SIM is biometrically verified against a CNIC. Read that reply for what it is: a status check only. It does not show a name, an address, or a full CNIC.
The source is PTA’s own page “How to Check Verification Status of Your SIM/CNIC”, published 1 June 2023 and still live when we read it on 28 August 2026. One honest caveat: PTA’s list dates from the biometric re-verification era, which is why it still names Mobilink and Warid separately, so an operator may answer differently today. If 7911 stays silent, the current fallback is a biometric verification check at any Zong franchise.
Other codes attached to Zong remain undocumented. “*100#” circulates in app guides as a Zong owner-details code, yet no Zong or PTA page lists it, and the Jazz-flavoured “*446#” family our Jazz sim owner details page unpacks is equally unsourced. Even 7911, the one real code, returns status only: no Zong code shows a registered name, and the official name route stays the “MNP” message to 667.
Can you find the owner details of a stranger’s Zong number?
No, and the answer stays no regardless of which website, app, or Telegram channel claims otherwise. Registration records link to CNICs, and Pakistani law protects that identity data. Sites that promise a name for any number you type either show fake data or resell leaked databases, and using them puts you on the wrong side of the law.
If an unknown number is harassing you, hand the problem to the bodies with legal power to act. PTA takes complaints at 0800-55055, on WhatsApp through RAABTA at 0315-0055055, and online at complaint.pta.gov.pk. For cybercrime, NCCIA’s helpline is 1799. And if 668 shows a Zong SIM on your CNIC that you never bought, our guide to unknown SIMs on your CNIC walks through the disowning process, which PTA’s 24 May 2026 update lets you use for numbers active up to 365 days.
Quick answers about Zong SIM owner details
What is the Zong sim owner details code?
There is no Zong USSD code that shows an owner’s name. Dialling *8# shows your own number for free, and that is all any Zong code shows. For the registered name behind a SIM you hold, send “MNP” by SMS to 667 and read the reply.
Can I check Zong sim owner name by CNIC?
No official service turns a CNIC into a name. The 668 SMS and cnic.sims.pk take your own CNIC and return only counts of SIMs per operator. The name check runs the other way: from the SIM itself, through the 667 message.
How many Zong SIMs can one CNIC have?
PTA’s overall limit is 8 SIMs per CNIC, made up of 5 voice and 3 data connections, in force since the Supreme Court’s 5 November 2015 orders. Check your current count with 668 or cnic.sims.pk before buying a new Zong SIM.
Is *2# still the Zong number check code?
*2# is the older code that many guides still repeat. Zong’s currently published code is *8#. Both are meant to display your own number on screen, and neither shows a name or CNIC.
