Rule card · Pakistan
Keep your Zong number active while abroad
Keep a Zong number active abroad: the in-page table runs 30 to 365 days. A separate paragraph reserves a right after 180 days dormant.
Checked against official pages on October 3, 2026. Rules move; when this one does, it goes on the changelog.
Rule at a glance
prepaid and postpaid- If you do nothing
- If the customer stays dormant or inactive for 180 days, the operator reserves the right to disconnect and re-issue the number, with no recourse for the customer. The next sentence lets the customer ask in writing to retain the subscription.
- Cheapest way to hold it
- unverified
- Roaming needed to receive codes abroad
- Unverified (Whether a roaming session changes the 180-day dormancy count is unverified.)
- Twelve months away, roughly
- unverified
Keep a Zong number active abroad by reading the recharge table and the dormancy paragraph as two rules on one terms page. The in-page table prints 30, 60, 90, 180 or 365 days by amount, and the 30-day band on that table is Rs 80-99. If the customer stays dormant for 180 days, the operator reserves the right to disconnect and reissue the number, and the next sentence is a written request to retain it.
Two tables, and the 30-day bands are not the same
Zong's terms, checked 3 October 2026, state: "Below are the recharge slabs and relevant validities against them." Zong recharge validity days on that in-page table run like this. The 30-day row is Rs 80-99.
| Recharge (Rs) | Days |
|---|---|
| 80-99 | 30 |
| 100-299 | 60 |
| 300-499 | 90 |
| 500-999 | 180 |
| 1000-20,000 | 365 |
The same page carries a second table, in the recharge-validity panel. Scratch-card amounts and Zong Load amounts sit in different columns, and the days are 30, 60, 90, 180 and 365 again. On the 30-day row the scratch-card cell is a printed dash, and Zong Load is Rs 50-99. The in-page 30-day band stays Rs 80-99. The two tables stay apart.
| Scratch card (Rs) | Zong Load (Rs) | Days |
|---|---|---|
| printed dash | 50-99 | 30 |
| 100 | 100-299 | 60 |
| 300 | 300-499 | 90 |
| 500 | 500-999 | 180 |
| 1,000 | 1,000-20,000 | 365 |
The Pakistan page sets this table next to Jazz's 90-day prepaid list. Jazz's list is a voluntary-block answer. This table is a recharge slab.
180 days dormant is a reserved right
The non-usage paragraph sits outside both tables. A Zong number dormant 180 days is this sentence. The same page states: "In case the customer remain dormant / inactive for the period of 180 days; the operator reserves the right to disconnect and re-issue the MSISDN to any other customer and the customer shall have no option for recourse." The operator reserves the right. The sentence does not name prepaid or postpaid. The recharge table above is a rupee slab, so this card covers both.
The next sentence is a written request
The same page states: "The customer can, however, retain subscription by informing operator in written, fax, email, etc. to retain the subscription for any specific period on payment of some charges (if any)." That request is the sentence after the period. That sentence does not print the amount of those charges. Ufone puts a similar written request in the same paragraph as its 180-day clause, after a comma, on a different company's terms.