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title: "Mobile tariffs increased by 22% over the past year, PTA denies monthly hikes"
description: "Most outlets reported that mobile tariffs in Pakistan have risen by up to 22% over the past year, with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) denying claims of monthly price increases. While the Business Recorder and Daily Pakistan (English) both highlighted the 22% annual increase, the Business Recorder added that the PTA rejected the idea of 10% monthly hikes, whereas Daily Pakistan did not specify the frequency of the alleged increases."
url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/5219-mobile-packages-just-got-costlier-in-pakistan-with-22-price
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# Mobile tariffs increased by 22% over the past year, PTA denies monthly hikes

business · latest filing 28 Aug 2026, 9:18 PM PKT · 28 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that mobile tariffs in Pakistan have risen by up to 22% over the past year, with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) denying claims of monthly price increases. While the Business Recorder and Daily Pakistan (English) both highlighted the 22% annual increase, the Business Recorder added that the PTA rejected the idea of 10% monthly hikes, whereas Daily Pakistan did not specify the frequency of the alleged increases.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Daily Pakistan (English)** — [Mobile Packages just got Costlier in Pakistan with 22% Price Jump](https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/28-Aug-2026/mobile-packages-just-got-costlier-in-pakistan-with-22-price-jump) · 28 Aug 2026, 9:18 PM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s telecom users faced mobile package price increases of up to 22% over the past year, but Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) rejected claims that operators are hiking tariffs by as much as 10% to 20% every month. The clarification came after the regulator examined 10 popular mobile packages offered by Jazz, Telenor, Zong and […]
- **Business Recorder** — [Mobile tariffs up 22% over past year, PTA rejects claims of monthly increases](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40436862/mobile-tariffs-up-22-over-past-year-pta-rejects-claims-of-monthly-increases) · 28 Aug 2026, 1:40 PM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Mobile operators have increased tariffs by up to 22 percent over the past year, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has admitted, while rejecting claims that telecom companies have been raising prices by 10-20 percent every month. Official documents noted that PTA’s analysis of subscriber-wise top ten packages offered by Jazz, Telenor, Zong and Ufone showed an average tariff increase...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 28 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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