Registration of mobile phones brought by overseas Pakistanis or foreigners is completed through the Device Identification Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS). This requires payment of taxes and duties imposed by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
The registration process also involves verification of technical requirements by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). DIRBS is a system designed to identify illegal devices on local mobile networks. The system automatically registers legal devices and blocks illegal devices.
This will promote the use of legal devices, improve the quality of services on mobile networks, conserve network resources, and ensure the protection of intellectual property rights.
The system ensures that only approved and legal devices are active on the country’s mobile networks.
On the online portal PTA, select the option “Mobile Device Duty Information” which will take you to a new page. Here, you enter the IMEI number of the device and click on the “Search” button to get the details of the relevant taxes and duties.
