Mobile signal guide · Northern Pakistan
Skardu city is well covered, but Baltistan's valleys are SCOM country. If your trip includes Shigar, Kharmang, Hushe or Deosai, plan around SCOM — and around dead zones with no signal at all.
Yes. Skardu city has 4G on SCOM, Zong and Jazz. Coverage is a city-and-highway thing — it fades quickly once you leave for the valleys.
Yes, Zong gives good 4G in Skardu city and along parts of the Skardu Road. For trips beyond the city — Shigar, Kharmang, Deosai — SCOM is the safer main SIM.
SCOM. It is the only network with meaningful reach into the Baltistan valleys, and even SCOM has no reliable signal inside the Deosai Plains — download offline maps before you go.
Yes, Jazz works in Skardu city with usable 4G. Outside the city its coverage is thinner than SCOM's.
Guided tours across Gilgit-Baltistan with local drivers who know every turn of these roads.
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Launch data — statuses from public reports & officials, 12 Nov 2026. Report changes on WhatsApp.
Statuses are reports, not guarantees — check locally before a high pass in bad weather.