PKNIC Domain registration statistics

There are around 36k .pk domains. Almost half of these are .com.pk domains and about 33% are .pk domains. Here is the graph:

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There are 2103 .ORG.PK, 1966 .EDU.PK, 1163 .NET.PK domains.

Government of Pakistan has 766, Govt. of Punjab has 121, Govt. of Sindh has 68, Govt. of Kashmir has 14, Govt. of Baluchistan has 8 and Govt. of KPK has 5 domains registered.

There are some domains like .BIZ.PK=196, .WEB.PK=121 and .FAM.PK=12

PKNIC started registering its first domains with brain.com.pk in 1996. Since then domain registration has increased each year.

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Here is the list of top 20 .PK domain registrars:

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Top 20 dns servers:

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  • There are some very interesting domain hosted by sedoparking like: airlines.com.pk, cars.com.pk, hotel.com.pk, insurance.com.pk, mail.com.pk
  • 74 domains like (foodsolutions.com.pk, campaignforrealbeauty.com.pk, blueband.pk, breeze.pk, brookebond.pk, clear.pk, clinic.pk, close-up.pk) have their name servers on unilever.com
  • Nestle has 29 domains like: kitkat.pk, maggi.pk, milo.pk, nescafe.pk, nesquik.pk, nestea.pk, nestle.pk
  • Intel has 22 domains like: intelcore.com.pk, intelcore.pk, intelatom.com.pk, centrino.pk
  • There are 72 domains hosted on mediatemple, 18 on linode, 16 on google apps, 12 on slicehost and 11 on wordpress.
  • 71 domains are hosted on neseeb.com networks: e.g. rozee.com.pk, mycv.pk, resume.pk, rozee.pk, akhbar.pk
  • Microsoft has registered 69 .pk domains like: microsoft.biz.pk, xbox.web.pk, msn.net.pk, windowsxp.org.pk, hotmail.com.pk, virtualearth.com.pk
  • Google has 32 domains register on pknic registry like: adwords.com.pk, blogger.com.pk, orkut.com.pk, googlemail.com.pk, frogle.com.pk, frooogle.com.pk, googlesms.com.pk
  • Wi-Tribe has 30 domain just for minor spell mistakes. Here is the list:
    1. tribe.biz.pk
    2. tribe.com.pk
    3. tribe.net.pk
    4. whytribe.biz.pk
    5. whytribe.com.pk
    6. whytribe.net.pk
    7. wi-tribe.biz.pk
    8. wi-tribe.com.pk
    9. wi-tribe.net.pk
    10. wi-tribe.org.pk
    11. wimaxtribe.biz.pk
    12. wimaxtribe.com.pk
    13. witribe.biz.pk
    14. witribe.com.pk
    15. witribe.net.pk
    16. witribe.org.pk
    17. wtribe.biz.pk
    18. ytribe.com.pk
    19. ytribe.net.pk
    20. tribe.pk
    21. whytribe.pk
    22. wi-tribe.pk
    23. wimaxtribe.pk
    24. witribe.pk
    25. ytribe.pk
    26. tribe.org.pk
    27. ytribe.biz.pk
    28. ytribe.org.pk
    29. wimax.net.pk
    30. wimax.org.pk

 

Comments (5)

Jul 14, 2011
Fouad Bajwa said...
Thank you for the wonderful statistics Irfan. I will be posting your findings on my blog for the awareness of broader Internet community while referencing you as the source of these findings. Let's keep in touch.
Jul 14, 2011
Irfan Ahmad said...
Thanks fouad :-)
Jul 14, 2011
Fouad Bajwa said...
Irfan this is the link to the Blog post on my Internets Governance Blog: http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/2011/07/pk-state-of-pakistani-cctld-d...
Sep 09, 2011
Irfan Ahmad said...
Domain "stop.pk" will expire in 2144, 135 years of registration
Sep 09, 2011
Irfan Ahmad said...
You can register a domain for more than 500 years, domain epaisa.pk will expire in 2521

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