Send Money from Norway to Pakistan

There is no single cheapest provider on this corridor — it depends on how much you send and how your recipient is paid. Compare the total amount received in Pakistani rupees rather than the advertised fee, since the exchange rate margin is usually the larger cost. Bank deposit is typically cheaper than cash pickup.

Most transfers on this corridor arrive within one to three business days. Paying by debit card is generally faster than a bank transfer, and transfers initiated outside banking hours may not begin processing until the next working day.

Across the providers we compare, the available payout methods are Easypaisa, bank deposit, cash pickup and card payout. The most widely used options in Pakistan are bank deposit, Easypaisa and JazzCash wallets, and cash pickup. Pakistan's government-backed remittance scheme means many providers waive fees on bank deposits. Not every provider supports every method, so check the table above before you commit.

No. Remitly and Western Union offer cash pickup in Pakistan, so your recipient can collect the funds with valid photo ID and the transfer reference number. That said, bank deposit, Easypaisa and JazzCash wallets, and cash pickup generally cost less than cash collection.

Providers rarely give you the mid-market rate — the reference rate you see on Google or Reuters. Instead they add a margin, typically between 0.4% and 4%, and keep the difference. That margin is often larger than the visible transfer fee, which is why a "no fee" service can still be more expensive overall. For NOK to PKR, compare the quoted rate against the mid-market rate to see the real spread you are paying.

Yes, provided you use a licensed provider. Every service listed on this page is regulated in Norway under Finanstilsynet, which requires safeguarding of customer funds and identity verification. Send only to people you know personally, keep your transfer reference private, and be sceptical of anyone pressuring you to send money urgently to someone you have not met.

Yes. Each provider sets its own transfer limits, which vary by how much identity verification you have completed and how you pay. Larger transfers may require additional documentation such as proof of source of funds. For transfers above roughly kr10,000, a specialist foreign-exchange broker will often beat an app on rate.

Wise's own table puts an ordinary bank transfer below funding from a Wise balance on this corridor — and on every other Norwegian corridor on this site. Money already sitting inside the service costs more to send than money coming in from outside it, which is the reverse of the provider's usual advice. On this hub it is not a corridor quirk; it held on all four routes read. Wise's debit and credit card figures are not quoted here. Two independent reads of the page on the same day returned 599.29 and 119.92 for the debit row and 200.67 and 494.36 for the credit row — swings of a factor of four and a half in opposite directions — while the balance, bank transfer and wallet rows came back identical both times. Wise quotes its Norwegian tables at 8,000 NOK, not the 1,000 of the local unit it uses on most markets. That is roughly 680 euro, so a krone figure here cannot be read against a euro or pound figure elsewhere on this site without converting first. Read the percentage. Western Union funds Norwegian transfers through Trustly, an open-banking bank payment, alongside cards and the wallets. From a Norwegian bank account that is usually the cheapest way into the transfer. Note that Vipps, the rail most Norwegians actually use day to day, is not offered by any service on this page. Pakistan's inbound remittance rules and the receiving bank can both affect what actually arrives, and a mobile wallet may apply its own cash-out charge that sits outside every comparison including this one. Ask your recipient what landed on a first transfer before settling on a rail.