After Mobilink, Zong has stepped in by partnering with twitter to legitimately offer SMS service for Pakistani twitter users, through which you can receive twitter updates, retweet statuses, send direct messages, send twitter updates and use other twitter functionality via SMS with Zong.

Rates applicable for this service: Moreover, there is no pricing applicable to use this service, in any case for the moment.

How to use Twitter Service via SMS with Zong:

• Activate the service: To start twittering via SMS on Zong, you need to first of all send an SMS ‘Start’ to 40404
• Follow the guide: After you’ve sent the SMS, You will be guided through an account setup wizard to connect your Zong number with an existing twitter account or otherwise signup for a new account.

To get SMS notifications for your followers you must activate SMS notification in your twitter account settings as well:

Twitter SMS commands:

Below are some commands that you can use with Zong’s SMS service for Twitter:

• FOLLOW username: Start following a user
• UNFOLLOW username: Stop following a user
• ON/OFF: Turn all Tweet notifications on or off
• ON/OFF username: Set Tweet notifications for a user on or off (you’ll still be following them even if you set it to off)
• GET username: Shows you the latest tweet from any user
• RT username: Retweet a user’s latest tweet
• FAV username: Favorite a user’s latest tweet
• D username your-message: Send a direct message to a user