Government electricity bills are shown on PITC's bill portal, which sits on the domain bill.pitc.com.pk. To check a TESCO bill, you start there and enter the reference number printed on your paper bill. Many sites that rank for "TESCO bill" are lookalikes with PITC-style names and logos, so read the address bar before you type anything.
As of November 2026, the exact TESCO page address on the PITC portal has not been confirmed for this guide. Open the PITC portal, look for TESCO there, and make sure every page you land on stays on bill.pitc.com.pk. If you cannot find it, use the company's own website or the details on your paper bill rather than a search result.
Which company is TESCO
TESCO is the Tribal Electric Supply Company. It is the distribution company for the former FATA, now the merged tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and its own website is given as tesco.gov.pk. Confirm on that site which areas it serves, because the exact list of districts and circles is not covered here.
The simplest check is your bill. The company name is printed on it. If it says TESCO, this guide applies. If it names a different company, use that company's page instead; our explainer on what a DISCO is sets out how the distribution companies divide the country.
You may see different founding dates for TESCO on different sites. They conflict with each other, and none of them comes from an official source, so do not rely on any of them.
Where the genuine bill is
There are three places you can trust, in this order.
- Your paper bill. It carries your reference number, the amount, the due date and the company's contact details. Everything online should match it.
- PITC's bill portal, on
bill.pitc.com.pk. The domain is the part that matters. A page that looks like PITC but lives on any other domain is not PITC. - TESCO's own website,
tesco.gov.pk. A.gov.pkaddress can only be registered by a government body, which is why it is safer than a.com.pk,.pkor.appaddress.
You can also start from our TESCO bill checker, which takes the same reference number.
You may find older addresses such as tesco.com.pk mentioned around the web. Whether that address still works is unconfirmed. Treat it as unreliable and use the .gov.pk site or the PITC portal instead.
Which number to enter
The bill portal asks for your reference number. It is printed near the top of your bill, and our guide on where to find the reference number shows the exact spot on a typical bill.
Several bill-check sites say a TESCO reference number has 14 digits. That fits the pattern of other companies' bills, but it has not been confirmed from an official TESCO source. Count the digits on your own bill and enter the number exactly as printed, without spaces.
Some lookalike sites offer a box for "customer ID or reference number". If a site is vague about which number it wants, that is a reason to leave rather than guess.
If the page says the number is wrong
- Check you have copied every digit from the current bill, not an old one.
- Remove any spaces or dashes.
- Make sure you are on the TESCO page and not another company's page.
- If it still fails, contact TESCO using the details printed on your bill.
How to spot a lookalike TESCO bill site
Lookalike sites copy the look of PITC pages, use names such as "Bill PITC", and place the reference number box near the top so you assume you are in the right place. Most carry advertising. Some push you towards paying from their own page. The checks below take a few seconds.
Read the domain from right to left
The real domain is the part just before the first single slash, read from the right. On bill.pitc.com.pk, the owner is pitc.com.pk and bill is a section of it. On billpitc.com.pk, the owner is billpitc.com.pk, a different domain entirely. Dropping one dot changes who runs the site.
Free hosting addresses
An address ending in .netlify.app, such as tescobill.netlify.app, is on a free web-hosting service. Anyone can create one in minutes. No government bill page is hosted that way.
Domains that have nothing to do with electricity
One site offering TESCO bill checks sits on abnamro.com.pk, a domain named after a Dutch bank. A domain whose name has no link to electricity, PITC or TESCO is a strong sign of a content farm: pages written to catch search traffic and show ads.
Requests for more than a reference number
To view a bill, you need the reference number. If a page asks for your CNIC, a password, a mobile wallet login or a payment before it shows you anything, close it. Confirm what the genuine portal asks for when you reach it, and do not hand over anything beyond that.
| Check | Genuine bill page | Typical lookalike |
|---|---|---|
| Domain | Ends pitc.com.pk or .gov.pk |
.com.pk, .pk or .app with "bill" or "tesco" in the name |
| Name shown | PITC or TESCO | Copies such as "Bill PITC" |
| What it asks for | Your reference number | Reference number or "customer ID", sometimes more |
| Payment | Bill shows how to pay through banks and other channels | Wallet or pay buttons on the site itself |
| Adverts | Not expected | Common, often around the input box |
Lookalike addresses seen in search results
These addresses have appeared in search results for TESCO bill checks. They are listed so you recognise them, not because they are known to be harmful. None is run by TESCO or PITC as far as their domains show.
billpitc.com.pk(calls itself "Bill PITC"; not PITC's domain)tescobill.netlify.appbillsonline.pkcheckbill.com.pkonlinebillpay.pkcheckbillsonline.pkcheckbills.pkabnamro.com.pk
A lookalike may show a correct bill, because it may simply pull the figures from the real portal. The risk lies in what else it asks you to do: pay through its page, install something, or hand over details it has no need for. If you want a bill you can rely on, get it from the source.
The same tricks turn up in fake subsidy links and QR codes. Our guide to fake electricity bill QR codes and subsidy scams covers those.
Printing a duplicate bill
Once the genuine portal shows your bill, you can print it or save it as a PDF from your browser.
- Check the address bar still shows the PITC domain.
- Compare the name, reference number and billing month with what you expect.
- Use your browser's print option. To keep a digital copy, choose "Save as PDF" as the printer.
- Keep the copy with your past bills. It is useful if you need to compare months or raise a complaint later.
If the portal offers its own print or download button, use that, as long as the file comes from the same domain.
Paying the bill
Viewing a bill and paying it are separate steps. Pay through a channel you already trust, such as your own bank's app, and enter the reference number there yourself. Do not pay through a button on a lookalike site, even if the amount looks right. Our guide on how to pay your electricity bill online lists the usual options.
After paying, keep the transaction receipt until the next bill shows the payment.
Complaints and helplines
TESCO's helpline, complaint numbers and head office details have not been confirmed for this guide. The same goes for whether the 118 helpline used in other company areas works in TESCO's area. Use the contact details printed on your own bill, or those listed on tesco.gov.pk.
Be wary of any phone number shown on a lookalike site. It may be out of date, or it may not belong to TESCO at all.
What to do next
- Find your latest TESCO bill and note the reference number exactly as printed.
- Open PITC's portal at
bill.pitc.com.pk, find TESCO, and check the address bar on every page. - If you are unsure, check the bill on our homepage bill checker using the same reference number, and compare it with your paper bill.
- Save a PDF copy of each month's bill.
- Pay through your own bank or another trusted channel, never through a lookalike site's pay button.
- For complaints or outages, use the numbers on your bill or on
tesco.gov.pk.