I have seen many topics here saying that Zee did not allow SMS or telephone voting from Pakistan. However they forget the basic things while saying so. I had written this a long ago.
For SMS and Telephone voting, the channel has to enter into an agreement with the local telephone service providers, for voting as well as revenue sharing. and Such trade agreements with Pakistan require a lot many legal and ministry hurdles and is not possible. Rather if you have seen, even the auditions round selections in Pakistan were conducted my local legendry singers while everywhere else the mentors themselves selected the contestants.
So kindly dont blame Zee for this. the truth is that for any channel in India its not possible to enter into this agreement with telephone service provider.