Bilty format in Pakistan: every field and a sample bilty
What a goods bilty must show in Pakistan: bilty number, sender, receiver, goods, packages, freight, paid or to-pay, COD and delivery, with a sample layout you can copy.
Munshi Team · 26 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Short answer: a goods bilty is the adda's receipt for the goods it carries. It must show the bilty number and date, from and to station, sender and receiver with mobile numbers, what the goods are, number of packages and weight, freight and other charges, who pays (paid, to-pay or on account), any COD to collect, and terms. The receiver shows the bilty (or the number and their CNIC) to take delivery.
If you have never seen one, read what is a bilty first. This post is the format.
The fields, in order
| Section | Field | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Top | Adda name, address, phone | Who to call about the goods |
| Top | Bilty No. and date | The number everyone uses to find the goods |
| Route | From station, to station | Where it was booked and where it is delivered |
| Sender | Name, mobile, CNIC | Who sent it, for claims and COD |
| Receiver | Name, mobile | Who may take delivery, and who gets the arrival message |
| Goods | Description (e.g. cloth bales, cartons of crockery) | What was handed over |
| Goods | Packages and weight | To check nothing is missing at delivery |
| Goods | Declared value | Needed if goods are lost or damaged |
| Money | Freight, loading or labour, total | What the adda charges |
| Money | Paid / to-pay / account | Who pays the freight, and when |
| Money | COD amount | Goods value to collect from the receiver for the sender |
| Bottom | Terms, booking clerk, signature | The adda's conditions and who booked it |
Paid, to-pay and account
- Paid: the sender pays the freight at booking.
- To-pay: the receiver pays the freight at delivery. The adda must not hand over goods until it is paid.
- Account: a regular sender pays monthly; the freight goes into their khata.
COD on a bilty
Some senders ask the adda to collect the goods' value from the receiver (cash on delivery). The bilty should show the COD amount separately from the freight, and the adda's books must show it as money owed to the sender until it is paid out. Mixing COD with freight income is how addas end up short.
A sample layout
ABC GOODS TRANSPORT, Badami Bagh, Lahore · 0300 0000000
Bilty No. GB-000231 Date 26 Oct 2026
From: Lahore To: Multan
Sender: Al-Fateh Cloth · 0301 0000000 · CNIC 35202-xxxxxxx-x
Receiver: Rehman Traders · 0302 0000000
Goods: Cloth bales Packages: 3 Weight: 120 kg
Declared value: Rs 60,000
Freight Rs 1,000 + Loading Rs 100 = Total Rs 1,100 (TO-PAY)
COD to collect: Rs 20,000
Terms: goods carried at owner's risk unless declared ...
Booked by: Asif
The names and numbers above are an example. Use your own terms, and keep them short enough to read.
Printing and tracking
Most addas print bilties in three copies: sender, office and the copy that travels with the goods. With transport software the bilty is printed from the booking itself, the receiver gets a WhatsApp message when the goods arrive, and sender and receiver can track the bilty online with its number. To-pay freight and COD are tracked until they are collected and paid out.
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