eSIM Pakistan
Pakistan data from 1,95€ runs on the Jazz network — from 1 GB for a week up to 20 GB or unlimited for 30 days, prepaid and contract-free, so you are online the minute you land in Karachi.
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Your plan only starts counting when the eSIM first connects at your destination — so you can buy today and travel in three weeks.
How does Simbye eSIM work for Pakistan?
Buy and install before you fly
After the purchase you get an email with a link and a QR code. Tap it once or scan the code with your camera and you are done. Do this calmly at home on Wi-Fi — that is also when app sign-ups like inDrive still work with your own phone number.
Switch it on after landing
Whether you arrive at Jinnah International in Karachi, Islamabad International, Allama Iqbal International in Lahore or Bacha Khan International in Peshawar: turn off airplane mode and the connection is usually there within a minute. The validity starts with that first connection, not at purchase.
Leave data roaming on and go
The Pakistan line needs data roaming switched on — that is normal for a travel eSIM and costs nothing extra. Keep your home SIM in the phone but turn its mobile data off so it cannot quietly run in the background. Hotspot works right away.
Check Device Compatibility
Make sure your device supports eSIM before purchasing
Which networks will you be on in Pakistan?
One network, one setting: your phone books into Jazz on its own once you land in Pakistan.
| Networks | Download | Upload | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jazz Mobile Pakistan | 15Mbit/s | 7Mbit/s | 90ms |
Source: nPerf averages, 01.01.2025 – 31.12.2025.
This eSIM uses exactly one network in Pakistan: Jazz. There is nothing to pick and nothing to set up by hand. Switch off airplane mode after landing and the connection is usually there within a minute. If nothing happens after a long drive through a dead spot, the same trick almost always works: in your phone settings turn off automatic network search for a moment, tap Jazz manually, then switch back to automatic.
In the cities Jazz is solid — Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, plus the motorways in between and weekend spots like Murree, the Kaghan valley or Swat. The honest part: comfort ends in the high mountains. In Gilgit-Baltistan — around Gilgit, Hunza, Skardu and along the Karakoram Highway — plan for no connection at all. If your phone gets on the network up there at all, it will be in the town centres, and that is not something we can promise you. Up there only the state operator SCOM works reliably, and no travel eSIM can book it. If you are heading north, download your maps offline first and tell people at home you may be unreachable for a day or two.
eSIM or a local SIM card in Pakistan?
Pakistan makes the decision easy: a local SIM needs your passport, a valid visa and a fingerprint check at an operator's customer centre, and your handset has to be registered separately with the regulator to keep working. The eSIM skips both.
| Feature |  Simbye eSIM |
Local SIM card |
|---|---|---|
| ID required | None. You buy with an email address | Passport plus fingerprint scan in the shop, biometric verification is mandatory |
| When it works | Installed before you fly, online from landing | Only after the shop visit, often the day after arrival |
| Where you get it | Anywhere, by email | A Jazz Experience Center or franchise, during opening hours only |
| Payment | Card in your own currency | Rupees in cash, so you have to change money first |
| Phone number | None, it is a data-only plan | A Pakistani number is included |
| Calls and texts | Only through WhatsApp and similar apps | Possible over the network |
| Registering your phone | Not needed, you travel as a guest on the network | After 60 days on a local SIM the device must be registered with the PTA |
| If something goes wrong | Email support in your language | Complain in person at the shop, usually in Urdu |
For most travelers the eSIM is the simpler choice: set up before departure, no queuing on arrival.
How much data do you need in Pakistan?
Trip length
How you use your phone
What does an eSIM for Pakistan cost?
from 1,95€
8 plans · 7–30 days · unlimited from 23,95€
Simbye offers 8 plans for Pakistan from 1,95€ to 57,95€ — data packs from 1,95€, unlimited from 23,95€. Prepaid, no contract.
Plans for Pakistan range from 1 GB to 20 GB, plus unlimited options.
Validity runs from 7 to 30 days and starts with your first connection in Pakistan.
Data plans
Unlimited
- 1 GB 7 days 1,95€ 0,27€ per travel day
- 3 GB 30 days 4,95€ 0,16€ per travel day
- 5 GB 30 days 6,95€ 0,23€ per travel day
- 10 GB 30 days 11,95€ 0,39€ per travel day
- 20 GB 30 days 19,95€ 0,66€ per travel day
- Unlimited 7 days 23,95€ 3,42€ per travel day
- Unlimited 15 days 38,95€ 2,59€ per travel day
- Unlimited 30 days 57,95€ 1,93€ per travel day
Good to know
- Networks
- Jazz Mobile Pakistan
- Setting it up
- A link in your email, or the QR code — one tap is enough
- Network technology
- 4G/LTE — and 5G where the network already offers it
- APN and settings
- Nothing to set. The eSIM brings everything with it
- Hotspot
- Allowed — for a laptop, tablet or a travel companion
- Adding more data
- Top up any time, without setting anything up again
- Calls and texts
- Not included — WhatsApp calls run over the data
- Your own number
- Stays in the phone and stays reachable
- Contract
- None. The plan ends by itself
- Worth knowing
- Roaming on your home contract gets billed here — this eSIM is prepaid, so nothing is added afterwards
Frequently Asked Questions about Pakistan eSIM
Data, calls, real phone numbers, top-ups and setup — everything you need to know before you buy a Simbye eSIM.
The eSIM price in Pakistan starts at 1,95€, and it comes down to how many gigabytes you need and how long you stay. Ours starts at 1 GB for a week and goes up to 20 GB or unlimited data for 30 days. The Jazz eSIM price in Pakistan works differently: there you pay a one-off fee for the eSIM and the number, then load a data bundle on top of it.
Getting a Jazz eSIM online isn't fully possible. Jazz has to verify you biometrically before activation, meaning a fingerprint scan in person. So a Jazz eSIM online order still ends at a franchise counter, with your passport and a wait. Our eSIM is a guest plan on the Jazz network — you buy and install it online before you fly.
No, you don't get a Pakistani phone number. This is a data-only plan with no number, so calls and texts over the network are not possible. WhatsApp calls and messages run normally over the data, though services like that have been throttled in Pakistan at times in the past.
No need to register or hand over anything. Biometric registration applies to Pakistani SIM cards. This eSIM is a foreign roaming plan on the Jazz network, so there is no ID, no appointment and no fingerprint.
In Hunza, Skardu or on the Karakoram Highway, plan for no connection. Outside the town centres — in the side valleys and on long stretches of the Karakoram Highway — barely any network has signal, and whether our eSIM gets through in the towns themselves is not something we can promise. Only the state operator SCOM works throughout up there, and no travel eSIM can book it.
You buy an eSIM for Pakistan online right here: pick a data plan, pay, and the QR code arrives by email within minutes. Nothing is posted and you never queue at a franchise or service centre. Scan the code while you still have Wi-Fi, and the line is ready to switch on as soon as you land in Pakistan.
Yes, eSIM is available in Pakistan and connects like a normal SIM. An eSIM for Pakistan is a digital SIM card built into your phone. You get 4G in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and along the main highways. All you need is a phone that supports eSIM and is not locked to a single carrier.
Once you land in Pakistan, switch the eSIM line on in your phone settings, turn data roaming on for that line, and leave your home SIM's data off. The network usually registers within a minute or two and you are online. If nothing appears, select the operator by hand in the network settings and restart the phone once.
How much data you'll need for Pakistan depends on use: maps, WhatsApp and email run about 150 MB a day, a week about 1 GB, a month about 5. Photo and video uploads from Lahore or the northern valleys push a month towards 10 to 20 GB. Streaming and a laptop on the hotspot are the heavy items; for those take a larger size from the plan table above.
The eSIM that's best for Pakistan comes down to your route. This one uses a single network, Jazz, which is solid in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan, Peshawar and Quetta and on the motorways between them. In Gilgit-Baltistan, around Hunza, Skardu and along the Karakoram Highway, plan for no connection. It is data only, so calls run over apps.
Ready for Pakistan?
Pick a plan, tap the link in your email — you are online from the moment you land.
Choose a planPrepaid, no contract. The plan simply ends on its own.
