Prepaid travel data for Pakistan with instant activation and no roaming fees
Quick Setup
No Roaming
4G/5G Speed
Refund Policy
Data only — no phone number, no calls, no SMS Your own number stays active on your existing SIM (dual SIM), and you can call and message through WhatsApp, FaceTime and similar apps.
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You do not get a new phone number with this eSIM.
Setting up your eSIM? The installation and activation guide walks through it step by step, and the full FAQ covers device compatibility, hotspot, dual SIM and topping up.
Pakistan blocks phones used with a Pakistani SIM unless they are registered with the PTA, the telecoms regulator. Phones that roam on a foreign SIM or eSIM are exempt for your whole stay, with no time limit and no tax - that is the official guidance from Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its tax authority. This eSIM counts as a foreign SIM, so you can use your phone without registering it.
Visiting family and keeping your Pakistani SIM in the same phone? Then the phone counts as a local device and has to be registered, or it will be blocked - the eSIM does not change that. The PTA's registration site, dirbs.pta.gov.pk, explains the options. This reflects the official guidance we checked in October 2026.
This eSIM uses Jazz, one of Pakistan's main mobile networks, with 4G in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and the other big cities. It uses Jazz only: where Jazz is weak, it cannot switch to Zong or Ufone. Jazz began offering 5G in some major cities in March 2026, but plan on 4G with this eSIM.
It carries data only - no Pakistani number - and WhatsApp keeps working on your usual number. Fixed-data plans run from 15 to 30 days, and there are unlimited day passes for 1 to 30 days, with fair-use limits on heavy use.
Coverage in Gilgit-Baltistan is limited and depends on the network. Much of the region, especially away from the main towns, is served by SCO, a separate regional network this eSIM does not use, so expect long stretches without signal on trekking routes, high passes and in side valleys. Save offline maps, tickets and bookings before you head north.
The authorities sometimes suspend mobile data in particular cities or regions - around religious holidays such as Muharram, during protests, or for security reasons. In Azad Kashmir, mobile data was suspended in June 2026 and was still off in mid-September. A travel eSIM uses the same local network, so it is affected too: before a big holiday or an announced protest, save what you will need offline.
British passport holders need a visa, applied for in advance; NICOP and SNICOP holders can enter without one. Your passport must be valid for six months from the date you apply - not the date you travel. Make sure it is stamped when you arrive: the Foreign Office warns that leaving without an entry stamp is difficult (gov.uk, updated 22 September 2026).
Pakistan International Airlines was taken off the UK Air Safety List in July 2025, which allowed it to fly to the UK again; check PIA's current timetable for Manchester and London. Pakistan is four hours ahead of the UK in British Summer Time and five in winter.
EE puts Pakistan in its dearest daily band: £8 for 24 hours with only 500MB of data. Vodafone charges £8 a day, Three £7 or £8 depending on when you joined, and O2 sells data bolt-ons from £9 for 1GB.
Most Pakistani sockets are universal and take a UK plug, though some are only the round-pin types C and D, so a small adaptor is worth packing. The Foreign Office notes that card fraud is common.
Yes, if the Pakistani SIM is in the same phone - the roaming exemption only covers a phone used with foreign SIMs. On this eSIM alone, no registration is needed.
Expect gaps. Coverage in Gilgit-Baltistan is limited and much of it runs on SCO, a regional network this eSIM does not use, so plan for long stretches offline away from the main towns.
Jazz and Zong began 5G in some major cities in March 2026, but this eSIM should be expected to use Jazz's 4G.
Yes, applied for in advance - unless you hold a NICOP or SNICOP card, which lets you enter without one (gov.uk, updated 22 September 2026).
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