Yes — it supports eSIM. Yes. The iPhone 17 supports eSIM, so it works with an eJurs data-only eSIM in Pakistan — no PTA registration needed.
The iPhone 17 specifically
iPhone 17 units sold in the United States have no SIM tray at all — they are eSIM-only. Those are exactly the handsets that tend to arrive in Pakistan unregistered, so for them an eSIM is not an option but the only route. They store several eSIM profiles and can run two at once.
What this means for a non-PTA iPhone 17
PTA registration applies to local SIMs. eJurs is a roaming eSIM, so no local SIM is involved and an unregistered handset still gets online.
The service is data only — no calls, no SMS, and no Pakistani number. WhatsApp calls, IMO and Messenger all run over data, so those keep working.
Check your own handset in under a minute
Open the dialer on your iPhone 17 and dial *#06#. If an EID appears alongside the IMEI, the phone has an eSIM.
It must also be free of a carrier lock — worth confirming on anything bought second-hand or brought in from abroad.
Installing an eSIM on a Apple phone
- Open Settings, then tap Cellular (or Mobile Data).
- Tap Add eSIM, then Use QR Code.
- Scan the QR code we send you on WhatsApp.
- Label the plan — 'eJurs' works — and finish setup.
- Under Cellular Data, choose the eJurs line, and turn Data Roaming on.
The QR code arrives on WhatsApp, usually within two minutes of payment clearing. Scan it from the screen of another device, or save the image and pick it from your photos.
Plans
Plans start at Rs. 380 and are all data-only. Validity begins the first time the eSIM carries data, not on the day you buy, so buying ahead of a trip costs you nothing.
See the plans or ask the WhatsApp agent.
Other Apple models
- iPhone Air — supports eSIM
- iPhone 16 / 16 Pro — supports eSIM
- iPhone 16e — supports eSIM
- iPhone 15 / 15 Pro — supports eSIM
- iPhone 14 / 14 Pro — supports eSIM
- iPhone 13 / 13 Pro — supports eSIM