Yes — it supports eSIM. Yes. The Pixel 9a supports eSIM, so it works with an eJurs data-only eSIM in Pakistan — no PTA registration needed.
The Pixel 9a specifically
The 9a is the cheaper Pixel, but eSIM works fully on it. There is no difference between it and the pricier Pixels where eSIM is concerned.
What this means for a non-PTA Pixel 9a
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 Pixel 9a 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.
Carrier-locked and non-PTA are not the same thing, and taking one for the other is the mistake that costs people money here — what the difference is, and how to tell which yours is.
Installing an eSIM on a Google phone
Open Settings, then Network & internet. The remaining steps, and what to check if the internet does not come on, are in the full install guide.
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 Google models
- Pixel 8 / 8a — supports eSIM
- Pixel 7 / 6 / 6a — supports eSIM
- Pixel 5 / 4 / 4a / 3a — supports eSIM
- Pixel 3 (non-US) — no eSIM
- Pixel 10 / 10 Pro — supports eSIM
- Pixel 9 / 9 Pro — supports eSIM