--- title: "PTA announces new eSIM pricing policy effective mid-August 2026" description: "Most outlets led with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s announcement of a revised eSIM pricing policy, emphasizing the capped initial cost of Rs1,500 and the effective date of mid-August 2026. Business Recorder and ProPakistani also mentioned the consultation with Cellular Mobile Operators, while Pakistan Observer highlighted the allowance of up to 10 free transfers as a key feature of the new policy." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/2181-pakistan-announces-new-esim-charges-allows-up-to-10-free site: HarZaviya language: en --- # PTA announces new eSIM pricing policy effective mid-August 2026 business · latest filing 7 Aug 2026, 9:24 PM PKT · 7 Aug 2026 · 4 articles from 4 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s announcement of a revised eSIM pricing policy, emphasizing the capped initial cost of Rs1,500 and the effective date of mid-August 2026. Business Recorder and ProPakistani also mentioned the consultation with Cellular Mobile Operators, while Pakistan Observer highlighted the allowance of up to 10 free transfers as a key feature of the new policy. ## Same story from 4 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **ARY News (English)** — [New eSIM pricing policy announced in Pakistan](https://arynews.tv/new-esim-pricing-policy-announced-in-pakistan) · 7 Aug 2026, 9:24 PM PKT - **ProPakistani** — [PTA Announces New Rates and Rules for eSIMs](https://propakistani.pk/2026/08/07/pta-announces-new-rates-and-rules-for-esims/) · 7 Aug 2026, 3:46 PM PKT · 75% identical wording to the newest filing > The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), in consultation with Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs), has revised the eSIM charging framework by capping… Read More The post PTA Announces New Rates and Rules for eSIMs appeared first on ProPakistani. - **Pakistan Observer** — [Pakistan announces new eSIM charges, allows up to 10 free transfers](https://pakobserver.net/pakistan-announces-new-esim-charges-allows-up-to-10-free-transfers/) · 7 Aug 2026, 3:30 PM PKT · 78% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has approved a revised eSIM policy that reduces the maximum issuance fee and… - **Business Recorder** — [PTA announces new eSIM pricing policy effective mid-August 2026](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40433727/pta-announces-new-esim-pricing-policy-effective-mid-august-2026) · 7 Aug 2026, 12:20 PM PKT · 79% identical wording to the newest filing > The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), in consultation with Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs), has rationalized charges associated with eSIM services by capping the initial cost of an eSIM at Rs1,500 and allowing subscribers to transfer their eSIMs between compatible mobile handsets free of charge for up to 10 migrations, with the revised policy set to take effect by mid-August 2026. Th... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [PTA orders 180-day validity on prepaid mobile recharges and balances](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4987-mobile-balance-validity-increased-to-180-days-in-p) · 28 Aug 2026 · 6 outlets · 71% related 4 articles from 4 outlets, 7 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.