Lahore eSIM
In Lahore you connect to Jazz or Zong, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 25 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Jazz and Zong
- Real speed in Pakistan
- 25 Mbps median, 6 Mbps for the slowest tenth218 travellers across Pakistan, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Lahore
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $3.30 | $9.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $2.78 | $13.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $2.09 | $20.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.74 | $34.89 |
How Pakistan compares across Asia
- Speed rank
- 24 of 26 destinations we sell in Asia
- Regional median
- 44 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 24 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Jazz, Zong
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Laos, 26 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Myanmar, 22 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad
- tenth percentile
- 6 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 218 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE)
- Airport
- LHE / OPLA
- Distance
- 15 km from the centre of Lahore
Getting into Lahore
- Metro Cab service at the airport (LHE)
- Lahore Metrobus
- Lahore Junction railway station, Karachi to Peshawar main line
Underground and on the metro
Lahore Metro (Orange Line) runs 1 lines. It opened in 2020. The operator does not publish whether the tunnels carry a mobile signal, so we do not claim either way.
Worth knowing about Lahore
- Lahore's Orange Line metro does not reach Allama Iqbal International Airport; the proposed airport rail link, the Purple Line, has not been built.
- Only two of the Orange Line's 26 stations, Anarkali and Central, are underground; the remaining 24 are elevated.
- The airport is about 15 km from the city centre and has three separate terminal buildings, including a dedicated Hajj terminal.
- The Lahore Metrobus began service on 11 February 2013. It spans 27 km with 27 stations along the Lahore to Kasur Road corridor.
- Lahore Metrobus uses barrier controlled, automated off board fare collection. Passengers buy a single ride token or use an RFID Metrobus Card.
- Lahore Metrobus terminals have underground, subway styled approach tubes so passengers avoid crossing high speed roads, plus escalators and motorbike and car parking.
- The Orange Line has a length of 27.1 kilometres. Daily ridership in 2023 was 178,714 passengers.
- Three further Lahore metro lines are proposed, a 24 km Blue Line, a 24 km Yellow Line, and a 32 km Purple Line planned as an airport rail link.
- The Punjab government launched free public Wi-Fi at 50 spots in Lahore. In total the free Wi-Fi service is to be provided at 516 locations in the city.
- Lahore free Wi-Fi spots in the first phase include Liberty Square, M.M. Alam Road, Food Street Chowk, Shadman Chowk, Hussain Chowk, Greater Iqbal Park and Qaddafi Stadium.
- Wagah lies 24 km from Lahore on the historic Grand Trunk Road between Lahore and Amritsar. Wagah railway station is 400 m south of the village and 100 m from the border.
- The Wagah border ceremony happens at the border gate two hours before sunset each day and has taken place every evening since 1959.
- The Samjhauta Express between Old Delhi and Lahore Junction began on 22 July 1976. Pakistan suspended the service on 8 August 2019.
- Lahore Junction railway station was built between 1859 and 1860 in the style of a medieval fort with thick walls and turrets. It has 11 platforms across two levels.
- Allama Iqbal International Airport has a 3,360 m concrete main runway and a 2,743 m asphalt secondary runway, and sits at 213 m elevation.