Samsung, Huawei, Nokia Want To Manufacture Phones In Pakistan

Samsung, Huawei and Nokia want to start manufacturing in Pakistan due to lower labour wages as compared to China

Lahore (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 2nd February, 2019) Renowned mobile manufacturing companies, samsung, Huawei, and Nokia are interested to manufacture phones in Pakistan.

According to media reports, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has decided to formulate a new mobile phone manufacturing policy.

This was disclosed at a recently held meeting of Pakistan Mobile Manufacturers and representatives of Federal board of Revenue (FBR), Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Engineering Development Board (EDB).

Samsung, Huawei and Nokia want to start manufacturing in Pakistan due to lower labour wages as compared to China, sources said.

According to the report, PTA Director Noman Khalid said that due to International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) registration the local manufacturing of mobile devices has increased.

He recommended that Ministry of Industries and Production (MoI&P) in coordination with relevant stakeholders should formulate a policy to encourage local manufacturing of mobile devices. Initially, Semi Knock Down (SKD) assembly should be encouraged with the help of tariff- based incentives.

After a detailed discussion, the meeting decided that EDB will liaise with local manufacturers for preparation of draft mobile device policy to encourage local manufacturing of mobile devices initially as SKD assembly and later as CKD assembly operations.

In this regard, the industry will submit proposals to the EDB.