Almost all of the country’s 30 mobile phone assembly units, including three run by foreign brands have shut down in Pakistan

[xyxmt]

Soon we will have "Fauji Smart phones" in the market
only waiting for a provincial govt to donate 56000 acre of land for it, and declare it tax free zone

 

[AA_]

Uncle Sam doesn't need to drop bomb on Pakistan to send it back to stone ages, It only need to keep supporting FA Pass duffers

That’s what they are doing.
The sanctions of the 90s were designed to hurt everyone but the Fauj. The Fauj was the only institution with the resources to stay strong and it heavily depended on the US. It was masterful planning. The U.S. then engineered Musharraf as the COAS bypassing more senior Generals. He was personally beholden to them. With 9/11, they already their men in office to do their bidding. Everything else was just for shows. Imagine a military institution where the most qualified person gets passed over because the COAS is handpicked by the Americans. I’m surprised it’s not junior officers being put in that position.

 

[Skimming]

Faujeet!!!!!!!!!

@PaklovesTurkiye @Trailer23 @Windjammer @fitpOsitive

 

[Tamerlane]

Foreign airlines are threatening to stop flights to Pakistan because they can’t get money out of the country.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1641834663848099841

 

[N.Siddiqui]

Such a shameless and disgraceful mil-establishment.

News just before the imported crooked regime imposed by the wardi mafia.

Pakistan eyeing to boost cell phone exports | The Express Tribune

Islamabad achieved 'big success' in manufacturing mobile phones in 2021, says PM's aide on commerce

tribune.com.pk

After ‘big success’ in local cell phone manufacturing, Pakistan eyes expansion into exports

KARACHI: Pakistani commerce chief Adbul Razak Dawood said on Wednesday Pakistan had achieved “big success” in the manufacturing of mobile phones in 2021, with local production exceeding imports for the first time, and the country was now eyeing expansion into exports. Pakistan, a net importer of...

www.arabnews.pk

Country set to become net phone exporter | The Express Tribune

Exports picking up gradually, supported by increase in assembly plants

tribune.com.pk

 

[Windjammer]

Faujeet!!!!!!!!!

@PaklovesTurkiye @Trailer23 @Windjammer @fitpOsitive

Pajeets should just stick to what they do best.

Cow vigilantes lynch man, kick up political row ahead of polls

Idris Pasha, a cattle trader, and his two associates were assaulted by self-styled cow protectors

www.deccanherald.com

 

[PradoTLC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1642372758121185281

ISLAMABAD: Almost all of the country’s 30 mobile phone assembly units, including three run by foreign brands, have shut down as manufacturers say they have run out of raw material amid import restrictions, putting the future of some 20,000 employees at stake.

Most companies have furloughed employees after paying them half of their April salaries in advance. They have been told that they will be called back as soon as production resumes.

Talking to Dawn, a mobile phone manufacturer expressed sorrow that the companies had to send employees home in Ramazan.

“My family has three mobile production units, and all are closed,” he said and pinned the blame on “incompetent and strange policies” of the finance ministry.

He was referring to government policies that have made it difficult for an importer to get a letter of credit (LC) — a document from a bank guaranteeing that a buyer’s payment to a seller will be received on time and for the correct amount. This has stopped the imports of key equipment and components used in mobile phone manufacturing.

The Pakistan Mobile Phone Manufacturers Association (PMPMA) informed the IT ministry in a recent letter that the local mobile supply had almost stopped and the markets had also started to face mobile phone shortages.

The letter, written by the association’s chairman, Haji Abdul Rehman, highlighted that the situation was equally troubling for consumers, who have to pay significantly higher prices for mobile sets manufactured locally.

Mr Rehman told Dawn that the price of low-cost imported phones and the locally assembled units were getting close, which he said would eventually hurt sales of local sets.

In the letter, he told the IT ministry added that the country’s mobile industry, comprising 30 manufacturers including three foreign players, was on the brink of shutdown as many investors might shift their focus to other sectors.

He said companies have almost run out of raw materials, which mostly came from China, South Korea and Vietnam.

Mobile manufacturers have said that the industry requires imported parts and components worth $170 million every month to operate at full capacity, but the government is not allowing the opening of credit letters amid dollar shortage. They said no LC had been opened since the last week of December.

“We fear that banks have been verbally instructed by the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) not to entertain imports by mobile phone manufacturers across Pakistan,” Mr Rehman said. He said local manufacturers had sent their employees home and 90 per cent of Chinese experts had gone back to their country. “This is a serious blow to Pakistan’s reputation as a mobile manufacturer,” he added.

During the eight months from May to December last year, the industry was being allocated a monthly quota of $83m, which was around half of the industry’s total LC demand, manufacturers said. They feared that foreign investors would roll back their investments.

Pakistan has been producing over 2.5m phones per month on average since April last year, catering to around 90pc of the total demand and only the high-end sets are imported.

“Apart from meeting the demand at home, the Made in Pakistan sets have been exported as well, which is an encouraging sign for the whole industry,” said Muzzaffar Hayat Piracha, CEO of Air Link Communication Ltd, one of the country’s largest smartphones distributors, manufacturers, and retailers.

Mr Piracha said that once the production line and sales mechanism were streamlined, the industry’s next target was to move for localising accessories like chargers, batteries, earphones, cables, etc. “All such plans have now been put on hold. At present, we are even worried about the future of the basic industry,” he said.

He said that once an industry faced widespread closure, it became extremely difficult to get started again because investor confidence got shattered.

The mobile phone industry employs 20,000 young Pakistanis and creates another 20,000 jobs indirectly.

The PMPMA has asked the government to allow the import of parts in a reasonable quantity, which should be enough to let the industry run at half capacity.

Thousands of jobs at stake as phone makers in Pakistan close shop

Most companies have furloughed employees after paying them half of their April salaries in advance.

www.dawn.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1639592163271901184

https://twitter.com/x/status/1642183840989839362

hope the people responsible for this burn in hell

 

[N.Siddiqui]

Hope they didn't shift their plants and machinery to other countries and wait for few weeks and months, just as the Awam are waiting and striving for change.

 

[Windjammer]

Foreign airlines are threatening to stop flights to Pakistan because they can’t get money out of the country.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1641834663848099841

Not sure what and who to believe.

Good news for travelers heading to Turkiye as another airline set to start operations in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Recent months have brought in good news for Pakistan's aviation industry as another airline named SunExpress is set to start operations in Pakistan.

en-dailypakistan-com-pk.cdn.ampproject.org

 

[Tamerlane]

Not sure what and who to believe.

In this case I’d believe VOA and IATA.

Airlines Association Warns Pakistan Over $290 Million in Blocked Funds​

Airlines Association Warns Pakistan Over $290 Million in Blocked Funds

www.voanews.com

Blocked funds in Pakistan reduce aviation benefits​

Blocked funds in Pakistan reduce aviation benefits

Pakistan is potentially a huge aviation market, boasting a population of some 240 million. That potential is yet to be realized, however, and fewer than 11 million people fly annually.

www.airlines.iata.org

 

[Fasbre2]

Pajeets should just stick to what they do best.

Cow vigilantes lynch man, kick up political row ahead of polls

Idris Pasha, a cattle trader, and his two associates were assaulted by self-styled cow protectors

www.deccanherald.com

Please No!!!… no no.. we don’t want more corruption, DHA’s , wedding halls , golf courses.. army that is incapable of winning wars, only good at suppressing and terrorizing its own people.. regime changing..

We just want honest, patriotic junior officers to rise up and overthrow the pot bellied corrupt seniors who are interwedded with corrupt dynastic families…

 

[Enigma SIG]

Establishment look like monkeys with nuclear launch codes.

 

[313ghazi]

Faujeets celebrate.

Now people won't have devices with Internet access to Pak bauj and PDM cannot be insulted online.

 

[Trailer23]

Faujeet!!!!!!!!!

@PaklovesTurkiye @Trailer23 @Windjammer @fitpOsitive

Haan, so what, gangu?

[Tairi ma-ji say service tou nahe lay rahay]

 

[Abid123]

Pakistan seems to be a lost case.