According to media reports, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has decided to formulate a new mobile phone manufacturing policy.
Samsung, Huawei and Nokia want to start manufacturing in Pakistan due to lower labour wages as compared to China, sources said.
|
 |
China high labor costs:
The labor pay in china is very high as compared to Pakistan. It is said that the labor pay in china is CNY 5,000 (PKR 105,000) for unskilled and CNY 20,000 (PKR 420,000) for the technical workforce, whereas Pakistan has a very low rate of labor and skilled workforce are available in Pakistan at very low remuneration.
it is said that the company will register Pakistan for manufacturing the devices within the country.
This was disclosed at a recently held meetingonJanuary 31, 2019 of Pakistan Mobile Manufacturers andrepresentatives of Federal board of Revenue (FBR), Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Engineering Development Board (EDB).
According to the report, PTA Director Noman Khalidsaid that due to International Mobile EquipmentIdentity (IMEI) registration the local manufacturing of mobile devices has increased.
Importing Semi Knock down Units
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.
Policy of working
EDB policy system is also working on the mobile phone policy system with which Pakistan will see success in the automobile sector as well as in the mobile industry.
|