BAT moving shared services to Pakistan

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BAT moving shared services to Pakistan​

The Newspaper's Staff Reporter
Updated 23 Dec 2020

The British American Tobacco (BAT) has decided to move its shared services operations from Malaysia to Pakistan, Commerce Adviser Razak Dawood announced. — Reuters/File


ISLAMABAD: The British American Tobacco (BAT) has decided to move its shared services operations from Malaysia to Pakistan, Commerce Adviser Razak Dawood announced in a consultative meeting on services exports on Tuesday.​

The adviser informed the meeting, held at the Ministry of Commerce, that BAT’s decision was an indication that Pakistan was now being considered as a cost effective location for activities including back office services, business process outsourcing (BPO), call centres, etc. This is a major development and it is hoped that other multinationals will follow suit, he said. The adviser reiterated the importance of these services and informed the participants that Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC), a subsidiary of BAT, had been competing for the latter’s ‘Global Business Services’ to be setup in the country.

 

[mourning sage]

This is brilliant! The economic policies bearing fruit. I was expecting greater time lag between economic turnaround and strict economic correction. Alhamdulillah, we have achieved this at an excellent pace. We just have to become more attractive and keep our costs down. If IK can somehow correct the circular debt crisis, we will see a massive launch towards prosperity.