Interest in cellphone assembly grows as smuggling falls

[bananarepublic]

I thought the likes of Huawei Nokia and Samsung were to come as envisioned by the EDB's Mobile phone manufacturing policy

https://fp.brecorder.com/2019/02/20190202444139/

https://www.brecorder.com/2020/03/05/577249/smartphone-policy-say-hello-to-localization/

https://www.brecorder.com/2020/01/1...g-policy-being-finalised-chief-of-edbs-board/

A company always starts with assembly of low end phones first and when you introduce a policy where low end important phones are cheaper+easier for companies to manufacturer at already existing plants outside then making them locally it means that no company will invest locally..
For me currently investors confidence is low especially for those which have already built assembly and manufacturing plants in Pakistan and government needs to bring in better incentives

We Also Have Institutes Like National Institutes of Electronics (NIE) and National Telecom and Radio Corporation(NTRC)
which can be mobilized then Universities like NUST and UET-L and T Can Be Utilized For Conducting Indigenous Research and Development.

And How Can I Forget TIP and PCSIR.

We Should Mobilize These Resources Otherwise This Industry Will Just Be Screwdriving Operation




Considering such a drastic lowering of duties on smartphone i don't think they will come at all

It will be an uphill task for an already fragmented government and the kind of economic "team" currently in the drivers seat will further make it impossible.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Crown Jewel Of Our Economy,Pakistan Steel Mills

More like crown theft.

On the other hand, Vietnam – a country of 95.54 million people – exports mobile phones worth $60 billion a year.

This country was bombed back to the stone age by Americans in 1970s. How did it overtake Pakistan from destruction to success?

 

[Enigma SIG]

We are still talking about "interests" in "assembling " foreign made stuff. While others are manufacturing and exporting.

Incremental steps are need of the hour; we can't just simply just to manufacturing without R&D in various manufacturing processes.

 

[Shah Khalid]

Haier Pakistan has been manufacturing laptops locally and very good laptops recently. Even PCBs are made in Pakistan while i dont know what will happen to them as their main buyer was prime minister laptop scheme.

An interesting incident happened today i went to a local dealer of computers and laptops and was inquiring about different brands of laptops and asked about the local Haier branded laptops.He jokingly quipped "Wo sirf Shabaz Sharif de raha hai" meaning they're not in the market