Apple, one of the world’s largest phone manufacturers, could be coming to Pakistan. The CEO of Haier and Chairman of Peshawar Zalmi, Javed Afridi, has stated that he has previously spoken with Apple about local production in Pakistan.
Javed Afridi is also credited with bringing the British carmaker MG to Pakistan.
He states that they already have a manufacturing unit in Pakistan, although no proof of this has been found thus yet. MG’s Pakistani prices have yet to demonstrate this.
Pakistan’s import taxes are at an all-time high. This is why smartphones that aren’t made in the United States are so expensive.
iPhones, for example, are substantially more expensive in Pakistan than they are everywhere in the world.
However, once local manufacturing begins, prices are likely to gradually decline over time. At first, there will be little difference in prices, but the tendency will increase over time.
