Particularly after the government implemented a Mobile Manufacturing Policy to promote domestic manufacturing, Pakistan’s local mobile industry experienced exceptional growth, with companies producing over 19.7 million mobile phones and smart devices during the course of the previous calendar year.
The number of mobile and smartphone devices imported has dropped from 10.26 million to a record-low 1.37 million, according to a senior official from the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication.
He claimed that under the Mobile Device Manufacturing Policy, some 30 mobile manufacturers have received permits to begin producing mobile devices locally.
To promote local manufacturing and mitigate the security risk, a mobile device manufacturing policy had been established.
