Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) ne announce kiya ke 4.26 million mobile phones locally manufacture aur assemble kiye gaye hain, jo ke pichle saal se 13 guna zyada aur pichle mahine se do guna zyada hai. Is tezi mein izafa mobile phones par 18% Goods and Services Tax (GST) ke hone ki announcement ke baad hua hai. Logon ne tax mein izafa se pehle phones khareedne ki ragrai ki aur local companies ne demand ko pura karne ke liye overtime kaam kiya.

Local companies jaise ke Infinix, Tecno, aur Itel ne sabit kiya ke woh top performers hain, 1st half of 2024 mein millions units bech kar. Local manufacturing aur assembly ki taraf is shift ne industry ke liye game-changer sabit hua hai aur isse hamare mulk mein 98% mobile phone demand puri ho rahi hai.

Topline Pakistan Research ke mutabiq, 1H2024 mein total locally manufactured/assembled sales 17.34 million units tak pohanch gaye hain, jo ke pichle saal se 3 guna zyada hai. Yeh izafa mainly import restrictions aur economy ki gradual recovery ke natayaj mein hua hai.

1H2024 mein se 17.34 million locally assembled mobile phones mein se 64% (11.15 million units) smartphones hain, jabke baqi 36% (6.19 million units) 2G phones hain.

Pakistan ab apni mobile phone demand ka 98% local manufacturing/assembly se pura kar raha hai, jo ke pichle mahine ke average 96% se zyada, pichle paanch saal (2019-2023) ka average 67% se zyada, aur pichle aath saal (2016-2023) ka average 47% se zyada hai. Yeh hamari industry ke tezi se izafa aur economy par musbat asar ko numayan karta hai.

Top 10 locally assembled brands 1H2024 mein Infinix (2.5 million units), Tecno (1.9 million units), Itel (1.8 million units), VGO Tel (1.8 million units), Vivo (1.7 million units), Xiaomi (1.6 million units), Realme (1 million units), Nokia (0.8 million units), G’Five (0.6 million units), aur OPPO (0.6 million units) shamil hain.