Pakistan, June 10 -- Pakistan produced around 131.26 million mobile phones, including 51.07 million smartphones, between January 2019 and March 2025, .
This large-scale production has created many job opportunities in the country, said the Pakistan Economic Survey 2024-25, presented by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has played a key role in supporting foreign investment in the mobile phone manufacturing sector. In 2021, PTA introduced the Mobile Device Manufacturing (MDM) Regulations, which helped set up local manufacturing units. As a result, 36 companies-both local and international, including joint ventures-have been granted 10-year MDM licenses to manufacture devices in Pa...