Jan-Sep 2025: 22.78m mobile handsets manufactured locally

The local manufacturing and assembling plant s manufactured and assembled 22.78 million mobile handsets during the first nine months (January-September) of the calendar year 2025, compared to 1.5 million imported commercially. Official data revealed that 3.01 million mobile handsets were manufactured or assembled in September 2025. The local manufacturing/ assembling plants manufactured/ assembled 22.78 million mobile handsets, including 11.92 million smartphones and 10.86 million 2G phones. Besides, as per the PTA data, 70 percent of mobile devices are smartphones, and 30 percent are 2G on the Pakistan network. Pakistan imported mobile phones USD 500.011 million in the first quarter (July-September) of the current fiscal year 2025-26, compared to USD 246.185 million during the same period of last year, registering a growth of over 103.10 percent.