Thankyou so much Ambassador @muradbaseer for your efforts in providing us with the opportunity to expand our business in Africa. Pakistan Pavillion arranged by @muradbaseer is a huge success and a starting point for a considerable bilateral trade.
2 working scenarios - UK vs Pakistan
Lets say I buy the following 5G shield from outside the UK and upon delivery, I have to pay duties and VAT on the invoice amount (online) and it will be delivered to my home.
Next, if I make any device using this shield and ship it abroad, I just walk in to the post office to any other courier to ship it.
Job done.
Now trying to import the same shield in Pakistan, it will be held by the Customs until I go and get NOC from PTA.
After going through the hassle and probably 1-2 trips down to Lahore, I will get it.
Next, I build a device using this shield and try to ship it abroad with get the wrath of all agencies from narcotics to customs to whatnot.
The only benefit Pakistan offers to small tech businesses like ours is that engineers get paid a lot less than the UK.
But the hassle you go through can drive you nuts.
Is this a public servant is supposed to deal? If i had done any violation he should fine me instead he misbehaved. 1/2
@CityTrafficPol1@drmalhi @citytraff
Pakistan's first Data cables manufacturing facility with the capacity of 600,000 cables a month. Our goal is to substitute the import of data cables worth around $300 million annually. (1/1)
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