Govt looks to promote local mobile manufacturing IT minister says firms are encouraged to manufacture and assemble phones APP February 28, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The government is encouraging cellular companies to manufacture and assemble mobile phones in the country aimed at bringing down the increased prices of cell phones, said Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque. During the inauguration of Software Technology Park at Hyderabad Institute of Arts, Science and Technology, he said, “We want our people to be able to buy a good quality mobile phone from Rs8,000 to Rs12, 000 instead of paying Rs50, 000 to Rs100, 000.” He said that had previous governments planned the same much earlier, the prices of cell phones would have been low in addition to creation of more job opportunities in the country. He also witnessed the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) and Hyderabad Institute of Arts, Science and Technology (HIAST).