A few days ago, we learned that Major General Shahzada Alam Malik (Retd.) had stepped down from the leadership of the Pakistan Telecom Authority. We believe that his seven-year tenure at the helm of the PTA merits an assessment. It begins thus:
Pakistan’s recent telecom developments constitute a South Asian success story. From two million in 2002, the number of active mobile SIMs increased to 79 million by end 2007. This is a compound annual growth rate of 115 per cent a year, one of the highest in the world, and the highest in South Asia for that period.
The full document is Pakistan’s telecom transformation, 2002-07
We fully realize that readers, especially from Pakistan, may have varying views on whether or not Pakistan’s telecom sector was transformed, whether the PTA played a constructive role, and whether Major General Malik provided good leadership. We have made our assessment based on the available evidence. We welcome comments and debate.
3 Comments
Chanuka Wattegama
We get some reference. http://telecompk.net/2008/07/31/pta-leadership-performance-analysis-by-lirne-asia
Rohan Samarajiva
A short version of this has been published in the leading Sri Lanka English newspaper: http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=22275
Rohan Samarajiva
Another mention: http://telecomgrid.blogspot.com/2008/08/pta-leadership-performance-analysis.html
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