Transsion Holdings, the Chinese group behind Tecno and Infinix, has told Pakistan’s finance minister it could go beyond assembling phones here and start making components. Nothing has been committed: the talks covered intentions, not a factory, a site or an amount.
The Finance Division said Muhammad Aurangzeb met George Zhu, Transsion’s founder and chairman, and his delegation. Transsion described what it already does in Pakistan, which spans smartphones, electric bikes and energy storage, and set out plans for more investment and expansion.
The discussion centred on deeper localisation. Transsion pointed to the chance to build a wider industrial ecosystem, with supporting industries and local supply chains, and said that moving from assembly towards components would open opportunities for local businesses. The Finance Division readout names no component, plant location, investment figure or timeline.
Aurangzeb said steady macroeconomic conditions give investors a base for long-term planning and promised the government would stay on its reform path. He stressed export-oriented growth and closer links with global supply chains, and the two sides talked about making Pakistan a manufacturing and export hub. For Transsion, Pakistan counts as a strategic market because of how many consumers it has, where it sits and how business works here.
Phone brands such as Tecno and Infinix sell widely in Pakistan, so any move to make parts locally would matter to buyers and local suppliers alike, though that is a long way off.
The minister encouraged Transsion to keep working with the relevant government institutions on investment and expansion, which is where any component plan would have to be taken up next.
