FIVE (5) PARTIES SUBMIT THEIR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IN CTI

Islamabad, May 14, 2004


Five (5) parties have submitted their Expressions of Interest (EOI) by the due date of April 30, 2004 for participation in the privatization process of Carrier Telephone Industries (Private) Limited (CTI) in response to the Privatisation Commission’s public advertisements soliciting EOIs from interested parties in the privatization of CTI.

The parties who have submitted their EOIs for CTI include (i) Saif Telecom Limited, (ii) Consortium of Crescent Standard Business Management (Pvt.) Ltd., Simcon International (Pvt.) Ltd., CTI Executive Association (regd.) & CTI Workers Union, (iii). M/s Siemens, (iv) Aqeel Karim Dhedhi Securities (Pvt.) Ltd. And (v) Northern Engineering Corporation.

As part of the privatisation of the telecommunications sector in Pakistan the Privatisation Commission on behalf of the Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL), intends to privatise CTI by offering for sale 53% shares held by PTCL in CTI.