Muhammad Amir Malik, Director (ICT), Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has resigned from his position, told us sources.
He is expected to join a cellular mobile operator to head it’s regulatory division by end of this month.
Our source confined us not to mention Mr. Amir’s next employer for reasons best known to him.
As the Head of ICT Directorate, Amir Malik was looking after Policy and Research based studies of emerging and current ICT’s, required liaison with Ministry of IT, Government bodies and operators, studying the International regulations and development of various IT applications and solutions for the benefit of telecommunication subscribers of Pakistan.
Amir Malik has been a key contributor to the development of ICT sector of the country. He is well known for his thorough approach while heading several projects covering issues like Broadband, IP version 6, .pk ccTLD, ICT Security, PKI Infrastructure, Public Data Warehouses, Internet Peering Points, ICT for Disables, National Rabta Portal, 668 SIM Data verification and 8899 Mobile Subscriber Perception Survey.
Amir is being recognized for following a different regulatory approach while inviting broad industry consultation during his projects. His contributions have been widely recognized and awarded.
Wow, seems to be sad news…. Can i know which cellular telecom network is he going to be joining…. ?
:-) Very subtle.
Do u want to pursue him there for ur business?
I met Amir at a mobile commerce conference in Karachi in 2008. He gave the best presentation at the event. Wish him all the best.
SAD NEWS :( Good luck Amir
Which operator is he joining?
hope he joins us at Mobilink
Warid! As Zouhair A Khaliq mentioned that top market leaders will join Warid. Also new GM marketing is coming to Warid
It’s Ufone :-)
:P
As ‘Head of Regulatory Compliance’ at Ufone.
Surely a big loss to the regulator keeping in mind the work he carried out. All the best to him.
alas!! What a loss…
A true loss for PTA…, Best of Luck for your Future Amir sb,