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Event - 1992-10-14

Date: 
Wednesday, 1992, October 14
Location: 

A.K.F.E.D. enters into joint venture with the Alcatel Group and Pakistan Telecommunications Corporation to manufacture digital switching systems in Pakistan. The foundation stone ceremony in Islamabad was laid by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV


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