PTCL Appoints Zarrar Hasham Khan as Chairman

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has appointed Zarrar Hasham Khan as its new chairman, replacing Azfar Manzoor, according to a notification sent to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Tuesday. “We have to inform you that Zarrar Hasham Khan has been appointed as chairman with effect from 2025-03-10 in place of Azfar Manzoor,” the company stated in its official notice. Khan, who was named Secretary of the Information Technology and Telecom Division in September last year, brings more than two decades of experience in the technology and telecommunications sectors to his new role. A graduate of the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute, he has enhanced his credentials through education at several prestigious institutions. His academic portfolio includes programs at Harvard Business School, Oxford University, and London Business School, complemented by an MBA from the University of Warwick. Throughout his career, Khan has held significant leadership positions at major telecommunications companies. Notably, he served as Chief Technology Officer at Saudi Telecom Company (STC) in Kuwait, where he played a pivotal role in implementing one of the world’s largest 5G network deployments in 2019. In a separate notification to the stock exchange, PTCL also announced that Mohamed Karim Bennis has stepped down from his position as a director of the company.