ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA )
News has come out of UFONE that its Chief Commecial Office, Mr. Ashar Yaqoob has resigned. According to various sources within UFONE, TelecoAlert.com has confirmation that Mr. Ashar Yaqoob has left UFONE.
Ashar Yaqub had joined Ufone in December 2013 after having worked with the company twice earlier in his career. In the past, he had worked with the company in the capacity of Chief Marketing Officer and Manager Marketing. Apart from Ufone, he has also performed as CEO IBEX Group of Companies and CCO of Banglalink – a Vimpelcom company in Bangladesh.
Telecom industry expected that massive changes are expected in coming days at PTCL and Ufone with the recent change in its top leadership. With a new CEO, it has been reported that the heads of Marketing, Finance and Corporate Communications will be replaced soon.
This news come from an inside source that wished to remain unnamed. PTCL and Ufone recently saw their heads changed when Mr Waleed Irshiad CEO and President PTCL and Abdul Aziz CEO Ufone were replaced by Mr Reiner Rathgeber and Dr Danial Ritz as the CEO of the Ufone and PTCL respectively, effective from 3rd March, 2016.
This is one of the many things that are pointing towards the near future merger of the two companies that will come under one management but will still have their identities.