Pakistan's PTCL Q1 net profit 2.57 billion rupees

KARACHI, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Pakistan Telecommunication Co Ltd (PTCA.KA) reported on Friday a net profit of 2.57 billion rupees ($30.7 million) in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009/10, slightly above market expectations, compared to 3.18 billion rupees for the same period last year.

PTCL's revenue for the quarter ending Sept. 30 was 14.47 billion rupees compared to 16.61 billion rupees in the same quarter last year. (Reporting by Sahar Ahmed; Editing by David Fox) (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: here)