(Telecompaper) UAE-based operator Etisalat has confirmed that its affiliate Pakistan Telecommunications Co (PTCL) is interested in bidding for mobile operator Warid Telecom. The owners, the Abu Dhabi Group, have put the Pakistani mobile operator up for sale recently. Etisalat confirmed to Reuters that PTCL expressed an interest in Warid Telecom. Telecommunications group Vimpelcom is also interested in Warid, Reuters writes citing two unnamed banking sources close to the matter.