Auto Policy of Pakistan

2022 is going to be a striking year for Pakistani automotive industry. One of the many reasons is that the current Auto Development Policy (ADP) of Pakistan (2016-2021) expires in June 2021. On that account,…

Auto Vendors express their concerns over the on-going negotiations regarding the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Thailand and Pakistan. In a surprising move, yesterday, the Ministry of Commerce has…

Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi, the Federal Minister of Industries and Production, said that new auto policy will be finalized and announced soon. The aim of the upcoming auto policy was to facilitate new and…

It's all that everybody is talking about right now in Pakistan; the PML-N government will be presenting its third Federal Budget for 2015-16 of approximately PKR 4 trillion today. Finance Minister, Senator…

News reports have been circulating that there will be an 80 percent cut in import duty which is incorrect. Ask any economist and especially for a poor country like ours, it is a disastrous step for the economy.…

One event that dominated the news for a few days was that a nuclear deal has been agreed between Iran and America. One of the effects of the deal will be that economic sanctions are to be lifted from Iran. As a…

The Big 3 have forced the Government of a damn country into submission. They have forced Chairman Privatization Commission (PC), Muhammad Zubair to withdraw the proposal which made it mandatory for auto…

Recently, Audi started deliveries of the 1.2 liter A3.  It has 105 hp and Audi claims it has an economy of 4.8 liter/100 km. Obviously, Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla do not even come close to the Audi A3 in…

The new auto policy is around the corner and the topic of localisation is under heavy debate. In the course of seven decades, the Pakistani auto industry failed to produce a single sustainable indigenous…

The upcoming auto policy of Pakistan has become a mystery now. Talks have been going on for months between the government and the stakeholders of the local auto mafia but nothing fruitful have come out of it as…