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 Mini...
New Pakistan Auto Policy Will Be Announed Soon – Federal Minister Jatoi
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 wa...
نئی آٹو پالیسی میں شامل 5 نکات جو انقلابی تبدیلیاں لاسکتے ہیں
تقریباً 3 سال کے طویل اور صبر آزما انتظار کے بعد بالآخر اقتصادی رابطہ کمیٹی نے آئندہ پانچ سالوں (2016 ت...
Looking Back At Numbers Of Car Imports, Local Production And The Duties Government Charged On Them
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 t...
Sources Say 5 Percent Reduction In Duty Possible, Not 80!
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 di...
Pakistan Needs Better Policy Makers More Than It Needs Better Policies
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 a...
Big 3 Continue To Influence The Auto Policy – Ban On Production Of 10 Years Old Models Off The Table
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 mad...
Should Audi Pakistan Import The Audi A1 In Pakistan?
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...
Here’s Why The Pakistani Auto Industry Will Never Achieve 100% Localisation
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...
Local Automakers Overcharge Customers To Send Money To Japan
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 f...