Auto Policy

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,…

Representatives of PAAPAM (Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts and Accessories Manufactures) met with Khizar Hayat Gondal who is the Federal Secretary Industries discussing the concerns over the new…

After the delay of 3 years government has issued the new auto policy for the period of 5 years after the approval from (ECC) Economic Coordination Committee. AIDP-2 (Auto Industry Development Program-2)…

Pakistan Auto Policy is still pending, and concerned parties are pressing the government to come up with the policy as soon as possible. Federal Minister Jatoi has affirmed that the policy will be announced…

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…

We have been making quite a noise lately about the latest activities in our local Pakistani automobile scene. Local automakers are bringing new models, and some of the European automakers are interested in…

Pakistani car market is thriving, and there are no two opinions about it. Local automakers are going mad making cars day and night. Corolla, love of half of Pakistani car owners, is selling like anything. You…

Auto policy for 2015-18 is finally ready and has been sent to Economic Co-ordination Committee for the final approval. The committee working on the auto policy was headed by the Minister for Water and Power…

A meeting was held at the office of Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif on 1st of September to talk about the new Auto Policy 2015-20. The meeting was attended by Dr Mifta Ismail, Chairman Board of…

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.…

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…

If you are a car owner, it is quite possible that your car or car of someone you know might has been stolen in some point or perhaps you yourself or someone you know got affected from the theft of monograms or…

Associations is the pseudonym of mafias and cartels, a group of people who combined forces to work towards nothing but the interest of themselves. It will be wrong to just call the political parties…

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…