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Highlighting the Passenger Safety Risks of Public Transport in Pakistan Exclusive review by Sarim Raza Toyota Vios to be launched in Pakistan by 2018 Exclusive Reviewd by Syed Sarim Raza

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Contrasting future sales outlook for bike assemblers Exclusive by Ali Hassan Is Volkswagen really going to consider coming to Pakistan?

Exclusive reviewed by Ali Athar

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Renault Enters Pakistan

Sazgar Partners with Chinese Company to Assemble Vehicles in Pakistan Suzuki Introduce Mega Carry EXTRA in Pakistan

D.S. Motors Hyderabad Introduce Unique Crazer UD-150cc motorcycle in Pakistan

Agritechnica-2017 Coverage by Murtaza Hanif

News Updates

Japanese vs Local Cars Exclusive by Taha Bin Mujahid

PAAPAM demands duty withdrawal on imports for auto sector

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News Updates 35

News / Event 21

Honda Atlas Car’s low profile campaign on deadly Takata Air Bag in Pakistan Exclusive Report by Owais Khan

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Corporate News - Glimpses

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International Automotive News

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Vehicles / Car Price List

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Motorcycles Price LIst

CM warns of action if Karachi projects not completed speedily

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RD case of one step forward, two steps back Tyre Association in its presentation stated that the price of tyres of small vehicles has surged by Rs500 per tyre and for big vehicles between Rs 4500 per tyre to Rs 5000. According to the tyre industry only 20 percent demand of tyres is met by domestic production while the remaining 80 percent is met through import. The increase in price will further encourage smuggling of tyres in the country, they maintained.

Commerce Ministry has decided to review Regulatory Duty (RD) recently imposed to discourage imports of non essential items and finance the export promotion package, after local industry termed it an anti-industry step.

According to Minister for Commerce and Textile Pervaiz Malik, his Ministry received presentations from a few sectors again st recen tly imposed /increased RD. He stated that the duties imposed on the recommendations of FBR are more than what Ministry of Commerce an d Textile ha d recommended.

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) increased RDs, ranging from between 5 to 80 percent on the import of 713 items, including imposition of RD on 97 new items, from October 17, 2017 after ap prov al from th e E conom ic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet.

Chairman National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance, Qaisar Ahmed Sheikh, lamented the fact that the Finance Ministry did not give due weight to his Committee, and protested to the Commerce Minister for not taking industry on board prior to the recent imposition/increase of RD. When contacted, Secretary Commerce, Younus Dagha confirmed that the RD recently imposed by the government is being reviewed.

“Yes, we are undertaking this exercise in consultation with the industry re p re s e n t a t iv e s a n d w i ll s en d recommendations to FBR this week,” he added.

Asked if the recommendations will be on-sent to the ECC which is the competent forum to take such decisions, he said “let’s see the extent of changes and we will then decide the forum of

decision.”

Last week, local industry approached Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Finance, Senator Saleem Mandviwala who invited them to give details of the impact of RD on their specific industries to the co mmittee members an d commerce ministry and FBR officials.

The local industry representatives duly attended the meeting and informed the participants that the recently imposed RD on raw material imports was negatively impacting on their industry.

Textile sector urged the committee to press the government to withdraw 10 per cent RD on gas generators as well as RD on inputs of textile value chain being used by the industry.

All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (PTMA) pointed out that RD on textile inputs and gas generators has an adverse impact on the industry and increased their cost of production. On the request of the textile industry, Senate Standing Committee on Finance recommended to the gov ern ment to w it hdraw notification of 10 percent RD recently imposed on 1250 KV gas generators.

APTMA highlighted the importance of textiles in Pakistan’s economy: it contributes 62 percent to total exports, 8.5 percent to GDP and was the largest

consumer of domestic cotton. The immediate additional potential for exports is $3.6 billion this year. The textile association also pointed out other issues impacting on its growth and requested withdrawal of electricity surcharge of Rs3.5/kwh to bring it at par with the regional rate of Rs 7/kwh and requested duty/tax free import of cotton and to ensure that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) exports all items under duty and tax remission scheme (DTRE).

The Auto Parts Association stated that it operates under SRO 655 which defines tariff and duties for the industry. The industry has been importing raw material for the manufacture of air conditioners to supply to the auto industry. The government’s decision to impose RD has impacted on the cost of five raw m a teri al it em s of a ir conditioners and as a result the cost of locally manufactured air conditioners will be comparable to imported ones and local industry will therefore be at disadvantage.

Tyre Association in its presentation stated that the price of tyres of small vehicles has surged by Rs500 per tyre and for big vehicles between Rs 4500 per tyre to Rs 5000. According to the tyre industry only 20 percent demand of tyres is met by domestic production while the remaining 80 percent is met through import. The increase in price will further encourage smuggling of tyres in the country, they maintained.

The FBR stated a summary will be prepared on the basis of a list of anomalies in imposition of RD identified in consultation with industry which will then be placed before the Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet for approval to remove the RDs.

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Exclusive Report by Owais Khan

Honda Atlas Car’s low profile campaign on deadly Takata Air Bag in Pakistan As part of Honda’s Global Takata Airbag inflator campaign during airbag deployment, the company said -- airbag inflator body may explode into metal fragments due to excessive internal pressure

Pama comes to rescue Honda Atlas on low quality petrol issue, while other assemblers face no problem

METAL FRAGMENTS SHOOT FROM AIRBAG

on da Atlas Cars Lim ited (HACL) has initiated a halfhearted campaign informing owners of Honda Civic users/owners about installation of faulty Takata Air Bag and its impact on human lives. As per past practice nobody in the company was allowed to further give details to the press.

In March and April 2017, the company, in stea d o f directly h igh lig h ting repercussion of Takata air bag, kicked off the serious issue in a non serious manner under the big headline “Free Upgrade of Vehicles” in the print media advertisement informing the customers that “in Honda Civic (2006 to 2012 model), imported CRV 2008 to 2011 model and imported Honda Accord 2004 to 2012 model – SRS inflator pump may have a possibility of malfunction. Vehicle owners were asked t o c o n t a c t a u t h o r i ze d d e a le rs immediately.”

The consumers saw the banner headline “Free Upgrade of Vehicles” and ignored the contents below the main headline.

Due to lukewarm response from the vehicle owners, the company in middle of October 2017 again stepped up its

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earlier campaign with new name “Honda Special Service Campaign. Your Safety Is Our Top Priority” with more details to showcase the worse-case scenario in a vehicle that has yet to have its Takata airbag inflator replaced. The second campaign had also not focused on the main iss ue “fa ult y air ba g” prominently.

As part of Honda’s Global Takata Airbag inflator campaign during airbag deployment, the company said -- airbag inflator body may explode into metal fragments due to excessive internal pressure. Inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking and potentially injuring the vehicle occupants.

The company, instead of giving priority to the risk factor of faulty air bag on the left passenger and driver, took the airbag issue very lightly in its media campaign fearing adverse impact on the sale of Ho nda Civic. The compan y ha d deliberately attempted to give secondary importance to air bag issue which on the contrary had hit headlines in world media over huge vehicles’ recalls plunging Takata air bag maker in deep crisis and bankruptcy.

The recall of locally assembled Honda Civic 2006 to 2012 model for replacing faulty Takata air bags will cost Honda Cars of Japan which is taking claims from Takata Air Bag. Honda Atlas will

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Honda dealers gave different estimates about the cost of air bag. Some said the cost of two bags were around Rs 90,000100,000 while others estimate close to Rs 200,000.

Some said over 40,000 Honda Civic models had Takata defected air bags while others estimated about 22,000 vehicles.

Taking the price range of Rs 90,000100,000 of air bags being reinstalled in 40,000 vehicles would cost Rs 3.6 billion to Rs four billion. If the volumes are estimated at 22,000 and price of Rs 90,000-100,000 then the cost of air bag would come to 1.9 billion to Rs 2.2 billion.

It is not clear as to how much the local assembler of Honda cars has completed air bag related replacement work from March till to date. Dealers did not give any clear reply when asked whether the company is installing a different brand of air bags.

Dealers claimed the arrival of vehicle ow ners is high er th an previous campaign. “The company is offering free new installation of two air bags (driver and passenger side inflator).

As per figures of Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA), the production of Honda Civic from 20052006 to 2012-2013 has crossed 50,000 units.

Honda Civic 2006-2012 models must have changed hands with multiple owners over the years, but the local dealers said the company is offering the installation of new bags to everybody who own Civic right now.

“We have the list of chassis number of affected vehicles. After tallying it we offer free installation either in just few hours or one day time,” dealers said.

Prior to HACL -- Indus Motor Company (IMC) had recalled 9,896 Toyota Corolla vehicles in February 2017 owing to faulty brakes and 2,700 Corolla models in June 2017 after finding that the fron t mounting bolts of the front seats may be improperly tightened.

Despite these two recall alerts -- the sales and revenue figures of Honda Atlas remained brisk so far despite air bag recall, while the call to recall 12,000 vehicles by IMC had also so far not affected the sales.

Now HACL has been struggling to overcome low quality fuel issue and Takata Air bag. The company has

advance booking of five months for Honda Civic. The production figures from November onwards will give the exact picture of any negative impact on the company’s financial health over two issues.

Sales revenue of Honda Atlas for the

of the sales mix. The company sold 2,070 BRV units in outgoing quarter, while total unit sales of 12,604 were up 56 per cent YoY. Although sales were up 48 per cent, gross profits rose by 9 per cent only as gross margins shrunk 4.3ppts to 11.8

“The recall of locally assembled Honda Civic 2006 to 2012 model for replacing faulty Takata air bags will cost Honda Cars of Japan which is taking claims from Takata Air Bag. Honda Atlas will not feel the pinch of bearing the cost of replacing air bag which runs into billions of rupees.” first quarter ended June 30, 2017 almost doubled, to Rs 21,058.1 million against Rs 10,533.3 million in the same period of last year, mainly due to increase in unit sales and better product mix. The company earned profit after tax of R s 2, 08 6.3 m illio n a g ain s t R s

per cent vs. 16.2 per cent last year.

Margin decreased due to higher portion of low margin variants (BRV and City).

While rising steel prices (CRC prices up 33 per cent during the period) also added to costs.

In 2QMY18, other operating income

1,050.7mn, up 98pc over first quarter of last year.

Net sales revenue of Honda Atlas for the financial year ended March 31, 2017 improved to Rs 62,802.7mn against Rs 40,085.5mn of last year. The profit after tax improved to a record Rs 6,135.0mn against Rs 3,555.8mn, up by 72.5pc.

Rai Umar Bas harat at Top Line Securities said during 2QMY18, Honda Cars reported earning of Rs1.6bn (EPS: Rs 11.3) up 10 per cent YoY (-22 per cent QoQ). In 2QMY18, the company’s net sales grew 48 per cent YoY on account of strong volumetric growth in sales volumes during the period, with Honda City (lower priced car) capturing more

increased 116 per cent YoY, due to increased costumer advances backed by healthy bookings for the City and BRV, he said.

During 1HMY18, the company reported earnings of Rs3.7 billion (EPS Rs25.9), up 47 per cent YoY. Net sales have grown 69 per cent YoY driven by sales of 23,642 unit up 56 per cent YoY. However margins declined from 16 per cent to 13 per cent due higher costs and higher sales of low margin variants.

In world market, a new report on recalls of potentially deadly Takata air bag inflators shows that automakers have replaced only 43 per cent of the faulty parts even though recalls have been

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The report, issued by an independent monitor who is keeping tabs on the recalls, also shows that auto companies are only about halfway toward a December 31 goal of 100 per cent replacemen t of o ld er an d mo re dangerous inflators.

The slow completion rate comes even though the National Highway Traffic S afe ty Ad m inis tr at io n beg a n coordinating the recalls and phasing them in two years ago. Before that, the automakers were obtaining parts and distributin g them on their ow n.

Normally automakers fix 75 percent of vehicles within 18 months after the recall is announced.

The report brought criticism from a U.S. senator in Florida, whose state has seen three deaths caused by the problem and wher e automakers have fixed 41.7 percent of the 3 million affected inflators.

Takata uses the chemical ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion and fill air bags quickly in a crash. But the chemical can deteriorate when exposed to high humidity and temperatures and burn too fast, blowing apart a metal canister design ed to contain th e explosion. That can hurl hot shrapnel i n to un s us p ec t in g dr iv er s a n d passengers. At least 19 people have been killed worldwide and more than 180 injured.

The problem touched off the largest s eries o f a ut om ot ive reca lls in U.S. history, with 19 car and truck makers having to recall up to 69 million inflators in 42 million vehicles. It also brought a criminal conviction and fine against Takata and forced the Japanese company into bankruptcy protection.

The automakers, he writes, are using different communications methods to reach owners such as door-to-door canvassing. They also are offering mobile repair and trying to use third parties such as independent repair facilities to speed up the process.

As per foreign media reports, Honda is also recalling about 800,000 of its Odyssey minivans in the United States over faulty parts blamed for 46 minor injuries, the company said, just a month after settling a huge lawsuit on other defects.

The recall, which affects the 2011-2017 models sold in the U.S., may later be expanded to include vehicles sold in Canada, Mexico and South Korea. The fault relates to a latch that connects the

back seat..

If not properly engaged, the seat may tip forwards during braking, a statement said, adding the firm "has received 46 reports of minor injuries related to this issue."

The announcement comes after the Japanese group last month reached a $605 million settlement in a lawsuit over defective airbags in millions of cars on American roads.

Honda joined Nissan, Toyota, BMW, Mazda and Subaru in agreeing a deal that also included replacing the defective airbags from now-bankrupt Japanese c a r p a rt s m a k e r T a k a t a , a n d compensating car owners.

OGRA report on low quality petrol, which is still awaited, may settle the dust On low quality petrol issue raised by Honda Atlas – the strict policy of management does not allow any officials to reveal anything to the press. Hardly any print media has seen any interview or reports in which senior executives, owners or any lower rank Honda employees are quoted neither on petrol or other issues.

Honda Atlas informed the Oil and Gas R egulatory Auth ority (O GRA) in October on the issue of low quality fuel relating to high manganese contents resulting in production halt of Civic Turbo model due to engine knocking prob l em s an d da mag in g o f catalyticconverter.

After rocking the entire auto sector and even refinery and retail pumps operators – the officials of Honda Atlas have stopped issuing any further update on the low quality fuel and even the manag emen t and senior officials have also been ignoring the media queries over further development on the issue.

H o w ev er , P a ki s ta n Au t om o t iv e Manufacturers Association (PAMA) has proved that it is a strong arm working under influence of the makers of Honda bikes and cars. PAMA has come out to the rescue of Honda Atlas saying that “all the assemblers are facing serious technical issues due to low quality of fuel,” thus creating a rift among assemblers.

PAMA has asked the regulator to check t h e me t a l c on t en t s ( in c lu d i n g ma ng an es e) in the petrol bein g marketed against the international standards as assemblers are facing serious technical issues due to low

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On the issue of manganese content in petrol, PAMA informed the regulator that addition of manganese is meant to boost the Research Octane Number (RON) of the fuel in the process of achieving a targeted number.

There are hazardous technological and environmental repercussions of the metal content in the fuel if used beyond certain safe limit. From the technical stand point, it would impair engine performance in the long run may choke the catalytic converter thus aggravating p ollu tion lev el by n ot blo ckin g /converting the unsafe substances of the exhaust which are hazardous to human health, PAMA said.

In contrast, CEO of Indus Motor Company Ali Asghar Jamali in a print media report had said “we have not received yet any serious complaints with respect to our Toyota vehicles regarding low quality petrol.” So far Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited has not got any complaint of engine knocking or other sort of issues from the customers on petrol quality issues.

Chairman All Pakistan Motor Dealers Association (APMDA), H.M. Shahzad said used cars of three years old models are being imported from Japan and these vehicles have latest engines which a re bein g u se d by th e lead in g manufacturers.

“So far no owner of used cars has complained about engine knocking or other problems after using petrol of various oil marketing companies,” he claimed.

Oil Companies Advisory Council (OCAC) claims that the refineries and OMCs are supplying petrol according to the government’s specifications.

OCAC Chairman Aftab Husain said “we have checked and found that there is no abnormality of high manganese content in petrol,” adding that in Pakistan there is no government cap on manganese in petrol.

“If the Euro II petrol is the specification how come EURO IV designed engine will meet the requirement,” he asked.

He said recently the government has improved the specification of petrol and 92 RON has taken over 87 RON. Higher quality petrol (95 and 97 octane petrol) is also available for consumers’ choice.

Honda Atlas has so far not come out with any reply to the threat given by OCAC which strongly urged Honda to withdraw its complaint about the alleged sale of low-quality fuel in the market or face legal action.

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RENAULT ENTERS PAKISTAN Sign agreements, along with Al-Futtaim, to assemble and distribute vehicles for the new market

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roupe Renault and Al-Futtaim have si gned d efi niti ve agreements to assemble vehicles in a new plant in Karachi, a statement said on last month. However, the transaction remains subject to a number of conditions mainly relating to regulatory approvals.

The two parties expect that the plant will be built starting the first quarter of 2018. Car sales will begin in 2019 and be ramped up in 2020.

The companies did not reveal the amount of expected investment. They did not state the number of vehicles that the plant will roll out every year.

Al Futtaim said it will “invest the amounts needed to make this project a great success, but as privately owned company, we do not reveal financial details.”

Renault suspended talks with GNL as per a notice that the former sent to the

Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) last month.

GNL informed stock investors that the company, in collaboration with a potential partner, was in talks with Alliance (Renault-plus-Nissan).

However, owing to commercial reasons, GNL’s arrangements with the potential partner could not materialise. From then on, Nissan has been in discussion with GNL while Renault suspended talks, it said. “They, however, shared their view that Pakistan is an alliance project and they aim to select only one partner for Renault and Nissan models in Pakistan,” it added.

It may be noted that nine Pakistani companies applied to the Engineering Development Board (EDB), Ministry of Industries, for greenfield projects by September to assemble cars, light commercial vehicles and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in partnership with six Chinese, two Koreans and one Laotian partners.

Groupe R en ault is exten din g its international footprint by entering Pakistan, a fast-growing market with a 10 per cent annual growth rate. By partnering with Al-Futtaim, a renowned automotive partner, Groupe Renault aims to bec ome a major player in Pakistan, said the statement.

“We aim to bring our latest products and cutting-edge technology and set new benchmarks of safety and quality in the

market,” said Fabrice Cambolive, company’s senior vice president and chairman of the Africa, Middle-East and India region.

“With a population of over 200 million, a fast-growing economy and a vibrant middle class, Pakistan is undoubtedly a very important strategic growth market for us. Groupe Renault is among the top automotive brands worldwide and a leading European car manufacturer is entering this market. We will endeavour to add real value to the Pakistani auto sector and consumer, and to create a world-class organisation in Pakistan.

Al-Futtaim also looks forward to a very long and successful partnership with Groupe Renault,” said Len Hunt, president of Al-Futtaim Automotive.

The agreements will see Groupe Renault b ri n g it s la t e s t pr o d u c t s a n d technological know-how while AlFuttaim, through its new subsidiary AlFuttaim Automotive Pakistan Ltd, will establish a new manufacturing and assembly plant and exclusively distribute Renault cars.

Al-Futtaim has numerous businesses a cros s 29 c oun t ries. Its g lo bal automotive operations extend to 11 markets across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Pakistan represents one of the most dynamic opportunities in these regions partly because of the new Automotive Development Policy, the statement said.

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Toyota Vios to be launched in Pakistan by 2018 The launch of Toyota Vios can prove to be a big breakthrough for the famous car brand as it will fall in the segment of the midsize semi-luxury sedan and give a tough competition to the likes of Honda City and Suzuki Ciaz Exterior

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ith anticipation rising about the expected launch of 2018 Toyota Vios in Pakistan, the petrol heads are eag erly awaitin g any information about this exciting new vehicle. Vios is a family sedan by Toyota, which the companyplans to launch in Pakistan in 2018. Toyota has been a famous car brand in the automotive market of Pakistan with some wellestablished nameplates already ruling the hearts of car enthusiasts. Toyota Vios is available in the car markets of Malaysia, Philippines, India and others where it is one of the most sought-after Toyota Vehicles.

The launch of Toyota Vios can prove to be a big breakthrough for the famous car brand as it will fall in the segment of the midsize semi-luxury sedan and give a tough competition to the likes of Honda City and Suzuki Ciaz.

Let’s review the all-new Toyota Vios and have a look at its features, specification and technologies in detail:

Design Language of the 2018 Toyota Vios The design language of Toyota Vios is based on a sharp and elegant design complemented by contemporary sedan looks. The exterior of the sedan is welcoming and delightful while it’s interior and purposefully built to deliver an exceptional driving experience to the driver and passengers.

The sharp and stunning exterior of Toyota Vios can give an adrenaline rush to the onlookers when the vehicle is one the move and even when it is standing still.It boasts a long and distinctive hood that depicts sheer style and class. A recognizable front grille blends in with the bright and wide Xenon headlights while the Toyota badge at the center is the highlight of the exterior. The edges and fine lines flow throughout the bodyand make the Toyota Vios a true delight for car enthusiasts.

The carefully crafted curves define the design language of the Vios. It looks sleek and stylish from the front-endand the rear end of the vehicle demonstrates excellencewith state-of-the-art taillights and fog lamps. Toyota Vios is available in the worldwide car markets in 12 different exterior colors. These colors are Freedom White, White Pearl, Gray Metallic, Black, Red Mica Metallic, Blue Mica Metallic, Orange Metallic, Dark Brown Mica Metallic, Alumina Jade Metallic, Blackish Red Mica and Thermalyte.

Interior The interior of the Toyota Vios is laced with a wide variety of modern day amenities for maximum comfort and convenience of the occupants of the car.

The interior is spacious and can easily accommodate 5 passengers which makes it a true family sedan. There are a plenty of entertainment options available for ultimate fun and high-qualityleather seatsjust take the comfort of the Vios to an entirely different level. Some of the delightful in-cabin features of the Toyota Vios include a 7-inch display screen with touch interface, 4 s peakers and Bluetooth connectivity. There is also a MirrorLink System that allows you to transfer the media from your phone to the touchscreen of the car for enhanced fun and pleasure.

Engine Options Toyota Vios features the segment’s finest engine lineup with a variety of engine

options available that can be selected as per the choice of buyers. The four engine variants that are available in theglobal car markets are 1.3 Base, 1.3 J, 1.3 E and 1.5 G. However, Toyota Vios is expected to be launched in Pakistan in just one engine option. It will be a 1.3-Litre DOHC 16 Valve engine with Dual VVTI technology. It will produce 98 horsepower and a torque of 123Nm. The highlight of all the engine variants of Toyota Vios is their fuel efficiency. The 1.3-Litre engine variant is expected to deliver a fuel average of 14-16 Km/L.

Safety Features and DriverAssistance Systems There are plenty of safety features and driver-assistance technologies that make the Toyota Vios a safe vehicle to travel.

It takes care of the safety of passengers which augments the family car appeal of the vehicle.

Listed below are the safety features and driverassistance technologiesavailable in the all-new Toyota Vios:

• 6 Airbags for Driver and Passengers • Cruise Control • Brake Assist • Anti-lock Braking System with Electronic Brake Distribution Th es e advan ced car saf ety technologieshelp to avoid a dangerous road accident and can also provide protection from fatal injuries in event of an accident.

Price and Launch Date of Toyota Vios in Pakistan The Indus Motors, which is the official distributor of Toyota vehicles in Pakistan hasn’t announced any launch date for Toyota Vios yet but it is expected to hit the car markets in December 2018 as per the speculations going around. The expected price of Toyota Vios in Pakistan is PKR 1,750,000.

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Exclusive Article by Ali Hassan

Contrasting future sales outlook for bike assemblers out of 117 units – around 70 per cent units are not rolling out bikes while 25-30 units are struggling for their survival. Some 13-14 assemblers are now happy due to higher production and sales, while Honda is far ahead with its competitors while there was some improvement in sales of Yamaha and Suzuki in the last four months.

APMA chief said the government should also focus on the two-wheeler segment as majority of units are on the verge of collapse while only few are showing robust sales. akistan is producing 2.5 million units per annum but it does not o ffer a n y v ar iet y t o it s customers comparing to other countries in the world.

Chairman Association of Pakistan Mo torcycle Assemblers (APMA), Mohammad Sabir Sheikh said “If Pakistan needs to introduce different varieties of two-wheelers then it has to bring out soft policies to import three to five years old used different models of bikes from Japan.”

One category of bikes should be small from 100cc to 250cc (all branded makes). The second category for import of bikes is from 250cc to 750cc and all above models.

There is a need to reduce customs duties on CKDs for the assembling of bikes (existing and new entrants).

To provide smooth functioning of local indus try, Sa bir said the role of Engineering Development Board (EDB) and Pakistan Standard and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) should be curtailed.

In Pakistan, there is a dire need to fix the age limit of bike registration. For example, bike users are facing severe problems of back, neck and shoulder pain. People riding bikes without wearing helmet are complaining about eye infection, breathing problems and different kind of allergies.

Taking Karachi alone whose population is more than 20 million, as many as 1,000 new motorcycles are hitting the

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Mohammad Sabir Sheikh Chairman Association of Pakistan Motorcycle Assemblers (APMA)

The one-time tax should be for five years at the time of registration of new bikes. From the sixth year, the government should collect tax after five years of registration on every year from bike users up to 10 years.

This will discourage bike owners to quit two-wheeler. It will also help bring down the rush of bikes on the roads as well as different kinds of pains and problems of people using old bikes, he said.

city’s roads every day.

The number of bikes in Karachi has risen to over 2.7 million units registered with Excise and Taxation Department and half million bikes also running on the roads are registered in other districts of Pakistan, thus multiplying traffic problems in the metropolis which is already battling with deteriorating public transport system, he said.

Low prices of Chinese assembled bikes have changed the market dynamics. As a result, man y people especia lly belonging to the middle class, who could not afford cars, are now enjoying their life on two wheelers. Absence of any effective public transport system and other modes like trains had hit the life of middle class people.

With more than 230 per cent increase in the number of motorbikes in the city during the past decade, the city is all set to witness more severe traffic muddle than the current mess up.

Comparing to other cities especially Lahore – the port city Karachi does not have any organized traffic management system while poor road infrastructure has further deteriorated the situation.

It will be unwise to put all the blame of traffic chaos on the lack of effective management system and dilapidated road networks. Wild driving by the bike riders can also be blamed as one of the main reasons of rising road accidents.

To some extent availability of cheap bikes has lured young generation to at least own two wheelers. On many

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Importing used and new bikes cost $2.99 million in 2016-17, $2.94 million in 2015-16 and $1.74 million in 2014-15, figures of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics revealed.

A leading Japanese bike maker said the import volume of brand-new bikes for commercial sale is negligible. He said his company is importing heavy bikes (250cc, 500cc and 750cc) for the police, traffic police, National Highway Authority (NHA) and other government departments. thoroughfare and especially long roads -- the young bikers in groups of five to six are seen doing daredevil acts on bikes by over taking over from right to left sides especially from the small to big trawlers and other vehicles plying on the roads. These acts led to the deaths of many young boys but no authority is here to at least curb bike racing.

According to Sindh Excise and Taxation Department data -- there are 2.7 million registered motorbikes in Karachi and after adding half a million bikes not registered with MRA Karachi then the cumulative bikes on the city’s road are over 3.2 million units.

In 2007, there were only 814,898 registered motorbikes in Karachi. Over the last 10 years, 1,887,051 new motorcycles have appeared on the roads of the city. The difference shows about 231 per cent increase in the number of bikes in Karachi.

T en y ears a g o, a bou t 33 9 n ew motorbikes were being registered in Karachi every day. That number has now risen to over 800 new bikes every day. As per Sabir Shaikh, people living in outskirts of Karachi like areas of Sindh and Balochistan are also getting their bikes registered in Karachi in order to fetch good resale value of bikes at the time of selling.

Chinese based cheap price motorcycle assemblers see Karachi as the biggest market in the province for the locallymanufactured motorbikes, with Sindh emerging as the second major province after Punjab, where some two million motorcycles hit the roads every year. On the contrary, branded bikes are not getting a good response as compared to Chin ese bran ds due to big price differen ce betw een Chines e a nd Japanese bikes. Law and order situation also forces customers to purchase low cost Chinese assembled bikes instead of Honda bikes.

Some years ago, we only had Japanese brands available in local markets. Honda

now costs Rs 63,500 as compared to Chinese bikes of Rs 44,000, Sabir said a d din g th a t as s em blin g o f t h e neighboring country’s motorbikes had changed the entire business scenario in the country.

Market experts believe that the twowheeler should be one’s last choice keeping in view the wayward traffic in Karachi. Such people suffer the most number of accidents.

Despite a bike’s dangerous ride, people still buy it due to lack of transport choices.

Qingqi type mode of transport has taken over the business of public transport buses. As a result, people have stopped investing in public bus business resulting in decline in bus population in Karachi.

This situation has pushed up bike production and sales.

Besides, the metropolis has seen construction of flyovers and underpasses i n t h e n am e o f i n fra s t ru c tu r e development which only helped in doing away with traffic signals but they had not offered any extra space to the vehicles being added to city traffic on a regular basis.

Resultantly, traffic jams have become a matter of routine on every single road.

The roads which until a few years ago were considered smooth for traffic, now do not offer easy travel.

Sabir Shaikh said the Excise and Taxation Department, MRA Karachi should fix an age on the registration of bikes. When lifetime tax was introduced in Sindh – it was fixed for 10 years.

By mistake the MRA department has started mentioning the lifetime tax duration up to 2,099 which means

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Suzuki Introduce Mega Carry EXTRA in Pakistan

With the growing competition, the companies have to release new models with high tech features to keep up in the race. Suzuki striving, with the focus on customer values to develop a product with multiple uses and superior value.

Pa k S uzu ki p ro ud ly a n n ou n ces introduction of Suzuki Mega Carry Extra which is initially imported in CBU

condition from Indonesia.

Sa lient Features of M eg a Carry Mega carry has a 1493cc Euro II latest technology powerful petrol engine which is super silent considering Euro Spec and reliable as well. It comes equipped with a wide loading deck 1670 X 2450mm and a pay load capacity of 750 kg with a three way loading deck making

it very convenient. Multiple storage spaces and sun visor for the driver.

Petrol tank capacity is 46 liters and has 14 inch steel tires.

Pricing and Release Expected date of arrival is 13th, November 2017 with a retail price of 1,499,000/- excluding advance income tax.

MIT membrane produces fuel from CO2 emissions Researchers at MIT have developed a new membrane-based system that can convert carbon dioxide emissions into useful alternate fuels. The process has been effectively demonstrated on a small-scale and the researchers hope to ultim ately ada pt th e sy st em t o conventional fossil fuel-based power plants.

Made of lanthanum, calcium, and iron oxide, the membrane is designed to separate out oxygen from carbon dio xid e, lea vin g beh in d ca rbon monoxide that can then be turned into a variety of useful fuels.

The process requires a significant energy input to produce the up to 990° C (1,814° F) temperatures needed to separate the

carbon dioxide input into oxygen and carbon monoxide. But the researchers suggest this heat energy could be provided by either, "solar energy or by waste heat, some of which could come from the power plant itself."

A pragmatic hypothetical outcome would be to incorporate the process into a natural gas power plant by adding an entirely new fuel output stream to the plant. The carbon dioxide produced by generating electricity from the burning gas would then be fed through the membrane system, which itself would be powered by a small stream of the original natural gas.

The carbon monoxide output could then be mixed with hydrogen to produce

syngas, which can be used to generate electricity, as a fuel in internal combustion engines, or fed into the existing gas distribution network. This process would create a new commercial output for the power plant while also reducin g g reen ho us e emis sion s .

It is worth noting that this research is co-funded by Shell Oil, which hopefully points to the process finding a real, practical outcome. After all, if the big fossil fuel companies can find a way to turn their carbon dioxide emissions into a positive revenue source then its a real w in-w in scen a rio for everyo n e.

The research was published in the journal ChemSusChem.

Source: MIT via Eurekalert

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Exhibition - Point of view

Expo 2017 exposes misplaced priorities Expo 2017 is the tenth time we are doing more of the same, showcasing virtually the same products for virtually the same markets. We are also using the same template - fully paid trips for visitors and the accompanying Trade Officers, and similar entertainment.

We are sure to have the same results the previous nine secured for export growth: alternative facts. TDAP will claim a billion dollar plus of export contracts that will, as always, magically disappear when the end year export numbers come out.

Expo was first launched in 2005. It might not have triggered the secular decline in our exports that we have since witnessed but the coincidence does raise obvious questions of use and utility.

The failure of such expensive fanfares to contribute to export growth is not in question. The question that TDAP should wrap its mind around is ‘can they contribute. How relevant are such mega events to our export effort?’

Einstein’s quote, “we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them” aptly captures the inanity of repeating this mistake for the tenth time.

Draw up any list of what ails our exports and Expo 2017 will not offer itself as the answer.

The issue is not that the world does not know what we produce; the issue is one of competitiveness. The problem is not that buyers don’t know good exporters; the problem is exporters wanting to export what buyers have a diminishing appetite for. It is not that we don’t recognize the significance of global value chains; we are simply unable to craft supportive policies. Indeed, through a pern iciou s protection p olicy we positively discourage higher import content so necessary for significant value-addition.

Exporters would need a lot of convincing to accept Expo as a worthwhile marketing tool. The list of exhibitors, where major exporters are conspicuous by their absence, tells us something.

Surely, if this was a good tool we would all be scrambling for space, instead of TDAP cajoling the major players and arm-twisting the emerging ones. Surely, if Ex po provided a good buyin g opportunity we wouldn’t need to offer ‘incentives’, year after year. Buyers

would make a bee-line to the Expo, at their own expense.

I f, h ow ev er, the idea is ‘ima ge correction’, as the social media savvy Commerce Secretary would have us believe, is it his job to assume primary responsibility for it? Yes, all organs of state should do their bit towards national image building, but MoC is hardly positioned to arrogate to itself the lead role in this regard.

Of course, we share the sentiments of the Secretary, and we should all stand united when it comes to a ‘Re-imagined Pakistan’. But the slogans - promising youth, thriving industry, unexplored beauty – backfire if they are just slogans a nd no t bac ked by s eriou s reengineering, the venue for which is Islamabad and the provincial capitals and not Mohatta Palace.

B esid es, w o uld th e m es sa ge o f ‘Emerging Pakistan’ to a few hundred ‘induced’ visitors, whose motivation to visit Karachi is presumably commercial, overcome the less benign messages the millions get via the media? Even the chosen group was witness to chaos at the PC, and saw itself cut off from the world when Chehlum caused the mobile phones to go off for the entire day. Some impression of Emerging Pakistan for the visitors to carry home! Couldn’t TDAP have done its homework better to fix dates that did not clash with heightened security dates?

With respect, Sir, we could have done with a more refined image-building strategy, even if it is something the Rules of Business do not require you to do.

Expo 2017 also found time to fit in time to make up for the training that the Trade Officers should have got before taking up their assignments but never got. The structure of the five sessions, including one asking the exporters to share with the Trade Officers their expectations, was proof enough that we don’t really know what we want our Trade diplomats to do. It will be a w on d erful w orld if a d ay lo n g u ns tru ct ured, preten d ing to be structured, workshop could provide clarity on what the Trade Officers should and can do. Learning on the job has its limits.

The Auditor General’s mandate has been enhanced to include ‘value for money’ audits. Expo provides a good case for

the Auditor General to examine, to see the linkage between the substantial amounts of money expended on the ten EXPOs and the export dividend. If the argument is that this not money from budgetary allocations but from Export Development Fund (EDF), then there is an even greater fiduciary responsibility on the part of the Auditor General. EDF is funded in its entirety by the exporters and they should have the right to know how responsibly their money is being spent.

Incidentally, the rumour mill has it that many of the B2B exchanges were more about the visitors trying to entice the exporters into buying from them and helping them in vest in their countries!

Expo was a bit like going to a fancy dinner without dressing up for the occasion. By putting the cart before the horse – displaying goods without first making them more saleable – we add to our self-inflicted wounds. We can have umpteen Expos but it will all be money down the drain until we accept the reality of our disease and begin to undertake serious reforms, even if they are somewhat painful. The rentiers, the real beneficiaries of the status quo, are bound to yelp, as reforms will hit them first, but let there be collateral damage if we really want to restore the exporting sector to good health.

It is all about reforms. Until we become competitive, and produce what the markets want and where we have a comparative advantage, there is little point in doing more of the same. Let’s first have a pro-export industrial policy, enhanced technological diffusion, and a s en sible ta riff s tru ctu re t ha t incentivizes exports and not domestic retail.

What the world is looking for is not extravaganzas but a seriousness to put exports top of the agenda. Once they sense we are serious they will think seriously of investing in export oriented ventures here.

Ask any friend and he will tell you our high import tariffs are a killer for investment in exports.

by Shabir Ahmed shabirahmed@yahoo.com Courtesy: Business Recorder

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Is Volkswagen really going to consider coming to Pakistan?

In recent years there have been a lot of attempts by foreign car manufacturing companies to come to Pakistan. These constant attempts have no doubt made a lot of headlines and badly enough people have been given wrong hopes and expectations of deliverance which were not fulfilled.

“Like for instance recently there had been news about Renault settling a deal with Majid-al-Futaim to start manufacturing cars in Pakistan and people were told, that the deal was already done.”

Not to mention media has to take a blame for this. There are continuous meetings of companies all over the world and it's definitely not something new to

be thought about but the media companies and online blogs portray it like it is going to happen very soon, but it isn't what we think it is. A large thought process goes into making at possible.

In the past month or so Volkswagen has made a lot of head line. It was mentioned that Volkswagen is coming to Pakistan and along with the opening they are going to launch two variants.

One is a pickup truck and another is a sprinter van. Further it was said that since Volkswagen owns Audi they were going to be sharing the same plant for Pro duc tio n a nd Ma n ufa ctu rin g.

However, there are many aspects that go into launching a new company in Pakistan.

Along with Volkswagen three to four other companies have accepted the Auto

Policy of Pakistan which was released in 2016, despite being accepted to launch in Pakistan the policies didn’t seem to be in much favor of the foreign companies. It takes a long process just to launch a company in Pakistan, for first around 1 year the company has to import cars from foreign to test sales in the country. After 3 years it is mandatory that they start manufacturing here and this can be a tough job to pull of within three years.

None the less if Volkswagen does consider coming to Pakistan it would prove to be a great step for the country and will pull off the burden on local manufacturers too. But it is needed to be understood that this is not a short process and no where at a stage to take place right now.

Aman Tech and Osaka Japan collaboration

Chinese firm proposes a Rs. 60 billion Electric Bus project for Karachi Karachi might be getting electric buses soon. A Chinese company has presented a project to the Mayor of Karachi which consists of 2,000 electric buses at a cost of $600 million.

The project was presented on Sunday by a six-member Chinese delegation led

by Thomas Wang to City Mayor Wasim Akhtar during a meeting at his office.

Reports say that Thomas Wang, who

represented the Chinese company EcoBus, offered two buses which would be sent to Karachi as gifts from the company within 2 months.

These two buses would be tried out on the roads of the city. Local staffers, drivers, mechanics and other support staff will be trained to operate these buses.

Mr. Tetsuya Tsuruta from Osaka Japan Panasonic South Asia Head presenting potential collaboration with AmanTech to senior most leadership of Pak Suzuki Motors on last month. Panasonic interested to invest in Robotic Welding Facility at AmanTech through their local authorised distributor agents ASHRAF GROUP OF COMPANIES

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Japanese vs Local Cars We hope in 2018, Pakistan will not only be ruled by just three Automotive companies that is Suzuki, Toyota and Honda. As three more well known automotive brands are ready to setup their foot in Pakistan that includes Hyundai, KIA and Renault In the era of today if we look around we will find many Japanese Cars on Roads alongsidelocally assembled Cars. As it is famous about Japanese cars that they are good at giving good fuel average with all the comfort so people are going for it. The one reason of increase in Japanese cars on road is Careem and Uber ride hailing services as people are investin g in these companies with Japanese cars which results in less amount for fuel and big saving for them.

Man y car sh ow rooms have large numbers of Japanese Cars rather they have locally manufactured. Let’s review both the Japanese and the local cars.

Japanese are giving many options and safety features in their hatchback cars, starting from engine.

Mosthatchback Japanese cars have 660cc engine with a good fuel average and great Air conditioning while on the oth er ha nd if we go for locally manufactured hatchback the minimum available engine displacement is 800cc and the AC does not perform well in Sunny Days.

Th e minimum am ount to buy a Japanese car is around 10,000,00/= PKR. In this price tag if you buy Japanese car it will be equipped with AC, Power Windows, Power Mirrors, Power Steering, Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), SRS Safety Air Bags, large seating compartmentwith extremely

comfortable suspension, good looksand power pack small engine with automatic transmission and better fuel economy.

While locally hatchback manufactured cars do not offer these features and if they offer then you will find a big difference in Price tag and the Quality.

Japanese Wagon R People are also afraid of buying Japanese cars as they have fear that the car could be accidental or the mileage of car has been reversed. Yes, this is happening,but to avoid this fear buyer should demand the auction sheet of car from seller and you will find all the real details from minor aspects to major rework done in the car. Auction sheet is a Japanese car document which arrives with car from the Japan and the sheet can be verified through concerned Japanese websites.

There are some Japanese cars ruling the road very well that includes Mira, Passo, Aqua, Prius, Vezel and Alto.

When it comes to Maintenance people say that their mechanics are not available easily but in reality it has become the old myth. Expert mechanics and electricians are available even in local market and parts are also available

in market but they are not cheap as compared to locally manufactured cars’ parts.

To get better car that offer many options and safety features with Cheap cost of Service and Spare Parts we should give a chance to others local manufacturer such as FAW. FAW is Chinese car that is being assembled in Pakistan. FAW V2 is one of the local hatchback that is equipped with 1300cc engine with Dual Airbags, ABS & EBD Brakes, Power Windows & Electronic Power Steering available with the price tag of 10.69 lacs, while on the other hand if we compare it with Suzuki Swift that has almost same features except SRS Air bags that comes in price bracket of 13.75lacs.

We hope in 2018, Pakistan will not only be ruled by just three Automotive companies that is Suzuki, Toyota and Honda. As three more well known automotive brands are ready to setup their foot in Pakistan that includes Hyundai, KIA and Renault. Hyundai is coming under the roof of Nishat Group.

While Lucky Group is going to own KIA Motors. And French Company “Renault” is going to establish itself in a joint venture with Al futtaim. So, because of these companies the competition of locally manufactured cars will be high and the companies which are currently ruling the Pakistan going to face many big challenges.

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PAAPAM demands duty withdrawal on imports for auto sector

The Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts and Accessories Manufacturers (PAAPAM) has asked the Ministry of Industries to request the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to pro vid e relief to aut o parts manufacturers from regulatory duties (RD).

The proposal was made by Paapam in a meeting with new federal secretary for industries Maroof Afzal.

The association’s former chairman Muhammad Saleem explained that the auto industry is governed by the Automotive Development Policy (ADP) 2016-21, issued on March 21, 2016.

Under this policy, all APMs are registered with EDB, who govern and mon itor all imports of their raw ma t eria ls to sa feg u a rd a g a in s t misuse of concessionary duties fixed in the ADP. He said that levying of RD is a complete contravention of the policy framework laid down in the ADP and renders the

auto parts industry uncompetitive against imported auto parts.

Referring to ADP 2016-21, Senior Vice Chairman Ashraf Shaikh drew the attention of Secretary Industries to the mechanism of ‘mid-term policy review’ built in the ADP document, an d requested him to use his good offices to arrange this review of ADP at the earliest. “ W e r e qu es t i n d u c t i o n o f a n expert/nominee on the Technical Committee of Engineering Development Board, so that the expertise of our members can be utilised to formulate rational decisions and policies,” Shaikh said.

Paapam further said that rampant imports of under-invoiced auto parts from China has been hurting the auto parts industry, but this is further compounded by the low valuations assigned by the Customs department, for levy of duties.

In addition, valuable hi-tech auto parts are assessed by weight and low rates of

Ghandhara ends UD trucks production Ghandhara Nissan Ltd (GNL) has closed down the production of UD trucks following the discontinuation of the said model by UD Trucks Corporation, Japan a few months ago.

GNL produced only one truck in July while there was zero production from August to October. The company made 279 trucks in JulyOctober 2016.

Sources said the company had replaced its popular UD trucks with Chinese Dong Feng range of trucks (prime movers) producing 60-70 trucks per month.

GNL opened its subsidiary Ghandhara DF Private Limited Company in June 2013.

GNL has been assembling Dong Feng trucks for the last three years under new entrant status besides importing the product in the form of completely built-

up units. The localisation level in Chinese trucks is 20 per cent.

Swedish truck maker AB Volvo had acquired Nissan Diesel Motor Company Limited, Japan in 2007 and renamed its company as UD Trucks Corporation.

The brand name was changed from Nissan Diesel to UD Trucks.

Meanwhile, other truck manufacturers in Pakistan have enjoyed robust sales.

Hinopak, being the market leader, assembled 1,344 trucks in July-October as compared to 1,040 in the same period last year. Sales of Master and Isuzu trucks swelled to 506 and 1,169 units from 298 and 626 units.

Hino truck production in 2016-17 reached 2,988 from 2,468 in 2015-16 while Master and Isuzu truck production soared to 1,140 and 2,862 units from 929 and 1,465 units.

duties per kg are applied to them. He requested the secretary industries to approach the FBR and remove ‘these anomalies which are hurting the auto industry’.

Technological innovations imperative for research, industry: KP education secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Department Secretary Syed Zafar Ali Shah said on Thursday that innovation in technology was the need of the hour for the upcoming challenges and opportunities being created by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

He was speaking as the chief guest at a two-day nationa l workshop – “innovation in technology” – held at University of Engineering Technology (UET) Peshawar.

R e pr es en t a t iv e s fr o m o v e r 2 0 universities, mills, industrial units and other organisations participated in the workshop, and about 60 industrial projects were exhibited in which the participan ts too k k een in teres t.

Addressing the gathering, Zafar Ali Shah said that the upcoming CPEC project w a s g o i n g t o br i n g h u g e j o b opportunities as well as challenges for students and that, therefore, they needed to ready themselves properly. He added that CPEC was going to benefit all regions of Pakistan.

He praised the efforts of UET for organising the summit.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Iftikhar Hussain also spoke on the occasion, saying that the university was ready to work with the private and public sectors for the promotion of research and innovation in technology. He added that the ongoing summit was extremely important and helpful for young researchers and new industrial units as well as faculty members.

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CM warns of action if Karachi projects not completed speedily

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed project director K a r a c h i P a c k a g e t o e x p e d it e construction of U-turn at Shahrah-eFaisal; otherwise he would take strict action.

Expressing his displeasure over delay in many schemes, he made this order presiding over a meeting that was held to review some schemes of Karachi Package which are delayed for one or the other reasons. The meeting was attended by Chairman P&D Mohammad Waseem, Principal Secretary to the CM Sohail Rajput, Secretary Finance Hassan Naqvi, PD Karachi Package Niaz Soomro and Engineer of Karachi Package Khalid Masroor.

The chief minister said that work on construction of U-turn at Natha Khan Bridge has not begun, so far. As a result, traffic jam at that area has become order of the day. “Do you have any idea that people in the area are suffering very much due to it, he said directing the Chairman P&D Mohammad Waseem to visit the area along with the PD and the engineer of the project and ensure that work on it begin and then formally

report him.

It may be noted that the chief minister has already released Rs214.466 million for construction of U-turn and other works.

“When I have released funds, why work on the project has been delayed,” he asked.

The Chief Minister also said that the underpass at the Submarine Chowrangi has not been completed, so far. “I want to open its one track on December 15 and the same day I will perform foundation stone-lying ceremony of Flyover at the Sunset Boulevard,” he said, adding that work on the Sunset Boulevard flyover must be completed within three months of the start of the work.

He directed the Local Government Department to maintain the beauty of Shahrah-e-Faisal by planting more plants, law and other greenery. “Shaarey Faisal is the face of the city and it must remain beautiful, neat, clean and illuminated,” he said.

Principal Secretary Sohail Rajput told the chief minister he held a meeting with

some architects for face uplifting of the areas falling in front of the Jinnah Terminal on Shahrah-e-Faisal. He said the architects would begin beautification work within 10 days.

On this, the chief minister said the areas of flyover on Shahra-e-Faisal at the Jinnah Terminal and the apartments along the road must be looking good.

“When any person comes out of the airport he must feels beauty of the city,” he said.

Murad Shah directed the PD Karachi Package to begin survey of the roads of old city area of Lyari such as Lea Market, Mithadar, Kharadar, Juna Market, Cheel Chowk, Kalakot and other areas.

“I am allocating rupees million for reconstruction of roads,” he said, directing the PD to reconstruct their drainage system as well.

He also directed the PD to reconstruct the roads leading to Jamaat Khan at Kharadar. This should also be uplifted with reconstruction and renovation of different structures lying there. “I will review progress of ongoing work on the projects,” he said.

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D.S. Motors Hyderabad Introduce Unique Crazer UD-150cc motorcycle in Pakistan

The Unique Crazer UD-150cc bike comes as the latest addition to the Unique family of stylish and user-friendly motorcycles. At the same time, it also happens to be the most powerful bike ever produced at the end of Unique. The Unique UD Xtreme is the least powerful bike with 70cc engine category. UD 100 is a bit more powerful sibling of the Xtreme as it is powered by a 100cc machine.

Unique Motorcycle Pakistan has entered in 150cc bike category by introducing Unique Crazer 150. Unique Crazer 150 also contains 04 stroke air cooled single cylinder, digital meter, powerful shocks and elegant alloys rims. This bike also Equipped with 12.0 Ltr fuel tank. It provides convenience to the rider to continue the long journey without any hassle of fuel refilling.

Moving up the power stair, you will come across the UD 125, an elder bro of the Xtreme. Next comes the turn of Crazer which, equipped with a 150cc engine, emerges as the most powerful member of the Unique family. The Unique motorcycles brand, on the other hand, is ranked among the top ten bestselling Chinese bike brands in the country.

Unique’s Unique Specs: A unique bike from the Unique brand,

the new Unique Crazer 150cc brings a set of unique characteristics. On the first place, you come across a masculine body with creative curves and curvatures.

Meanwhile, the bold and fascinating design gives the hue of international standard. Put in simpler words, it is all set to leave you crazy on the road. At the same time, yet another piece of fascination is that the Unique Crazer 150cc price in Pakistan is quite affordable.

Listed and briefly described below are some of the major features of the bike.

Majestic Appearance: The majestic appearance of the new Unique Crazer is what the modern youthful bike enthusiasts are really looking for. The bold, bulky and wavy body dynamics give it a stunning look.

So, the very look revs the hearts of the viewers. The fuel tank is exceedingly muscular with parts extending sideways and going forward. The seat, on the other h a n d , is s u ff ic ien t ly s li m a n d comfortably styled. However, the seat for the pillion rider is significantly raised.

The mudguard and the back parts show a remarkable uniqueness. But this is not all – every single part, ranging from the wheel to the engine and the silencer, represents a fresh style.

Here you also need to note that the

Crazer proudly offers two awe-inspiring variations for the body color, i.e. sky blue and lush green. However, none of the colors has anything to do with the Unique Crazer 150cc price in Pakistan 2018.

Powerful LED Headlight: If you have to undertake night travels, you would definitely know about the importance of a sharp headlight. This sports bike has a plenty of features for long travels especially during the night time. For example, its LED headlight is so powerful and long-reaching. It lights a long way ahead just like the daylight visibility. So, you can confidently drive at higher speeds.

Digital Meter with LED: The bright and beautiful digital meter offers increased and easy visibility to the rider. You can learn about the driving parameters with the glimpse of your eye.

It is also provided with brilliant LED d isp la y to furt her a dd to y our convenience.

Gigantic Fuel Tank: The fuel tank of the Crazer is not only muscular and expressive in appearance, it is also gigantic in capacity. Though the fuel efficiency is not comparable with that of a Japanese bike brand, like Honda, a larger petrol tank will help you travel longer distances with single refill.

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Russian Trade representative Mr. Yury and his team visited plants AVT, JKJ and Yousuf Industry.

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Agritechnica-2017 Exclusive Media Coverage by Murtaza Hanif

AGRITECHNICA-2017 HANNOVER - GERMANY AGRITECHNICA has again impressively confirmed its status as the world’s leading trade fair for agricultural machinery and equipment and concluded with a record result –more than 450.000 visitors from 128 countries flocked to the Fairgrounds in Hanover during the seven days of the fair. They profited from the attractive offerings and exhibits of the 2,803 exhibitors from 53 countries, the many innovations and the technical programme with its forums, the Special “Future Crop Protection”, expert talks/panel discussions and conferences.

We would be very pleased to be able to welcome you again at AGRITECHNICA 2019. In the meantime we shall keep you regularly informed about further DLG trade fair highlights, as well as about our current specialist topics and tests concerning modern agricultural machinery and equipment.

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RD imposition FCCI chief welcomes LHC’s stay order Shabbir Hussain Chawla, President, Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI) has welcomed the stayorder of Lahore High Court against the un ila teral decis ion of imp osin g Regulatory Duty on as many as 400 items and reiterated FCCI repeated demand that government must take on board the concerned stakeholders before taking important economic decisions.

In a statement issue here on last week, he said that business community is the main player of economy but it is totally ignored in the process of decision making. “All such decisions taken unilaterally are gen era lly pro ve counterproductive and instead of expected benefit, these usually cause irreparable loss to the national economy in addition to sowing seed of contention

between the policy makers and business community.

Continuing, Chawla said that business community is patriotic and fully aware of the ill impacts of widening gap between imports and export. “FCCI has taken a principle stand that government should impose regulatory duty only on non-essential and luxury items”, he said and added that in the garb of this situation, government has taken a hasty decision without taking the stakeholders into confidence and regulatory duty was also imposed on many items which are widely consumed by industrial sector or used in the manufacturing of exportable goods.

“This resulted in effecting our industrial sector in addition to increasing our cost of production and making our exports uncompetitive on the international

markets”, he said and added that it was also surprising that government has not completed the basic formalities deemed legally and constitutionally necessary to make such decisions. He said that FCCI had clearly pointed out the items of industrial importance that were included in the impugn ed SRO . “Had the government consulted the stakeholders and followed the set procedure”, it should not have to face the humiliation due to the in-juncture issued by the Lahore High Court in addition to creating an embarrassing situation for the business community.

He said that government and policy makers should now learn lesson from this stay order an d avoid taking unilateral decisions in future.

Sales of automobiles surged 32pc in July-Oct Sales of locally produced cars, vans, light commercial commercials (LCVs) and jeeps jumped by 32 per cent to 83,809 units in the first four months (JulyOctober) of this fiscal year.

Assemblers of these vehicles sold 23,341 units in October, up 46pc year-on-year and 24pc month-on-month, showed da t a rele as e d b y t h e P a ki st a n Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA) on last month.

Rai Omar Basharat at Topline Securities said if the robust sales continue then the sales would touch 236,000 units (up 10pc year-on-year).

Pa k Suzuki Motor Company Ltd (PSMCL) was a big beneficiary as majority of used car imports fall under lower engine capacity segment. The company sales rocketed 53pc year-onyear as price-conscious models Mehran (up 41pc), WagonR (141pc) and Cultus (23pc) all exhibited strong sales.

PSMCL’s cumulative sales were up 36pc to 46,941 units in 4MFY18.

Honda Atlas Cars (HCAR) sales (Civic, City and BR-V) normalised to 4,506 units, rebounding 31pc month-onmonth (50pc YoY). The 4MFY18 sales grew 55pc to 17,110 units due to success of new models Civic/BRV and recently revamped City.

Indus Motors Company lagged behind peers with Toyota’s sales increased just 4pc month-on-month and 28pc yearon-year as it continued to face capacity constraints. The 4MFY18 units sales went up 10pc.

Sales of Massey Ferguson and Fiat tractors during 4MFY18 reached 13,318 and 8,385 units from 7,628 and 4,627 units in 4MFY17.

Mr Basharat said lower GST on tractor purchase, fertiliser cash subsidy, along with Rs2bn subsidy on tractor purchase, annou¬nced by the Sindh government in its budget 2017-18, improved overall tractor sales going forward.

Overall truck sales rose to 2,917 units in July-October 2017-18 from 2,183

units in the same period last year despite massive fall in Nissan truck demand to 18 units from 279 units.

He said this trend in truck sales would continue fuelled by CPEC, higher road connectivity, low financing rate, change and enforcement of axle load limit on hig h wa ys by Na tio n al H ig hw a y Authority.

Bus sales, however, fell to 259 units in the July-October period from 397 units in corresponding period last year in which Hino bus sales stood at 140 units as against 302 units.

Motorcycle/three-wheeler sales grew 18pc in October due to rising disposable in c om e o f lo w e r-m i dd le cl as s .

Cumulative 4MFY18 sales were up 74pc.

Atlas Honda Ltd sold 360,516 units in the last four months as compared to 290,485 units in same period last year.

Published in Dawn, November 14th, 2017

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Why Suzuki and Toyota’s new partnership is a huge deal for India’s electric vehicle dream An ambitious new partnership between two Japanese carmakers could be the biggest disruption to hit India’s electric vehicles (EV) market.

O n Nov. 17 , Suzu ki a nd T oyota announced that they will co-develop EVs for India, with their first car expected to roll out around 2020. “Specifically, Suzuki is to produce EVs for the Indian market and will supply some to Toyota, while Toyota is to provide technical support,” the two companies said in a statement.

This agreement marks the entry of M a r u t i S uz u k i— I n d ia ’ s la rg es t carmaker, majority-owned by Suzuki— into the EV ecosystem which the Narendra Modi government is trying h ard to kicksta rt. By 2030, th e government intends to stop selling conventional, gas-fuelled vehicles altogether, though the precise contours of the plan remain unclear. A new EV policy is expected to be unveiled by the end of the year.

For some months now, there has been speculation over—and concern about the tardin ess of—Maruti Suzuki’s approach towards the fledgling EV market. “As the industry shifts towards EVs, when it comes to India, our volumes are so large that I worry that we could be caught flat-footed if there w a s a s u d d e n s h i ft t o w a r d s electrification,” Toshihiro Suzuki, a member of the board of Maruti Suzuki, said earlier in November. After all, the company currently controls a little over 50% of India’s passenger car market.

And although the likes of Mahindra & Mahindra and Tata Motors are already making inroads, Maruti Suzuki’s belated entry into EVs is the one to watch out for. There are three main reasons: Maruti Suzuki has the scale: EVs are

TOYOTA unlikely to work in India unless they’re priced right, and cost can only be brought down by large volumes. “They (EVs) are still terribly expensive to produce, which gets impacted positively as the volumes grow steadily,” explained Deepesh Rathore, co-founder of the automotive consultancy Emerging Markets Automotive Advisors (EMAA).

And nobody does things at scale in India better than Maruti Suzuki, considering more than 150,000 vehicles come out of its facilities every month. Alongside, the carmaker has an unrivalled supply chain in India, which could allow it to develop world-class components locally at the best possible prices. “The two companies (Suzuki and Toyota) together are likely to have enough volumes in India and exports for high utilisation, which will bring down the overall cost per vehicle,” Nomura said in a report on Nov. 20. “Other OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) dependent on imports of components may find it d iffic ult t o com pet e on cos ts . ” The partnership has the tech: To complement Suzuki’s manufacturing prowess in India, Toyota will bring the technology to the table. The latter has been increasingly focused on upping its EV game, including forming a dedicated electric cars division last year, led by the Toyota’s president Akio Toyoda. In September, Toyota established a joint venture with another Japanese rival, Mazda, to develop affordable EV technology. The company also has two

decades of experience in developing and marketing the Toyota Prius, the world’s best-selling hybrid car. Suzuki, though, isn’t sitting it out on the tech front entirely. The automobile major has already committed to invest over Rs1,150 crore (around $180 million) to build a lithium-ion battery factory in Gujarat. That’s significant since batteries alone typically comprise 50% of an EV’s total cost. “You can either wait for innovation to bring down the cost (of batteries), or you jump in yourself,” said Abdul Majeed, a partner at consultancy firm PwC, backing Suzuki’s intention to gets its hands dirty in the battery segment. “This is a do or die situation on the battery front and in the (overall) EV space.”

Nobody knows the market better: Even if the Suzuki-Toyota partnership is able to crack the technology and affordability puzzles, selling EVs in the subcontinent will still remain an uphill task. “For me, the challenge is only one: How to condition the consumer?” said EMAA’s R athore. “H ow to con dition th e consumers between 2020 and 2030 by offering them choice, different price points, etc?” It will help that Maruti Suzuki, which has been selling cars here for over three decades, understands the Indian consumer and their demands perhaps better than any other carmaker.

It will still take significant government support to create an environment supporting EVs, including help with s et t in g u p e x t en s i ve c h a r g i n g infrastructure nationwide. And given Maruti Suzuki’s size and scale, there are few other carmakers that can prod the government into getting its act together.

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After Suzuki and Toyota, Honda to enter Indian Electric Vehicles Market Honda investing $29m motorcycle plant in Bangladesh Japanese Honda Motor Co is investing $29 million in a new joint venture plant with a target to increase its annual production capacity to 200,00 0 motorcycles by 2021.

Bangladesh Honda Private Ltd (BHL) and the Bangladesh government started construction of the new 25-acre plant inside Abdul Monem Economic Zone (AM EZ) in M un s h ig a n j dis tr ic t yesterday.

Honda owns 70 percent of the stakes in BHL while the rest is owned by stateowned Bangladesh Steel Engineering Corporation.

BHL primarily has a target to go into production in the new plant in the middle of next year, Bangladesh Honda said in a statement.

According to the officials, BHL will manufacture the parts in the plant.

Over 350 persons can be employed in the plant, said Shah Muhammad Ashiqur Rahman, head of finance and commercial of BHL. At the groundbreaking ceremony yesterday, Shinji Aoyama, operating officer for Honda Motor Co for Asia and O cean ia , sa id, “W e believ e t he motorcycle market in Bangladesh is growing at a faster rate because of the growing population and a steady rise of the economy.”

He said the new investment has been made keeping in mind the growing demand for motorcycles in Bangladesh.

“We hope we can supply the motorcycles at an affordable price to our local customers in Bangladesh.”

From January to September this year, 270,000 motorcycles were sold in Bangladesh and the demand is on the rise, said Rahman.

Rahman said the Japanese company came in Bangladesh in December 2012 and started production in a rented fac to ry in Sr eepu r of G a zipu r.

BHL has a production capacity of 80,000 units in its 8,700-square metre Sreepur plant.

By 2030, 65% of the company’s global sales is expected to come from electric vehicles After Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki and Tata Motors, Honda Cars India Limited (HCIL) has jumped on the electric vehicles (EV) bandwagon. As per reports, the Indian subsidiary of Honda Japan is in the process of adopting an EV strategy in line with PM Narendra Modi-led government’s mission to switch to all-electric cars by 2030.

According to sources, the carmaker is currently evaluating the feasibility of ma nu fa cturin g coun try-foc uss ed battery-powered electric vehicles that are both affordable and suitable for Indian roads.

Commenting on the development, HCIL CEO Yoichiro Ueno said, “We feel that diffusion of battery EVs requires significant infrastructure development and overcoming other challenges, such as cruisin g range with batteries, affordability and consumer acceptance.

HCIL strives to plan battery EV models

that will be best suitable for the traffic conditions in India in view of the usage in clu d in g tr a v elli n g d is t a n c e. ” The move is part of the company’s longterm goal to bolster the sales of its electric vehicles worldwide. By 2030, Honda expects more than 65% of its global sales to come from electricallypowered vehicles. To that end, it has already established an Electric Vehicle Development Division inside the Honda R&D facility in Japan, where a dedicated team is working on expediting the manufacturing process of electric vehicles.

Ueno added, “It depends on how fast the technology and infrastructure evolve in India and the rate of acceptance by consumers. It has the potential to be disruptive in the long run but we see hybrids to play a crucial role during this transition.”

Honda China JVs to recall 254,650 vehicles starting in January-2018 Hon da Motor Co's join t-venture companies in China will recall a total of 254,650 Honda-brand vehicles starting on Jan. 8, 2018, the Japanese automaker said on last month.

The recall is to repair faulty rear-view

mirrors on the doors of Honda car models sold in China, including the Elysion and the Spirior, produced between 2013 and earlier this year, the company said. No accidents have been reported, Honda said. REUTERS

Yamaha introduces electric motorcycle Motorcycle manufacturer PT Yamaha Indonesia (YIMM) introduced its electric motorcycle on last month.

YIMM president director Minoru Morimoto explained that his company had a long history in developing the electric motorcycle, saying that it had introduced its electric motorcycle, the Yamaha Passol, in 2002.

“We introduced [the motorcycle] to the market in Indonesia,” said Minoru in Jakarta on Wednesday as reported by kontan.co.id.

He said in the next month, Yamaha would cooperate with four institutions, Kebun Raya Bogor, Pelita Harapan University (UPH), PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Sales Indonesia (MMKSI) and The Breeze BSD, to carry out a

market trial for the vehicles.

Meanwhile, YIMM vice president director Dionisius Betty explained that the product would not be put on the market during the trial. “It is not difficult to produce and market the electric motorcycles. But we will first pay serious atten tion to its s afety features,” Dionisius said.

The company would pay particular attention to the vehicles ability to cope during flooding, the quieter noise produced by electric vehicles that may increase the risk of traffic accidents and treatment of lithium battery waste.

“Lithium battery waste is dangerous if it is not treated well,” Dionisius added. (bbn)

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MADE IN PAKISTAN MOTORCYCLES RETAIL PRICE LIST Rs. 41,800/= Rs. 43,800/=

Sr./ Product & Model Name No. 1. Honda CD-70 2. Honda CD Dream 3. United US 70 4. United Extreme 70 5. Road Prince Bullet 6. Road Prince 70cc 7. Unique UD-70 8. Super Power SP-70 9. Super Power Deluxe 10. Super Star SS-70 11. Hi-Speed SR-70 12. Ravi Premium R1

Retail Price Rs. 44,000/= Rs. 63,500/= Rs. 67,500/= Rs. 43,500/= Rs 44,500/= Rs. 45,500/= Rs. 41,000/= Rs. 45,000/= Rs. 44,700/= Rs. 55,000/= Rs. 44,000/= Rs. 44,000/= Rs. 46,950/=

125/150 cc Motorcycle No.

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Honda CG-125 STD Honda CG-125 DX Honda CD-125 Dream Honda CB-150F United US-125 Euro 2 Road Prince 125cc RP Twister 125cc RP WEGO 150cc Super Power SP 125cc Super Power Archi 150cc Unique UD 125cc Unique UD 150cc Crazer Super Star SS-125 Super Star SS-125 DLX Hi-Speed SR-125cc Hi-Speed Infinity SR-150 Metro MR-125 Regular Ravi Piaggio Storm 125 Yamaha YBR-125Z Yamaha YBR-125G Yamaha YBR-125 Crown CR-125 Zxmco ZX-125-Euro II

Rs. 105,500/= Rs. 125,000/= Rs. 106,500/= Rs. 159,000/= Rs. 70,000/= Rs. 67,000/= Rs. 108,000/= Rs. 180,000/= Rs. 69,000/= Rs. 140,000/= Rs. 70,000/= Rs. 165,000/= Rs. 68,800/= Rs. 67,000/= Rs. 72,000/= Rs. 175,000/= Rs. 67,000/= Rs. 108,000/= Rs. 115,900/= Rs. 133,900/= Rs. 129,900/= Rs. 65,000/= Rs. 71,600/=

Sr./ No.

Product & Model Name Ravi Hamsafar-70 Bionic AS-70 Crown CR-70 Metro Premier+ 70cc

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17. Ms Jaguar MS 70 Euro- II 18. Ms Jaguar MS 70 ( DREAM) 19. Zxmco ZX-70 Regular

Retail Price Rs. 43,500/= Rs. 45,500/= Rs. 42,000/= Rs. 45,600/= Rs. 41,800/= Rs. 43,800/= Rs. 42,300/=

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Brand &Model Name Honda Pridor United US-100 Euro 2 Road Prince 110cc Unique UD-100 Super Power SP-100 Hi-Speed Classic SR-100 Hi-Speed Alpha SR 100 Super Star SS-100 Crown CR-100 MS JAGUAR MS 100 Zxmco ZX-100-SS

Retail Price Rs. 86,000/= Rs. 50,000/= Rs. 48,500/= Rs. 80,000/= Rs. 60,000/= Rs. 47,500/= Rs. 77,000/= Rs. 57,000/= Rs. 52,000/= Rs. 48,800/= Rs. 51,600/=

Suzuki Motorcycle Sr./ Product & Model Name No. 1. SD110 Sprinter ECO 2. GS-150 SE Euro-II 3. GD 110s Euro-II 4. GS-150

Retail Price Rs. 103,400/= Rs. 158,500/= Rs. 131,000/= Rs. 138,500/=

Heavy Bikes Sr./ Product & Retail Price No. Model Name Rs. 599,000/= 1. Inazuma GW 250 Rs. 1,700,000/= 2. Intruder M800 3. Hayasuba GSX1300R Rs. 2,600,000/= Rs. 2,45,000/= 4. Zxmco ZX-200cc Bandit GSF650SA Rs. 15,50,000/= 5.

Super Power SP 200cc Rs. 2,00,000/= 6.

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