Auto industry’s comeback looks different Published 16 Dec, 2025 06:04am There is a recovery underway in Pakistan’s auto market which is fully visible in the five-month sales data for...
Brakes on Updated 30 May, 2025 08:07am Rate cuts have been more than welcoming for car buyers, and it shows in improving sales across the industry. In 10M,...
Back in gear Published 08 Apr, 2025 09:04am As small as Pakistan’s automobile industry is, it has contracted significantly in recent years. By FY24, industry...
INDU: Good ol’ demand Published 14 Mar, 2025 07:36am It wasn’t too long ago when Indus Motors was keeping its plant shut down due to material shortages and supply chain...
Shifting gears Published 19 Feb, 2025 07:49am The automotive market is salvaging its size. After dropping to a historic low in FY24, the market is growing once...
Autos wrapped Published 09 Jan, 2025 07:29am The end of 2024 marks a year that the automobile industry might prefer to forget and despite a positive growth...
Don’t bury the Lede Published 21 Oct, 2024 09:12am The shrinking of the automobile market for newly assembled vehicles is almost palpable and can be felt (by...
Being Basic Published 28 Jun, 2024 07:29am Automakers have often quoted lofty estimates for auto volumes in Pakistan, citing population growth and demographics...
Autos: It’s not over Published 21 Jun, 2024 08:59am In a great display of resilience, automobile sales have remained consistently strong on May 24 after delivering a...
Misery meets company Published 20 May, 2024 08:49am If the worthy reader too cannot keep up with the barrage of news on price cuts being offered by various automobile...
Autos: Much ‘adieu’ in 2024 Published 17 Jan, 2024 09:32am Three percent. That’s the share of imports occupied by automobile CKDs in the 3QFY22—the quarter that marked the...
Autos’ downward spiral Published 15 Jan, 2024 07:49am Very evidently, car buyers have gone into what’s starting to look a lot like a prolonged winter hibernation. In the...
Tyres, tubes of passenger cars from Japan, China: Customs values on import of over 100 types fixed Updated 04 Nov, 2023 09:01am ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has fixed new Customs values on the import of over...
Bad romance Published 13 Oct, 2023 08:52am In the last recorded quarter (Jun-23), none of the three listed automotive assemblers in Pakistan was in losses,...
The reckoning Published 18 Aug, 2023 08:38am Automotive industry is large enough and auto OEMs are making enough profits for analysts to talk about it endlessly....
Autos: Head-on collision Published 11 May, 2023 09:01am While March numbers would give pause and indicate there may still be ample demand in the market for newly assembled...
Suzuki skids to a stop? Published 19 Apr, 2023 08:32am Pakistan Suzuki (PSX: PSMC) has had plenty of idle time on its hands, however vexing that may be, owing to massive...
Crash and burn Published 19 Jan, 2023 07:58am Automotive assemblers are trying to make do. In the first half of the fiscal year, volumes have shrunk 38 percent...
Auto: Flailing volumes Published 19 Sep, 2022 08:31am FY22 is not panning out very well for the automotive industry. This was anticipated early on as overall inflation,...