ABOUT five years ago, when then-environment minister Jairam Ramesh described the growing tendency of affluent Indians to drive SUVs and luxury cars that guzzled diesel (a fuel that was heavily subsidised by the government) as ‘criminal,’ he was widely criticised by the automobile industry, and even the United Progressive Alliance government did not take him seriously...
Last week, taking into consideration the seriousness of air...
“He has made several disclosures and we are working on the leads,” the SSP said, adding that the gang of carjackers used to come to the city and roamed in cars to find an opportunity to snatch the vehicle of their choice...
The SSP said raids were being conducted for the arrest of his accomplices and recovery of more vehicles...
United States electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc is welcome to set up shop in India, make cars there for sale and export them, but must not import cars from China, India's transport minister said on Tuesday...
Tesla is desperate to import and sell its electric vehicles in India, having lobbied officials in New Delhi for nearly a year to cut tariffs, which the company's billionaire chief executive Elon Musk says are among the highest in...
KARACHI: After suspending talks with Ghandhara Nissan Ltd (GNL) last week, French automaker Renault is making another attempt to assemble and distribute its vehicles in Pakistan in partnership with Al Futtaim, a Gulf-based business house...
”Renault suspended talks with GNL as per a notice that the former sent to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) last Friday...
Renault, a French car manufacturing company, is expected to start assembling cars in Pakistan by 2018...
After approval of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's economic policy and vision, Special Assistant to the PM and Chairman of the Board of Investment (BoI) Miftah Ismail held meetings with stakeholders in Pakistan and foreign companies in the automobile sector, the BoI said in a statement released on Thursday...
ISLAMABAD: Renault will start producing vehicles in Pakistan in 2018, the Board of Investment (BOI) announced on Thursday...
Miftah Ismail, the BOI chairman, told Dawn that the French car manufacturer had submitted its application to the government for the manufacture of vehicles...
Hyundai Motor Company plans to set up a car assembly plant in Pakistan in a joint venture with local textile firm Nishat Mills, an official from Nishat said on Friday...
Hyundai's return to Pakistan will boost the government's efforts to shake up the Japanese-dominated car market and loosen the grip of Toyota, Honda and Suzuki, who assemble cars in Pakistan with local partners...
South Korean carmaker Kia Motor Co will start assembling cars in Pakistan, according to a local partner that is planning to invest Rs12 billion ($115 million) to set up a plant and manufacture the Kia vehicles...
Representatives for the South Korean company could not immediately be reached for comment...
KARACHI: All the top antique car collectors of the country were there along with their prized possessions at the launch of Pakistan’s first online Antique Cars Museum at the Quaid-i-Azam House Museum here on Saturday...
Sharing his views with Dawn about having an online museum for vintage and classic cars of the country, he said that there was a need for it for a very long time...
PESHAWAR: Although the incidents of terrorism have decreased in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa yet the cases of extortion and theft have increased in the province during the current year, according to official data...
During the current year, 314 incidents of theft and 60 cases of extortion have been reported as compared to 285 cases of theft and 58 cases of extortion reported last year...
However, he added, action would be taken against Zulfiqar Shah for taking law in his hands...
SUSPENDED: Acting District Police Officer Rab Nawaz suspended four police officials for taking bribe from motorists in Ahmedpur East...
TAXILA: The Punjab department of archaeology and museums has constituted a high-level committee to probe theft of antiquities worth millions of rupees from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) world heritage site of Sirkap which was declared “protected” in 1980...
The body would probe why conservation work was carried out without the presence of an archaeologist, said Mr Ijaz, adding that the...
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry says extremely bad governance of the Water and Power Ministry has been exposed...
By issuing notices to heads of five power distribution companies over electricity theft, he said, the ministry had admitted that it had failed to control power theft...
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to declare water theft a non-bailable offence and until a law is passed by the assembly, which is not in session, an ordinance will be promulgated soon to eliminate water theft and scanners will be used to detect underground water connections...
Also read: Centre criticised for not releasing K-IV water supply project fundThe chief minister, who was assisted by his cabinet members Nisar Ahmed...
FAISALABAD: A three-member committee of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) recommended ‘registering a case’ against the Fesco officials to recover missing meters installed at the steel mills of a PML-N MPA who was allegedly involved in an electricity theft case...
The committee interrogated the issue for about two months but failed to trace the meters even after grilling the officials and recording the statement of MPA...