{"id":61756,"date":"2020-02-21T16:41:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T11:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61756"},"modified":"2020-02-21T16:41:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T11:41:19","slug":"pakistan-to-standardize-auto-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-to-standardize-auto-sector.html","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan to standardize auto sector; meeting with stakeholders called this month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain recently announced on social media that a meeting between the All Pakistan Automobiles Association and government representatives had been planned for February 15 \u2014 with the session organized to deliberate on the introduction of various reforms in the auto sector, a news source reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/climate-change-ministry-to-consult-automobile-manufacturers-for-ev-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Climate Change Ministry to consult automobile manufacturers for EV policy (opens in a new tab)\">Climate Change Ministry to consult automobile manufacturers for EV policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the auto sector, major reforms to standardize the food sector and electronics are also being introduced. The purpose of introducing a standardized system in the manufacturing of cars, electronics and food items is to improve the quality of products in each sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/uae-firm-acquires-land-in-faisalabad-to-manufacture-automobiles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"UAE firm acquires land in Faisalabad to manufacture automobiles (opens in a new tab)\">UAE firm acquires land in Faisalabad to manufacture automobiles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The local auto sector has traditionally been dominated by the three companies; Honda, Toyota and Suzuki \u2014 all Japanese firms. However, in the past, many Pakistanis have often complained about the high market prices of these firms, and the lack of safety features in their locally produced cars. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/auto-assemblers-wont-sell-to-non-filers-of-taxes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Auto assemblers won\u2019t sell to non-filers of taxes (opens in a new tab)\">Auto assemblers won\u2019t sell to non-filers of taxes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to several reasons, car sales in Pakistan have been\ndropping consistently. In January alone, the aforementioned auto manufacturers\nhad reported a 48% decline in sales as compared to the same period last year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain recently announced on social media that a meeting between the All Pakistan Automobiles Association and government representatives had been planned for February 15 \u2014 with the session organized to deliberate on the introduction of various reforms in the auto sector, a news source reported. Read: Climate Change Ministry to consult automobile manufacturers for EV policy In addition to the auto sector, major reforms to standardize the food sector and electronics are also being introduced. The purpose of introducing a standardized system in the manufacturing of cars, electronics and food items is to improve the quality of products in each sector. Read: UAE firm acquires land in Faisalabad to manufacture automobiles The local auto sector has traditionally been dominated by the three companies; Honda, Toyota and Suzuki \u2014 all Japanese firms. However, in the past, many Pakistanis have often complained about the high market prices of these firms, and the lack of safety features in their locally produced cars. \u00a0 Read: Auto assemblers won\u2019t sell to non-filers of taxes Due to several reasons, car sales in Pakistan have been dropping consistently. In January alone, the aforementioned auto manufacturers had reported a 48%&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":61761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[20399,20398,20397],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-car-companies-pakistan","9":"tag-car-industry-in-pakistan","10":"tag-pakistan-auto-sectors","11":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan to standardize auto sector - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain recently announced on social media that a meeting between the All Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-to-standardize-auto-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan to standardize auto sector - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain recently announced on social media that a meeting between the All Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-to-standardize-auto-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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