Musharraf and Manmohan’s Monologues

The findings of a private publication about Pakistan...

AUTOS: ON ROAD TO INDIGENIZATION
By Talha Bin Hisham
Pakistan & Gulf Economist, May 8 -- 14, 2006

Critics and other interest groups have long criticized the auto industry on various fronts, most of which have been external and controllable factors including unprecedented surge in demand through auto financing schemes from banks and achievement of deletion levels according to the programme implemented under the WTO pressure. The industry is alleged for charging premium and making late delivery of automobiles.

Buyers in Pakistan now have a choice of various domestically produced models of Toyota, Honda, Suzuki, Nissan, Kia, Hyundai and Fiat cars and vans, Mazda coasters and Hino-Pak buses. Between 30,000 and 33,000 tractors are also produced in the country annually, a major boost to the agriculture economy.

Continued efforts of the auto industry to meet the increasing demand are evident from the fact that the production capacity has significantly been increased. The industry showed an acceleration of 28.2 percent in the rise of production in the July-January current fiscal year. Car production stood at 128,000 last year is poised to touch the mark of 500,000 during the year 2010. This achievement has only been possible through initiation of a second shift with most manufacturers.

Certain factions question the quality of locally manufactured cars and make baseless allegations on various aspects merely to convince the government that cars should be imported. In this process, they ignore the fact that auto industry has come a long way to where it stands now, and throughout the last 20 decades of progress, this industry has tried to implement international standards of quality manufacturing. At all major auto manufacturing plants, the system works so that before the prototype of a locally manufactured part is used by domestic manufacturers, it is tested by the original manufacturers at their facilities and given a certification of quality. This quality control sets a benchmark and ensures that all parts subsequently manufactured are of the same quality. They are checked for any possible malfunction beforehand to avoid any hiccups in the final assembly of the vehicle, allowing smooth operation.

Before the establishment of the auto industry, Pakistan knew no more about the auto parts manufacturing than what was available at Shershah for repairing used cars. Today, the automobile industry has made a lasting impression on the domestic vendor base by equipping it with international quality standards that have led to making it more export oriented.

The fact is that though Pakistan entered into the field of auto parts exports less than six years ago, Vendors are exporting auto parts of vehicles that are not manufactured in Pakistan, such as Mercedes, Ford Van, Morris and even the famous London taxi. Only about 40 of the more than 500 registered auto parts vendors registered with manufacturers of international car brands have entered the exports arena. When the rest exploit the potential, as they are expected to do in the next couple of years, there may well be a major boom for the auto engineering industry. To a great extent the credit for the success of the auto parts industry goes to the vendor development programs organized by the domestic auto industry, whose mainstay is technology transfer.

In areas of human resource development, certain auto manufacturers are sponsoring technical education programs on national level to produce skilled and literate workforce for the auto sector. Not only does this voluntary initiative groom able individuals to serve the economy on macro-level, the auto sector also provides instant employment to these individuals.

The level of indigenization should be judged on the basis that within the last 10 years, Pakistan stands at par with any other developing country that enjoys a healthy automobile industry. It is time critics and other self-centered factions realize the significance of the auto industry by virtue of its contributions towards the prosperity of Pakistan, and at the same time, acknowledge its success in fulfilling its commitments to the consumers, in terms of quality, service, value and delivery.

{{From the website of the Pakistan Software Export Board, the first place a non-deluded paki would have looked if such a species did exist.. }}

BUWAAHAHA... This is Arjun_m versus Arjun_m. In the space of a few posts, he has gone from Not-Impressed-with-Pakistani-institutions (e.g. KSE, PTCL) to Full-Confidence-In-Findings-of-Pakistan-institutions (e.g. PSEB). Who can take someone with inconsistent standards seriously??

I see HisExcellency has done the disappearing act after being exposed again as yet another deluded paki..

re#87,

OK Balti Sahib,
It is understandable..... if you speak out the truths and express your true feelings on behalf of your people u won`t be on the good books of ISI/ Paki........understandable.....and u write for the NEWS.. ...........pls continue to be a good boy....


But you do have a good sense of humor here:
{{{the part ceded to China by agreement will return to Pakistan once kashmir issue is resolved}}}


NOW about India`s position.... the likes of Kulthief Nahinyaar , and Alunathy Roy, will join the Paki terrorists and continue to criticize India`s ``intransigence``.etc....

We have hatred against none....we want economic development and prosperity for all our people,,,but we wouldn`t yield to terror..... YOUR SERMONIZING DOESN`T CHANGE WHAT WE FACE AND WON`T CHANGE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

WE HAVE TO PREVAIL ....and INDIA WILL PREVAIL.

Visit this link:


http://www.indiareacts.com/archivedebates/nat2.asp?recno=1401



Terror challenge
Without an aggressive policy, Pakistan won’t abandon jihad.

19 May 2006: General Parvez Musharraf and the Pakistan army want a Siachen pullout before the year-end so they can showcase it as a major Indian concession during the 2007 polls ............ Whatever the scenario, Musharraf and the military want to go to the polls looking good, so India is now being pressured to concede on Siachen.

.............Demilitarisation is not the word used here but redeployment, which is a stretchable concept, and two, India is firm about authenticating the held positions. Only after authentication will further steps be considered, so there is a whole process to go through. Any reading of the reply should tell you Siachen demilitarisation, the maximum position of Pakistan, has gone into cold storage.

...............The horror is some on our side are even considering this offer, unable to understand the very temporary nature of the truce.

.............. Pakistan has never felt the full backlash of its terror policies, its terrorist groups have concluded that their home bases are safe. Whatever they do, the Kargil War, the attack on Parliament, striking at Hindu religious places, hitting commercial and scientific assets, India will never retaliate, this is the Pakistani understanding, the terrorist realisation.

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Any deal with Pakistan on its terms is appeasement, Pakistan must be defeated at its terror policy, not less. Bang for bang, some of our readers have written us, well, India cannot be a terror state like Pakistan, targeting innocent civilians and non-combatants, but, yeah, some things are possible. Terror assets must come in the crosshairs of any Indian anti-terror policy, and following that, Pakistani military assets. If there is terrorism here, the terrorists must face reprisal at home, in places where they have grown used to not fearing fear. Fear is the key, as we have said before, anything less is nothing.

The Pakistanis understand that India won’t give up on J and K, they also figure jihad is not producing results, but it has not begun to hurt them as it should. In Siachen, when border firings were common, to counter Pakistani shelling, we opened up, once in a while, with Bofors 155mm howitzers, and artillery officers acknowledge it got the Pakistanis to sue for ceasefire pronto.

[[[[[[[[There is no other language a military-terror state understands. So, there should be no Siachen pullout, no troops redeployment in J and K, and we have to carry the battle to the other side, well understanding the nuclear threshold, for Pakistan to be brought to its senses.]]]]]

The true face of Pakistan is the ISI, which ordered the Taliban to kill the Border Roads Organisation driver, Maniyappan Raman Kutty, and the Indian engineer, K.Suryanarayana.

GOOD LUCK TO PAKIS IN THEIR ELECTIONS, BUT THEY SHOULD EXPECT NOTHING FROM US.

Re: # 85
yes, let`s try keep it simple...

1. i am free soul, never been to IPRI etc
2. we too have election to the northern areas legislative council
3. Baltis are too docile, poor, peaceful and pragmatic people to seek such luxuries..!

Re: # 81
the part ceded to China by agreement will return to Pakistan once kashmir issue is resolved, but am not sure about the part of ladakh (J&K) territory lost by India to China as a consequence of war...

A few observations.....


*Whenever there is a serious discussion we can expect Hate Pots and His Indecency to

disappear from the scene..... if they reappear it will be again ...along the lines..of.........

``there is a billboard with Mushy in Srinagar hehehe``


*Friend here has some very tight questions... .... and ``Balti`` here comes up with..... evasive ....non-answers.. actually lies....


*We should be skeptical about the credentials of ``Balti`` here....there is enormous
resentment among Shia muslims of Baltistan against Pakistan.... yet it is amusing to see his spin on ``Azad`` Kashmir, Indian``held`` Kashmir, etc. He is loyal to ........and perhaps is on the pay roll of ``Islamabad Policy Research Institute``



* Unlike the PAKI OCCUPIED KASHMIR , in the AZAD INDIAN JAMMU KASHMIR there have been democratic elections, paki terrorists and their boot lickers were hell bent on preventing people from voting!


*``Balti`` here whines about lack of progress in the Indo-Pak ``dialogue process``....... how about Baltis under Paki brutality having a dialogue with ISI and Paki army about ``freedumb`` for Baltis FIRST.....IS THERE SUCH A DIALOGUE GOING ON?

Now which paki-chowkie was expecting booms?

Gas pipeline blown up, supply to Punjab cut



By Our Staff Correspondent


QUETTA, May 19: Two main pipelines supplying gas to Punjab and the Sui gas plant were blown up in the Goh area, 10km from Sui town, on Friday.

“Gas supply from Sui to Punjab has been suspended,” official sources said adding that the other affected pipeline supplied gas to the Sui gas plant from Loti gas field.

According to sources, unknown tribesmen planted high explosive under a 24-inch diameter pipeline supplying gas to Punjab and blew it up.