The Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) chairman on Wednesday informed the
The mill had owed
He said that a number of engineers left the PSM during the last five years and that only 131 engineers were presently working with PSM.
The committee expressed its grave concerns on the worst condition of PSM and its employees and recommended an immediate release of
The chairman of the PSM said if the government would issue
The NA panel chairman assured full cooperation to the PSM chairman and recommended that the government must allocate
Meanwhile, in contrast to the previous criticism on local manufacturers/assemblers of vehicles, the
As per the official statement issued after a meeting of the committee in
Some of the members of the committee in its previous meeting had shown their concerns about the quality of locally assembled vehicles which risk the lives of customers despite paying huge prices. The committee members had even gone so far as to allege that the officials of the
However, it seems the impression of the members was changed after their visit to the assembly plant/units of Pak Suzuki where they witnessed the manufacturing of different vehicles in the plant.
According to the statement, the managing director of Pak Suzuki responded to the questions raised by the members regarding quality of products and their higher prices.
To which, the Pak Suzuki official said high markup rates, over-taxation and Automotive Development Policy(ADP) 2016-21 were the major reasons for low production in the automotive sector, resulting in price fluctuation in the market.
Additional Secretary,
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