China is slowly becoming the attraction for industrial conglomerates in terms of consumption. Although the per capita consumption is still low as compared to Europe and the US but out of 1.6 Billion people, a fraction counts for millions. The latest of the news is related to the automotive industry in mainland China, where the […]
Mar 6 2012 | Posted in
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The Chinese auto-market, as compared to other parts of the world, has more potential of growth, thanks to the European debt crisis that has affected its automotive market among other issues. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers forecasts sales in the country to increase 9.5% in 2012, but that’s optimistic. “The best scenario is for annual […]
Mar 6 2012 | Posted in
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More importantly, the Ministry’s list is just another effort to undermine foreign brands. Late last December, Beijing announced a cut back in approvals for foreign companies to build plants, and we can be sure there will be unfairly means to ensure sales growth of local manufacturers. In more candid moments, foreign car executives say they […]
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In what appeared to be a quite an ironic development, the inglorious memogate scam, which was conceived of widening the rift between the security establishment and the government, has shown an example of harmony. Both the ISPR and the Presidency issued denials in reply to allegations of Mansoor Ijaz, the Pakistani-origin US businessman. While appearing […]
Pakistan will avail itself of all available opportunities including Iran-Pakistan gap pipeline project to overcome its energy crisis, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Monday. While addressing a news conference, the minister in her rare appearance, clarified Pakistan would not depend on anyone’s solution but would also pursue the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, besides […]
Both, President Asif Ali Zardari and the ISPR on Saturday rebuffed accusations of Mansoor Ijaz, saying they had not made any telephonic conversation on the night of May 1 and May 2. Referring to the statement of Mansoor Ijaz, the main character in the memogate scandal, as reported in the media, a spokesman of the […]
The commission resumed the cross-examination of memo author Mansoor Ijaz Friday through vide link from Pakistan High Commission in London. Nawaz Sharif’s Counsel Mustafa Ramdey and lawyer of MNA Andul Qadir Bloch and Sana Ullah Zehri, Sallauddin Mengal, asked questions from Ijaz. Responding the queries, the memo architect repeated the same story about his communication […]
Mansoor Ijaz, the architect of the Memogate scandal, Friday claimed President Asif Ali Zardari gave approval to Abbottabad operation that led to the killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by the U.S. Navy Seals on May 02, 2011. “President Zardari gave approval to the U.S. Special Forces action,” Mansoor Ijaz said as he spoke […]
Hina Rabbani Khar states to go ahead with the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project The Foreign Minister of the country, Hina Rabbani Khar, has recently given a statement in which she has clearly said that Pakistan will not be backing off from the project of the gas pipe line between Iran and Pakistan. The Foreign Minister […]
Mar 2 2012 | Posted in
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In what appeared to be a quite bold step, Pakistan on Thursday vowed to go ahead with Pak-Iran gas pipeline project, rejecting the U.S. threats of economic sanctions on promotion of economic ties between the two neighboring countries. This stance gives a strong message to the U.S. which is increasing its pressure on Pakistan to […]
The U.S. businessman also surprised the commission saying that he has authentic intelligence documents, which also carried the conversation between pilots of the American helicopters and officials of Pakistan Air Traffic control. “This conversation contained minute-by-minute details of the conversation between the pilots of the helicopters and the air traffic controllers from the time of […]
Mansoor Ijaz, the architect of the infamous memogate scandal, claimed on Thursday that he had helped former ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani by delivering his message to the then U.S. military chief because he had information about the possibility of a military coup in Pakistan after the killing of Osama bin Laden. During the […]