The government's newly unveiled Auto Policy 2026-31 ambitiously promises to make vehicles affordable for the middle and lower-middle classes, accelerate electric-vehicle (EV) adoption, and turn Pakistan into an export-oriented auto hub. On paper, the six-pillar framework - spanning low-cost cars, localisation, safety, exports, EV promotion and transparency - reads like the comprehensive reset a long-protected, sluggish industry has desperately needed. But given the current state of the sector, no honest analyst........

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