Pakistan’s Japanese-dominated car market poised for new entrants

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s car market has been dominated by Japanese automakers for decades, but a mini-economic revival looks set to attract new players from Europe and Korea into the mix.

Despite heavy taxation on imported vehicles, enthusiasm for owning a car in Pakistan has remained undented—thanks in part to underdeveloped public transport in the country’s sprawling cities, but also the social status it brings.