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US chipmaker Intel is taking a big bet on driverless cars with a $15.3 billion (£12.5 billion) takeover of specialist Mobileye. Intel will pay $63.54 a share in cash for the Israeli company, which develops “autonomous driving” systems. Mobileye and …

Pakistan motorcycle industry is flourishing. It has met 95 percent localization through state-of-the-art technology implementation along with billions of rupee investment and thousands of skilled work forces. In this potential industry, contributors have played their vital role to not only …

More services like Uber and Careem in the pipeline The success story of Uber and Careem to follow more digital based services as the Regulator would soon launch more services in Pakistan like Uber and Careem, the Apps to call …

OVERVIEW Formerly known as Atlas Autos founded with the incorporation of an investment company called Shirazi investments back in 1962 with an initial capital of Rs500,000. Later that year, a technical collaboration agreement was signed with Honda Motors Company Limited …

The transport situation, especially in metropolitan cities always a grave issue. Buses are in deplorable conditions and have closed operation on routes, which they consider non profitable. According to a report, buses are to ply on more than 300 different …

Drewry Maritime Research, a shipping consultancy of international acclaim, in its Annual Review 2016 of Global Container Terminal Operators has forecast a lackluster average global growth of 2.7 percent per annum for the next five years for global container ports …

Dire need to generate extensive jobs for young workers, technicians, engineers and management professionals Pakistanis spent around Rs75 billion on the import of used cars in the last fiscal year of 2015-16. This sale number is enough to enable investment …

But neonics are said to be partly to blame for the rise in bee mortality rates in several countries, worsening the effects of viruses, mites and long winters. The report that caused the greatest stir was published in July of …

Special incentives for import of new plant and machinery and technology up-gradation will be provided The mid-term Strategic Trade Policy Framework was formulated recently through an extensive consultative process spanning over almost a year and keeping in view the current …

The Indus Waters Treaty, by dividing the rivers and excluding Afghanistan and China, remains a sub-optimal treaty and needs to be expanded to the whole basin, writes Ashok Swain Water scarcity is a serious and growing security challenge for South …