PROTECTION AND INDIGENIZATION LEVELS IN PAKISTAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY FROM 1995 TO

The automobile industry in Pakistan is one of the most significant sectors in large scale manufacturing industries. The industry was given protection against the foreign competition up to a large extent. This paper gives a detailed analysis on degree of protection from 1995 to 2005. In addition to this, it studies the level of indigenization the automobile firms achieved over a period of time. The investigation reveals that despite the high degree of protection, the industry could not achieve the deletion objectives as set by the authorities. Therefore, this is inevitable t