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The Honda 70 (later rebadged as the Honda CD70) is a four stroke motorcycle produced by Honda of Japan from 1970 to 1991. Production moved to Atlas Honda of Pakistan, in 1991. Introduced to compete against rival two-stroke small capacity motorcycles, the Honda 70 had a Four stroke engine with a displacement of 72 cc (4.4 cu in).
The 1970s saw the nationalization of many companies. In 1972, the Pakistan Automobile Corporation (PACO) was formed. Many companies were bought out or merged into others. Wazir Ali Engineering was renamed Sindh Engineering, [3] Ali Autos became Awami Autos, Haroon Industries to Republic Motors, Ghandara Motors to National Motors, Hye Sons to Mack Trucks, Kandawala Industries to Naya Daur ...
Since 2002, Pakistan has implemented Daylight Saving Time (DST) multiple times, adjusting local time from UTC+05:00 to UTC+06:00 during different summer periods. In 2002, DST was observed from the first Sunday in April (April 7) at 00:00 to the first Sunday in October (October 6) at 00:00.
On 15 September 1951, following the findings of mathematician Mahmood Anwar, two time zones were introduced. Karachi Time (KART) was introduced in West Pakistan by subtracting 30 minutes from UTC+05:30 to UTC+05:00, while Dacca Time (DACT) was introduced in East Pakistan by subtracting 30 minutes off UTC+06:30 to UTC+06:00.
On 5 November 2019, Pakistan's federal cabinet approved the first-ever national Electric Vehicles policy in a bid to tackle the effects of climate change and offer affordable transport. The key points of the Electric Vehicles Policy 2020–2025 are the following: [31]
In line with its status as a major port and the country's largest metropolis, it accounts for most of Pakistan's revenue generation. According to the Pakistan Federal Board of Revenue's 2006-2007 year-book, tax and customs units in Karachi were responsible for 70.75% of direct taxes, 33.65% of federal excise tax, and 23.38% of domestic sales tax. [3]
On 17 August 2018, Imran Khan of PTI secured 176 votes and was elected the new Prime Minister of Pakistan for the first time, with the support of allied parties. [8] Shahbaz Shareef won a PML-N leadership vote to succeed Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah as permanent Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.
At that time, Karachi was the capital of Pakistan, but the only cricket ground was the one at the Karachi Gymkhana which had limited seating capacity. [10] A plan was formulated to develop a new stadium for which a plot of land measuring 174.5 acres was acquired by the Pakistan Public Works Department through the Commissioner of Karachi. [10]