Proton will be setting up a factory in Pakistan that will be its first facility in South Asia. The plant will be a joint effort between the Malaysian carmaker and its local partner Alhaj Automotive. This was revealed by high commissioner of Malaysia to Pakistan Ikram Mohammad Ibrahim, reported by Bernama.
The envoy said that the agreement between Proton and Alhaj was signed last year, and Proton sees big potential in the venture.
“In terms of the potential of the Pakistan auto market, Proton feels it is big. That’s why Proton has agreed to work with Alhaj to build an assembly plant near Karachi in the Sindh province. This is significant because it will be Proton’s first plant in South Asia and the population of this country alone is 210 million,” Ikram told Malaysian media at the High Commission of Malaysia office in Islamabad.
The media is in Pakistan with prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who is making a three-day official visit to the country starting today. The PM and his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan are expected to officiate a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony of the Proton factory tomorrow.
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Tahniah P1! Bringing gud, safe, affordable cars to the pipu.
P1, Geely, Mesidis, VolvoCar, VolvoTruck, Lotus, L&D, Polestar > all
P1! Bringing gud, safe, affordable cars to the pipu. Pelik tapi local pipu mati2 mau UP kerata kimchi sushi, tiap2 ari makan maggi pon takpe.
Because most Malaysians got no confidence in Proton actually.
Sales of X70 doing well because we have confidence in China cars.
If they had confidence in China cars only, Haval & Eastar sales would have outsold Myvi by a mile. The only reason why X70 sales is so good, is because of the well-thought out partnership between Geely and Proton.
Proton? We local grads dont agree with you
Local grads? Sorry but I think Proton would prefer local grads to refrain from buying an X70. If you can’t even afford to maintain a Bezza without going muflis, don’t hope to use an X70 for long. Work harder so you can afford a Proton or just be lazy worker and buy a perodua.
People beli kereta kimchi and say, “Proton patutnya jadi macam ni la..”
Macam selalu break down, masuk workshop, dan alat ganti mahal2 dn kena tunggu lama baru smpi? Nape orng mau Proton jadi camtu ye?
Good one bro! Lolz!
When the kimchi breaks down and stay for months in workshop, then people say “Patutnye beli Proton, tak kan jadi macam ni la..”
5 months operating then it will for sure Game Over and close… Habisla Proton!!
All, Geely, Mesidis, VolvoCar, VolvoTruck, Lotus, L&D, Polestar > P1
So it means Proton now jaguh global can compete openly, right?
How about MITI reduce or abolish local car excise duty tax?
Jaguh global tak payah takut tax lah.
Proton will have no problem with it, but what about my poor P2? We cannot survive in open market. Some more P3 is coming as well. We will die standing. Please, we need continuing protection.
What happened to Proton’s venture in Bangladesh? Hopefully Pakistan does not end up like Bangladesh
That was dependent on the local agent. If they local agent failed, it’s certainly not Proton’s fault.
Pakistanis love Japanese cars. JDM imported cars are common there
Wrong!!
Average Pakistani loves japanese cars because it is cheaper affordable and easier to buy compare to Premium continentals
Actually the Rich and Professional Pakistanis LOVE AND PREFER Continental cars more than any Japanese cars.
This situation going to change very soon, as soon as Proton start operating to be exact.
Lucky China came and helped save our car industry. We must thank Li Chunrong for his dedication
P1 is heading the right track because of Li’s action. Can see benefit of this P1 & technologies for Malaysian. Sorry P3, U r not needed at all.
Yup sounds exactly like another mistake waiting to happen.
Wow! Demand is so great that Malaysia plant cannot produce and export?? Production is at the max?? We are getting more investment from Pakistan as a result???
Great business management. Before we make and accumulate profit, spend first for capital expansion. We can always ask government to bail us or China investors are queuing up to invest in us so no problem. Spend spend spend to inject the economy!
That sounds like what Obama did. Well it did see him thru his presidency just for it to crash and let Trump pick up the pieces.
Did you even read the story? It’s a joint effort between Proton and Alhaj. So it’s not PROTON’s investment. It’s their distributor. And why not build in Malaysia and send to Pakistan? Same reason why the market for CKD cars is more than 10 times the size for CBU cars here.
Next time use the internet to do just a bit of research before you want to bash someone.
Kia hyundai also sell around 70k in korea but globally they sell more than honda
Persona, Gen-2, Saga will be made here.
Good job our beloved Tun! Ohsem mantap! Pakistan also driving on the left hand side, same like us here. Best wishes to Proton!!
They are launching the 2018 Saga(Premium) ,2018 Exora (Excutive Plus) and the 2019 Iriz and Persona …….
Nah….Proton is just the ‘glamour’ deal.
I am more interested in the ‘actual’ deal which could involve defence equipment maybe?
Excellent news ! This is a bold move for both Proton and their new Pakistan JV partner. Pakistan has a lot of growth potential. Very few foreign car companies assemble cars in Pakistan and car buyers there don’t have much choice, especially in the ‘people’s car’ market. They are forced to buy ancient Suzuki models ‘brand new’.
Proton has a real chance in Pakistan, and as far as I know, the various China car companies have not yet ‘invaded’ Pakistan. However, it will only be a matter of time until they do. Proton will need to establish themselves in Pakistan and hang on to it. Long-term pragmatic approach is better than a short-term ambitious one. All the best.
I guarantee you, it will succeed, and Proton must be quick!
Pakistanis admire Tun M, including PM Imran Khan. With this sentiment alone, Proton has a far more favourable condition to succeed.
Backed by Geely’s expertise, Proton’s future is very bright in Pakistan. GLORY TO GEELY EMPIRE!!!
Proton can kiss goodbye to any hopes of selling in India now.
India has a bigger population & middle class who are potential buyers.
But in this case, you gotta factor in geopolitics & China strong relationship with Pakistan as 2 very strong influence.
Indian has very strong relationship with Japan and its car makers. and a very strong influence and what about your say the rest of the car makers.Proton company could more hesitate to signed in India rather than Pakistan.So Pakistan is a Unique Option and have a capability to attract the investor and build trust between the investors and consumer.You do not have need to market the abductoried economy which is cardboard building economy.
Stupidity of proton is starting to show again. Why build in an unstable country like Pakistan? What can you gain there. If u build in India u have ready access and tax break to sell to the world’s largest right hand market. If u build in Vietnam u have cheaper labour. Heck by right u should see how to utilize geely s vastt plants on China and just ship in the ckds to where ever u need with jv with a local assembler.
Indian has very strong relationship with Japan and its car makers. and a very strong influence and what about your say the rest of the car makers.Proton company could more hesitate to signed in India rather than Pakistan.So Pakistan is a Unique Option and have a capability to attract the invester and build trust between the investers and consumer.You do not have need to marketise the abductoried economy which is cardboard building economy.
What a stupid plan. P1 should have flood pakistan with their car first. This is to see if the car can sell. Only the market accepted then only build factory. U build the factory first few hundred mill then cannot sell. Then u lose everything. Bad planning
Worst case, if P1 bungkus at Pakistan, the govt will some how “bail out”. Proton. National car or not…..National Pride kan?, Pride is more important than hungry stomachs of Uni students….
Even if it bungkus, it will be the local agent to pick up the pieces and debts. Proton is practically risk free in this venture, unless the local agent don’t pay for the tech transfer and CKD kits. Certainly there are some risk, but this deal is the best you can actually get.
Rakyat tax will be bailout again..
Tax from rkayat Pakistan. What do we care.
I tot that the plant in Bangladesh is first p1 plant in South Asia? Or that Bangladesh plant is third party plant not run by p1?
Pakistan!!!
Zindagi!!
China and Pakistan are good buddies hence the tie up. These third world countries will help each other.
Finally the other car’s makers monopoly comes to an end.we are delighted and waiting a new car would comes from Proton’s first (assembly) plant in Pakistan.which it would become ease to purchase for common citizen of Pakistan.
Thank you Malaysia