Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has summoned car companies and Ministry of Industry and Production (MoIP) officials to discuss the quality control issues in Pakistan’s auto industry.
PAC Chairman Noor Alam Khan recalled the recent death of Mufti Abdul Shakoor in a high-speed car crash. The airbags in Mufti Abdul Shakur’s car did not deploy, Noor Alam Khan highlighted.
Khan expressed his displeasure with the carmakers, regulators, and authorities regarding the poor quality of cars and demanded the presence of all automakers in the next meeting to discuss the issue in detail.
Shakoor was on his way from Marriott Hotel to the Secretariat Chowk in Islamabad when his Corolla was hit from the side by a speeding Hilux Revo. Shakoor was immediately rushed to Poly Clinic Hospital, but could not survive the injuries.
Toyota’s Stance
In February 2021, Toyota Indus Motor Company (IMC) CEO Ali Asghar Jamali was asked about the issue of airbags not opening after a collision.
In his response, Jamali stated that front airbags must have a frontal collision to work, as is also mentioned in the owner’s manual. He stated that the sensors for the front airbags are located in the front bumpers.
Jamali complained that news outlets only report a few cases where the airbags did not deploy, while there are thousands of unreported cases of them being functional. This creates a needlessly negative image of the company.
While Toyota IMC hasn’t commented on the recent incident, it likely has the same justification.
The ministry is responsible for the loss of Minister.
So death of minister compelled the authority to awake and ask about quality of cars assembled in Pakistan. Incompetence is everywhere but how low can some go is their attitude. On the other hand pac will take it much longer as assemblers know what dose they need.
Possibility could be minister was not using seat belt perhaps as airbag only opens if the seat belt is under use
People like Ali Asghar Jamali are responsible for putting profits in front of safety. He is okay with the statement that in a few cases the airbags did not deploy. He is responsible for selling non faulty overpriced equipment for which people paid for. Lives are lost due to his greed. I think law should take its course and make these greedy CEOs responsible for loss of life.
“In his response, Jamali stated that front airbags must have a frontal collision to work, as is also mentioned in the owner’s manual. He stated that the sensors for the front airbags are located in the front bumpers.”
Which directly means that incase of collision from side, like in this case, the company will Not take any responsibility!
In general all the cars assembled in Pakistan have extremely poor structural strength and lack basic safety features like Air bags. even if air bags are present then they are limited to 2 / very few which prove to be insufficient in accidents like this.
Hum sab chore han Kuch duty ki chori kartay han Kuch kaam chori aor Kuch sarkari paisay. Hum Hindu ni Jo apnay mulak aor apnay logon k sath mukhlis hon.
So, PAC awaken due to death of a minister who was driving a vehicle which was purchased from the money of tax payers! PAC was deep sleeping when ordinary people lost their lives due to poor manufacturing quality of vehicles. Claps…
How about our car makers start planting six air bags in their vehicles like everywhere in the world. Its no wonder, our locally assembled cars don’t meet the international criteria for export.