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| 3.6. POLICY AND STANDARDS The quality of manufactured goods is supposed to beset by the Pakistan Standards Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) is an arm of the Ministry of Science and Technology and is mandated to establish and monitor adherence to standards of all commodities manufactured locally. In the engineering sector it has established some standards and certifies products and monitors adherence. However, there are no known standards for the automotive sector. These need to be developed to ensure an acceptable level of quality. Owing to alack of human resources available with PSQCA, it could approach the Corps of Engineers of the Pakistan Army to help establish these, certify adherence and monitor compliance annually through quality and Standards Audits. Another mechanism available to ensure process control is through the International Standards Organisation’s certified Quality Assurance surveyors. Once again this is not seen in the automotive sector. Safety standards are laid out in the Motor Vehicles Rules which unfortunately are not standardised across the country. The first step should be to establish the standards and have these approved by sub-national governments. No vehicle is examined in Pakistan as there is no facility available which can test these. Further, there is no trained examiner available with the Offices of the Motor Vehicles Examiner. It is suggested that help should besought from such agencies as the Transports Internationaux Routiers or International Road Transport (TIR) or the Transport and Road Research Laboratories to help establish these facilities and operate these fora few years. In the interim the human resource skills need to be established and a transparent system for examinations developed and implemented. |