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MG Pakistan’s official launch ceremony took place earlier today.

The company has received a particularly warm welcome in Pakistan as Prime Minister Imran Khan attended the official launch event. A few other important personalities also attended the launch, event such as Minister of Industries and Production, Hammad Azhar, Minister of State, Shehryar Afridi, and the owner of the company himself, Javed Afridi.

The event featured multiple MG vehicles parked at the side, including the HS, the ZS EV, and a mid-sized SUV that seemed to either be the RX8 or the Gloster.

The event saw the aforementioned guests say a few words of encouragement regarding the automaker’s entry into the Pakistani market and expressed their faith in the progress of the company and the auto industry.

PM Imran Khan also commented briefly on the China-based British automaker’s arrival to Pakistan and stated that the country’s economy is finally on the path towards growth. Prime Minister also stated that the Chinese model of development best suits Pakistan’s needs.

Yesterday, Ghandhara Industries Limited (GIL) issued a letter to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) stating that ‘GIL’ is not in talks with any Chinese automaker to bring any SUVs to Pakistan and that the media reports are, “baseless and have no legal standing.” To the onlookers, it seemed that the Chery SUV won’t be coming to Pakistan at all.

Prior to this, media outlets had reported that the Chery Tiggo 8 will be coming soon and that one of the Ghandhara Group of Companies will be the one to bring the SUV to Pakistan. However, the news of GIL’s letter caused massive confusion among the audience.

It turns out that the media report was somewhat correct and the news that GIL won’t be the one to bring the SUV here is also correct. Let us unpack the whole scenario:

In the initial report, it was stated that Ghandhara Nissan Limited (GNL) is in talks with Chery to introduce their SUVs in Pakistan, which – as verified by one of ProPakistani’s trusted sources – is correct.

However, the reports than got misconstrued by certain other popular outlets, which began stating that Ghandhara Industries Limited (GIL) is the one trying to introduce the SUVs in Pakistan, which is incorrect, and was responded to, by GIL in a letter issued to PSX.