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Business Recorder
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Business Recorder
China's BYD says it is against import of 5-year-old used vehicles
A Chinese automobile importer in the fast emerging new energy vehicle (NEV) market in Pakistan, BYD has opposed the government's proposal to allow the import of five-year old used cars. It believes the step would not only disrupt local manufacturers but would also hurt the environment and increase demand for more foreign exchange to import expensive petroleum oil. Speaking at a media briefing at its recently opened 'experience center' in Karachi on Thursday, BYD Vice President for Strategy and Sales Danish Khaliq said the five-year old used cars will be available at up to 60% depreciated prices in Pakistan, as the import of second-hand cars allows depression at 1% a month from its actual price. FBR may allow import of 5-year-old used vehicles This, he said, is not good for the local price sensitive market. It would not only impact the fast developing NEV market but would also shrink sales of old Japanese players in the oil-run engine segment in the country. He proposed that the government consideration to cut duty on import on CBU (imported cars) in the upcoming budget 2025-26 'should be limited to NEVs only - equating ICE (oil-run engine) with NEVs would create adverse selection for customers. ' Moreover, he said the auto sector duty reduction should be limited to those OEMs (automakers) willing to invest in Pakistan, and should dovetail into Pakistan's vision for both industrial development and sustainability of the transport sector in a growing economy. BYD partners with Mega Motor Company to deliver NEVs He added that the import of upto five-year old oil-run cars would cause environmental degradation and interrupt meeting United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, while also hurting job creation. Pakistan is already importing upto 3-year old cars at present. BYD has recently launched two electric vehicles in Pakistan. Mega Motor, its local partner in Pakistan, is setting up an NEV manufacturing plant in Gharo, Sindh. It is expected to come online next year with an installed capacity of 25,000 cars a year, Khaliq said.
San Francisco Chronicle
3 days ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area's top qualifiers, storylines at CIF State Track and Field championships
Last season four Metro-area individuals and Pittsburg's 4x100 boys relay team won CIF State Track and Field championships. The year before, there was only one local champion — De La Salle-Concord high jumper Chukwunonso Udeh (now at Cal) won the long jump — and in 2022 three Bay Area girls won state titles: Dublin pole vaulter Jathiyah Muhammad, Los Gatos high jumper Hannah Slover and Montgomery-Santa Rosa 3,200-meter runner Hanne Thomsen. Pittsburg boys senior pole vaulter Khaliq Muhammad: His 17 feet, 1 inch vault not only won him his third North Coast Section Meet of Champions' title on Saturday, but it set a new meet record. His mark is 6 inches better than the field, though defending champion Kai Anderson, of University City-San Diego, is in the mix. Muhammad's sister Jathiyah won her second state title last season, when Khaliq placed second. 'I expect myself to break records and win titles because I've been training at this for 12 years,' Khaliq said. 'Everything is consistent with me now. I've hit 17 feet three meets in a row. Hopefully I can make it four.' Menlo School-Atherton boys senior 3,200 runner Landon Pretre: It's been a steady rise for Pretre, who qualified but did not finish as a freshman in state finals. As a sophomore he ran on the 4x800 relay at state (Menlo placed second) and last year he finished seventh in the 3,200. His winning 8:48.57 Central Coast Section title time last week at cool and blustery Gilroy High was more than a second faster than the runner-up, Piedmont Hills-San Jose senior Yosef Berhan (8:49.65), who is the No. 2 qualifier. De La Salle boys junior sprinter Jaden Jefferson: After placing fourth in the 100 last year in 10.49 seconds, the North Carolina football recruit put together his best performance last week as a prep, winning the NCS MOC 100 in a section-record 10.30 — the state's top qualifying mark — and taking the 200 going away in another PR of 21.11, which ranks fourth. His second leg in the 4x100 relay will be key for the Spartans to place. Their second-place 41.20 time ranks fifth going in. St. Mary's-Berkeley girls junior triple jumper Kira Gant Hatcher: She won by almost a foot at NCS MOC, but her top qualifying mark of 40 feet, 10½ inches was aided by a 4.5 meters-per-second wind. The wind was in her face while winning the long jump at 19-4¾, which ranks second heading into the meet. More storylines • Stanford-bound distance runner Thomsen ranks sixth in the 1,600 (4:47.25) and fifth in the 3,200 (10:19.56), but she was just cruising en route to two of her five NCS MOC titles last week. After winning the state 3,200 as a freshman, she was injured as a sophomore (at Arcada she PR'd in the 3,200 at 9:55.31) and placed second in the 3,200 last season to Eastlake-San Diego's Jaelyn Williams, who is back to defend her title. • St. Ignatius juniors Ellie McCuskey-Hay and Prince Babalola-Buchango could win up to five medals. McCuskey-Hay was the state runner-up in the 100 as a freshman and could challenge again for a gold medal. Babalola-Buchango probably won't be shooting for first, but is looking to final in the 100, 200 and 110 hurdles. • De La Salle's run for a state title is filled with drama and inspiration after losing head coach John Harvey, who died unexpectedly on April 28 due to a respiratory ailment. The Spartans have athletes scattered all over the board, including NCS champions Anthony Dean (triple jump), Trey Caldwell (3,200) and Chase Young (110 hurdles). • Sacred Heart Cathedral 1,600 boys standout Miles Cook has a qualifying time of 4:10.09 but his 4:08.33 mark last season is the fastest in San Francisco prep history. The Cal Poly-bound senior may not win a state title — CCS rivals Benjamin Bouie (Crystal Springs-Hillsborough) and Aydon Stefanopoulos (Los Gatos) have faster times — but he's made an indelible mark on the SHC program and region. 'He's a better person than he is a runner, which is obviously saying a lot,' Irish coach Andy Chan said.
San Francisco Chronicle
23-05-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Pittsburg pole vaulter Khaliq Muhammad among athletes to watch at NCS Meet of Champions
There's only one state leader among the competitors heading into the two-day North Coast Section Meet of Champions at Dublin High School. Pittsburg senior Khaliq Muhammad leads all Californians in the pole vault with a mark of 17 feet, 2 inches, one inch better than University City-San Diego senior Kai Anderson. Muhammad, who finished second at state last year to Anderson, has cleared 17-2 twice, the last time at the Bay Valley Athletic League championships on May 7. Last week he broke the NCS Tri-Valley championship meet record at 17-0½, and Friday he'd love to challenge the NCS MOC record of 17-8½ set in 1987 by Acalanes-Lafayette's Brent Burns. Field event finals Saturday start at 2 p.m., and the first races begin at 4:30 p.m. The top three finishers and qualifying marks advance to next week's state meet at Buchanan High School in Clovis (Fresno County). 'Khaliq's competitive attitude is off the charts,' said Pittsburg's 17th-year head coach Aaron Alatorre. 'He never shies away from the moment and does whatever it takes to improve himself.' His sister Jathiyah Muhammad won the state pole vault last season (13-9) and is now competing for the University of Arizona. Their father, Gary, is a first-year coach for the Pirates but has coached the sport for years, most notably at James Logan-Union City. To improve his marks this season, Khaliq has worked on his speed and run the 100, 200 and 400 meters and 300 hurdles, improving all marks considerably throughout the season. His best times are 11.66 (100), 24.19 (200), 55.36 (400) and 43.31 (300 hurdles). Few, if any pole vaulters, would make such a physically taxing sacrifice to improve at his true craft. Heading into Friday, he's bettered his 16-4 mark from the 2024 state meet 10 times and gone at least 17-0 five times in competition. 'He's under a little pressure (to win state) because his sister did it last year,' Alatorre said with a laugh. 'He's had a great season to date.' So has teammate Tim Edwards, a senior sprinter who anchored the Pirates to a stunning state 4x100 relay title last year. Edwards has expanded his range to the 400, where his 47.47 best last week at the NCS Tri-Valley meet places him 15th in the state. He also won the 200 last week (21.51) and hopes to elevate the Pirates relay from their best of 42.00, which is well off their winning state time of 40.77 last season. Football star Jamar Searcy (Wake Forest signee) is the only other returner to the 4x100 team, but Ahmaud Thompson and Elijah Bow have improved greatly and should help the Pirates compete with favorites El Cerrito (40.87, fifth in state) and De La Salle-Concord (40.91, sixth in state) for the top of the podium. Pittsburg placed third at MOC last season before its shocking state title. More NCS track and field athletes to watch: Montgomery-Santa Rosa senior distance runner Hanne Thomsen, who has signed to Stanford, has the state's second-best mark in the 1,600 (4:41.16) and the 3,200 (9:58.17). She won the state 3,200 as a freshman, placed fourth in the 1,600 as a sophomore and last year placed second in the event (9:59.81). Thomsen has dropped the 800 but has the state's No. 6 mark (2:09.04). … Other top-10 state marks this season from NCS athletes: De La Salle junior sprinter Jaden Jefferson has the state's No. 7 100 time in 10.39. He finished fourth at state last season and is the defending MOC champion. … De La Salle senior Trey Caldwell is ninth in the 3,200 (8:58.17). … Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa junior Devon Bertoli is fifth in the shot put (60-9½). … San Marin-Novato senior Trenton Jepma is ninth in the discus (180-4). … Benicia senior Grady Wachob is tied for 10th in the high jump (6-8). … Encinal-Alameda senior Levi Harte is 10th in the long jump (23-9). … In the boys triple jump, Bishop O'Dowd-Oakland senior Cameron Jones is sixth (48-7) and De La Salle senior Ant Dean is seventh (48-5). Branson-Ross sophomore Farah Allen is 10th in the 1,600 (4:48.13). … Bay School junior Soleil Warner is seventh in the 300 hurdles (42.29). … Monte Vista-Danville's 4x800 girls relay team of Sofia Fernandez, Cate Miller, Kaylie O'Connell and Ava Padilla is seventh (9:14.46). … Acalanes senior Dulcinea Vail is tied for seventh in the high jump (5-7¼). … St. Mary's-Berkeley junior Kira Gant Hatcher is ninth in the long jump (19-5½) and third in the triple jump (40-0½). Teammate Corinne Jones, a sophomore, is fifth in the triple jump (39-9¼).
Time of India
21-05-2025
- Time of India
1 held as cops bust illegal arms trading gang in JSR
Jamshedpur: The Steel City police on Wednesday said it has busted a gang which was involved in purchase and sale of illegal firearms from Bihar . One Mohammad Khaliq (35) was arrested from Garib Nawaz Colony under Jugsalai police station limits late on Tuesday night in this connection. Khaliq's two accomplices, namely Mohammad Samar and Mohammad Afroz are on the run. "All the three accused were running an illegal weapons business. The gang imported country-made arms illegally from Munger district in Bihar and stocked them for supply to clients in different districts of Jharkhand. Further, the gang also repaired damaged weapons and cartridges and sold them to clients," SP (city) Kumar Shivashish said on Wednesday. The police recovered a pistol magazine, 22 weapon springs of varying sizes, and other weapons accessories from Khaliq. "The gang used to sell a country-made pistol for Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000. Apart from the two absconding members, some other people could also be part of the network. A detailed probe is underway to get to the root of the sale and purchase racket of the illegal arms," he added. The accused was arrested under relevant sections of the Arms Act and was forwarded to jail.
Glasgow Times
17-05-2025
- Glasgow Times
Glasgow Taco Bell customer kicked off after cancelling order
Saif Khaliq was at the fast food spot on Union Street in the city centre at 4am on January 26, last year. After placing his order, he went to the counter and asked for a refund due to the amount of time it was taking to prepare. Erin Graham, working at the restaurant, processed this and said it would take a few days for the refund to go through. Khaliq replied: 'I want my f*****g food'. Employees explained it was just cancelled and worker Kane Johnson said: 'What is the point in arguing? Just leave'. In response, Graham called the staff members 'ugly as f***k' and said: "You are all making minimum wage'. He then picked up a metal box and threw it at them, including David Forey. Frightened, Ms Graham pushed the panic button. Khaliq fled, then came back. He was shouting at the door: 'You are gay'. To stop him from coming in, Ms Graham closed the front door and the 19-year-old began walking away. But then, he came back and tried to spit on her two times and left in a taxi. He was later traced by cops and arrested. READ NEXT: Man broke into Glasgow flat and stole cash, bank card, Apple watch and Audi keys The Newton Mearns resident appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court last week after he admitted to assaulting Erin Graham and throwing metal boxes, uttering homophobic, abusive and derogatory remarks toward the rest of the staff. His solicitor said: "He is 19 and this is his first time before the court. He is in part-time employment and remorseful of his actions. "He knows this caused fear to employees and he accepts alcohol played a part." For the assault, Sheriff Joanna McDonald fined Khaliq £200 - plus a £10 victim surcharge. And for behaving aggressively, he was ordered to pay £150 compensation to each of the three victims.
