PAKISTAN-based General Tyre (Gentipak), producer of tyres for passenger car, light truck, truck/bus, tractor, rickshaw, and motorcycle, is setting up a manufacturing plant in the northern area of the South Asian country Lt Gen (Retd) Ali Kuli Khan Khattak, Chairman…
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