Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry Thursday expressed that over 30 percent of the vehicle system in the country would be shifted to E-vehicles by the year 2030 and government was working to extend “best possible concessions” and other relevant facilities to this sector. Talking to a Private news channel, he claimed that Pakistan has become the second developing country in the world after India to introduce an electric vehicle (EV) policy in the region, adding, we want to implement the policy approved by the federal cabinet owing to its huge benefits and increasing competition.
“The policy has the vision to promote ‘Made in Pakistan’ EVs where indigenous production can be promoted to make the country an exporting hub of EVs in the region,” he added. Fawad Ch explained that there were two objectives behind launching the EV Policy: as another step to kick start the city’s economy and to combat pollution.
Pakistan wants to become a “global hub of manufacturing of electric vehicles”, he said, adding, electric vehicle policy was introduced for the first time in the country, now the manufacturing of electric buses will also be done in Pakistan. He said PM Imran Khan had a special focus in green and sustainable development policy, which is why the Climate Change Ministry along with ministry of Industries and ministry of Science were collectively working with an Electric Vehicle Policy.
