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Senate passes 3 resolutions including promotion of EVs

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The Upper House of the Parliament on Monday unanimously passed three resolutions including promotion of Electric Vehicles (EVs), establishment of charging stations network and infrastructure across the country.

Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz while speaking on resolution moved by Senator Seemee Ezdi, said that the government had already approved the Electric Vehicle Policy that would help tackle environmental issues and save billions of rupees oil import bill.

People were importing luxury and hybrid vehicles, he said and stressed the need for an effective infrastructure to promote the friendly transport system in the country.

Shibli Faraz said the incumbent government also gave incentives on import of parts of electric vehicles and other related machinery, and decrease duty from 25 percent to 10 percent on electric vehicles.

The House also unanimously passed a resolution, moved by Senator Kamran Murtaza, to ensure representation of all federating units in the Federal Public Service Commission, Islamabad.

Another resolution passed by the House, called upon the government to take special measures for implementing the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, 2017, in letter and spirit, establishing a state of the art ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution)/ mediation model in Islamabad’s jurisdiction for providing alternatives to litigation.

 

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