Islamabad:
The Government has intensified efforts at the policy level to promote electric vehicles in the country, since it offers a wide range of benefits in the environmental, economic, public and industrial health sectors.
This was declared by Muhammad Salem Shaikh, spokesman for the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination on Sunday in the context of the new Federal Government Electric Vehicle Policy (NEVP) launched on Friday.
The aim of guaranteeing a fair and inclusive transition to cleaner mobility, reducing dependence on fossil fuels, stimulating local innovation and creating new green jobs, he said.
“The Pakistan government is intensifying efforts to promote the adoption of electric vehicles (EV) as a key part of the Clean Energy Resilience Agend Official comments.
He also said that the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination (MOCC and EC)) has already reaffirmed its commitment in several forums to promote EVs in the country as a strategic priority in the transition of the country towards a future of low carbon, resistant climate, as part of global efforts to reduce heat cut and climate collection and urban and urban urban pance.
Salem Shaikh said: “Recognizing the transport sector as among the key taxpayers for air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, the ministry would now actively support all possible efforts for the implementation of the new 2025-2030 Electric Vehicle Policy to take the country towards a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable mobility system.
The Director General of the Ministry, Mohammad Asif Sahibzada, pointed out that the Ministry of Industries and Production, MOCC and EC and other industrial and non -industrial interested parties were working in close collaboration to implement the new policy.
In addition, he said that politics would greatly contribute to bring more and more electronic vehicles to the roads of the country, since it foresees that 30 percent of all new vehicles sold by 2030 be electric, including two -wheeled vehicles, three -wheeled vehicles, buses and cars.
“This transition is not only vital to address the adverse impacts of carbon emissions related to the transport sector that contribute to climate change, but it is also crucial to guarantee a future of clean, efficient and inclusive transport for all Pakistani,” said Asif Sahibzada.
Speaking about the benefits for environmental and public health, Sahibzada stressed that EV EVIs emit zero exhaust pipe pollutants, significantly reducing urban Smog and climate warming emissions. This change supports the country’s commitments under the Paris Agreement and its national climate change objectives, he added.
“Cleast air means less respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. With fewer emissions along the way, citizens, especially children and the elderly, will benefit from better health results and reduced medical care costs,” he said.
In addition, he said that electric vehicles undoubtedly offer long -term savings due to lower fuel and maintenance costs. They reduce Pakistan dependence on imported fossil fuels, helping to stabilize the economy and protect against global energy pricing shocks, he added.
The director of the Ministry for Urban Affairs and Urban Air Pollution Experts, Muhammad Azeem Khoso, said that cleaner air means less respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
