ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan launched on Thursday Pakistan’s first environment-friendly electric motorbike in Islamabad.
Addressing the launching ceremony, he stressed the need for focusing on promotion of electric vehicles to cut air pollution in our cities.
“The level of air pollution Lahore has at present would reduce the life expectancy of a human by eleven years,” Prime Minister Khan pointed out. “Electric vehicles are part of our clean and green Pakistan initiative.”
He said trees are being planted and more national parks set up to increase green cover.
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Unfortunately, Pakistan has the lowest proportion of forest area, even lower than India, the prime minister lamented, adding we shrank the forest footprint that British left after the partition.
He said cities are expanding due to rising population. The government is working out master plans to prevent their expansion, he added.
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A Pakistani firm, Jolta Electric, has manufactured the E-bike, which is being billed as a major step towards electrifying the country’s automobile industry. The E-bike available in various models including scooty and sports bike is energy efficient and requires low maintenance.
The incumbent government had approved a five-year Pakistan Electric Vehicles Policy 2020-2025 last year that envisages targeting a robust electric vehicle market having a 30 per cent and 90 per cent share in passenger vehicles and heavy duty trucks by 2030 and 2040, respectively.
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