Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has expressed his excitement on the launch of the first electric vehicle (EV) charging station in Islamabad.

In a tweet on Monday, the minister said that Attock Oil is opening flagship EV charging facility at Jinnah Avenue Islamabd. He said the opening of EV charging stations was another target of Minister of Science and Technology to encourage 'E vehicles as future transportation'.

Last month, a policy was approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan which aims to bring half a million electric motorcycles and rickshaws, more than 100,000 electric cars, buses and trucks, into the transportation system over the next five years.