Fawad Chaudhry, the Federal Minister for Science and Technology, said that the plan for 38 electric buses in Islamabad has reached the EOI level. The federal capital will be the first city to benefit from this environment-friendly mode of transport by December this year.

The Science Minister in his recent tweet announced that the next major plan is to launch an electric automatic train from Islamabad Airport to Murree.

A preliminary study on this project has already started and a meeting was conducted with the Planning Ministry to discuss the potential of this project.

“This project will transform the landscape of travel and tourism in Pakistan,” says Fawad Chaudhry.

The government has already installed an electric vehicle (EV) charging station in Islamabad. It plans on doing the same on motorways across the country over the next six months.

According to the Science Minister, introduction of electric vehicular technology will expedite work on the government’s policy to check environmental pollution.