ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul told the Senate on Monday that the government is taking concrete measures to deal with the problem of climate change under its green agenda.

Speaking on a motion in the Senate, she said National Electrical Vehicles policy has been passed by the cabinet and now we are working on its implementation.

She said we are working on a plan to ensure that by 2030 at least 30 per cent of the vehicles used in the country are on electricity.

She said our aim is to increase the share of renewables in power mix to 30 per cent by 2025. She said we hope to bring the share of clean energy in its electricity mix to 65 per cent by 2030.

The Senate resumed its session here at Parliament House on Monday with Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani in the chair. Five bills were introduced in the Senate today (Monday).

These bills included: “The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2021”, “The Pakistan Panel Code (Amendment) Bill, 2021”, “The Children (Pledging of Labour) (Amendment) Bill, 2021”, “The Civil Servants (Amendment) Bill, 2020” and The Service Tribunals (Amendment) Bill, 2021”. The Chair referred the bills to the Standing Committees concerned.