ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar said on Thursday that Pakistan was moving towards electrification of mass transit as a consequence of Electric Vehicle Policy approved by the federal government last year in December.

On Twitter, Federal Minister Hammad Azhar said that BYD, the largest global electric bus manufacturer along with a Pakistani company would manufacture electric vehicles in Pakistan under the new agreement.

“BYD, the largest global electric bus manufacturer along with Sapphire group have joined hands to develop market development & manufacturing of electric vehicles in Pak,” Hammad Azhar wrote in a Tweet.

The federal cabinet on December 22 had approved Pakistan’s first Electric Vehicle Policy.

The motorcycles and vehicles would be shifted on electric power, while Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Units would also be established in the country.

Under the new EV policy, the Sindh Transport Minister Syed Owais Shah back in March 2021 had launched Pakistan’s first electric bus in Karachi.