On Sunday, Pakistan’s first electric vehicle charging station has been installed at Islamabad’s Jinnah Avenue.

The previous week Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chauhdry tweeted,

“Extremely excited to see the launching of first Electric Car Charging Station in Islamabad.”

Extremely excited to see launching of first Electric Car Charging Station in Islamabad #AttockOil is opening flagship EV charging facility at Jinnah Avenue Islamabd, This was another target of @MinistryofST to encourage E vehicles as future transportation ..

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) July 20, 2020

It is pertinent to mention here that in June, a policy for shifting vehicles on electric power was approved in Pakistan.

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Electric power would change the motorcycles and vehicles, while EV Manufacturing Units would also be built in Pakistan.