Minister Shafay terms EVs as future of Pakistan

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Jul, 2026) Provincial Minister for Industries and Commerce Chaudhry Shafay Hussain has said that electric vehicle (EV) sector is the future of Pakistan, that is why Punjab Chief Minister has made the promotion of this vtal sector as her top priority,

He was speaking as chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of an EV bike jointly developed by China's X-Free Energy Technology Group and Pakistan's Creative Group at a local hotel on Saturday. The provincial minister formally inaugurated the locally manufactured electric bikes and observed the features of the motorbike. The ceremony was attended by Mr. Zhen Shuen, Vice President of China’s X-Free Energy Technology Group, Mian Sultan of Creative Group, CEO OSCD Muhammad Bakhtiar Faiq, Director Punjab Investment board Dr. Imran Hashmi and others.

As a pilot project, 2,500 EV motorbikes have been manufactured. Mr. Zhen Shuen said, "Our group has the capacity to manufacture one lakh electric bikes per year, and this capacity will be increased to one and a half lakh per year.

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" He added that 20,000 electric bikes would be provided to the government through the upcoming tendering process. "Our group will also manufacture electric rickshaws locally in collaboration with local investors on a permanent basis," he disclosed.

Shafay Hussain said, it is the best time to invest in EV charging stations in Punjab, and domestic and foreign investors should take advantage of investment opportunities in this sector.

Under the vision of Punjab CM, he added, unprecedented steps have been taken to promote electric vehicles. Several assembling plants for electric vehicles have been set up in Punjab, while more Chinese companies are coming to invest in the EV sector.

The EVs would also resolve the problem of environmental pollution, he said, asserting that eco-friendly green buses are plying in different cities of the province.

Provincial minister welcome the joint venture of Pakistan's Creative Group and China's X-Free Energy Technology Group and congratulated both the partners.