{"id":42888,"date":"2026-04-06T13:37:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42888"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:37:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:37:05","slug":"pm-shehbaz-urges-nationwide-shift-to-electric-vehicles-to-cut-fuel-costs-protect-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42888","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz urges nationwide shift to electric vehicles to cut fuel costs, protect economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2026\/04\/061811239e18456.webp\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, alluding to the recent regional situation and spiralling global petroleum prices, underlined the need for the introduction of environment-friendly electric vehicles (EVs) across the country, thus saving the country\u2019s precious foreign reserves.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a ceremony for the provision of eco-smart EVs to the Islamabad Traffic Police, the prime minister said that such energy-saving initiatives should be emulated by all law enforcement agencies and provinces.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--left    media--uneven  media--stretch\" data-original-src=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovtofPakistan\/status\/2041138425416593692\">\n<div class=\"media__item  media__item--twitter  \"><span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovtofPakistan\/status\/2041138425416593692\"><\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He observed that a total of 15 electric vehicles were provided by the interior ministry, which ran on batteries without using petrol and oil, while another batch of vehicles would be inducted soon.<\/p>\n<p>Terming the initiative a significant one, the prime minister said such steps would cast positive impact on the country\u2019s foreign reserves.<\/p>\n<p>On the occasion, he also congratulated Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and his team for taking this initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Federal ministers, Islamabad police high-ups and relevant authorities were present during the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Islamabad Police Inspector General Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi briefed the prime minister about the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Every vehicle staff will comprise a captain, a male responder, one responder and a driver who will don a special uniform. These vehicles will be available on key avenues of the capital to ensure smooth vehicular flow, it was informed.<\/p>\n<p>Each vehicle, after a complete charge, can cover a distance of 350km to 400km. Fast charging requires 60 minutes to 90 minutes, whereas regular charging times vary from 6 to 8 hours. Compared with the vehicles running on petrol, per electric vehicle will save upto Rs0.55 million per month, it was informed.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister was further apprised that these electric vehicles will  meet their expenditure incurred on their procurement within 13 to 14 months.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1989149\/pm-shehbaz-urges-nationwide-shift-to-electric-vehicles-to-cut-fuel-costs-protect-economy\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, alluding to the recent regional situation and spiralling global petroleum prices, underlined the need for the introduction of environment-friendly electric&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertaonment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}