Overview
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in a Thursday energy‑security meeting, directed that future government purchases be limited to electric buses and motorcycles.
- A plan will ease access to batteries for storing surplus solar power and promote local manufacturing of high‑quality storage batteries, with two grid‑level pilots moving through PC‑I approval.
- Work has begun on a comprehensive plan for strategic crude oil reserves to cushion the country against supply shocks.
- A day earlier, the government approved electric motorcycles on easy installments for employees up to BPS‑16, with instructions to keep subsidies transparent and speed rollout.
- Officials set a goal to make 30% of vehicles electric within five years, projecting about $4.5 billion in fuel savings, and reported 72 e‑motorcycle and rickshaw manufacturing certificates, four for cars, and 123 charging‑station applications.