Overview
- Provincial departments would shift future procurement to electric or hybrid vehicles, with an exemption for units performing field duties.
- Issuance of no-objection certificates for new petrol pumps is now conditional on installing electric-vehicle charging units before operations begin.
- NOCs for 170 new petrol stations across 31 cities have been issued via the e-Biz portal subject to charger installation, including 29 in Faisalabad, 14 in Lahore and 10 in Bahawalpur.
- The Services and General Administration Department has not issued a formal notification, and officials say implementation will start after the chief minister grants formal approval.
- Officials frame the move within a wider clean-air push that includes adding e-buses and other smog-control steps, with a provincial EV policy promised soon and recent reforms briefed to visiting American business leaders.