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Pakistan Awards E-Bikes to Top Students in Karachi as Nationwide EV Scheme Rolls Out

The Karachi ceremony signals a yearly rollout set to continue through 2030.

Overview

  • At the Sindh Scouts Auditorium, top performers from public colleges in intermediate exams received electric bikes in the province’s first distribution.
  • Board of Intermediate Education Karachi chairman Faqeer Muhammad Lakho said the handover falls under the prime minister’s initiative and will recur annually until 2030.
  • The federal program aims to distribute 100,000 electric bikes and 3,000 electric rickshaws and loaders nationwide to promote eco-friendly transport.
  • Position holders from all educational boards qualify for the bikes, while unemployed citizens are designated to receive the rickshaws and loaders.
  • The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan pledged full scholarships for position holders to pursue higher studies at no cost.