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Pakistan Conducts First PAVE E-Balloting, Allocates 41,000 Subsidized Electric Two- and Three-Wheelers Nationwide

Next steps move to portal notifications, subsidy disbursement, then vehicle handover.

Overview

  • The Ministry of Industries and Production, working through the Engineering Development Board, ran the digital draw covering Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir.
  • The process handled 269,161 applications, selecting 40,000 for electric two-wheelers and 1,000 for electric three-wheelers.
  • The PAVE Online Portal and a Balloting Oversight Committee managed a secure, transparent process, with results accessible by CNIC or application ID.
  • Subsidies are set at Rs50,000 for two-wheelers via bank leasing or Rs80,000 for self-finance, and at Rs200,000 or Rs400,000 for three-wheelers on the same basis.
  • Officials place the rollout within NEVP 2025–30, targeting 30% EV sales by 2030 with projected annual fuel import savings of $1 billion, 4.5 million tons less CO2 by 2030, and over 100,000 green jobs.