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Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar50 chaired a series of high-level meetings to review the Auto and Auto Parts Policy, with particular focus on accelerating Pakistan’s transition towards Electric Vehicles (EVs). The committee was briefed on measures aimed at promoting EV adoption, strengthening domestic manufacturing capacity, and facilitating industry growth through enabling policy support. Discussions also covered job creation, export enhancement, and the EV’s contribution to climate change mitigation. DPM/FM underscored the need to develop a competitive, innovative, and sustainable automotive ecosystem that drives economic growth, enhances industrial capacity, promote exports, generates skilled employment opportunities, and supports environmental sustainability. He emphasized that policy formulation must remain consultative and inclusive to ensure practical, implementable outcomes aligned with national development priorities and environmental concerns. A sub-committee, constituted during the previous meeting to undertake a comprehensive review in consultation with all relevant stakeholders, presented its findings and recommendations to the committee for consideration. The meetings were attended by the Ministers for Finance, Power, Petroleum, and Climate Change, Board of Investment, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Industries & Production; Ministers of State for Finance and Railways; SAPM Tariq Bajwa; Secretaries of Commerce, Industries & Production, and Petroleum; the National Coordinator NCMC; senior officials from concerned ministries; and leading policy experts and economists.