September 2, 2020: Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhary has said the local assembling of electric buses will start next year.

Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, he said the domestic manufacturing of these buses will start in three years.  He said the government is focussing on electric vehicles and it will bring revolution in the transport sector.

The Minister for Science and Technology said high technology farms will be developed in order to promote the production of unconventional crops.

Fawad Chaudhary said the cabinet has approved industrial and medical use of hemp. For the cultivation of hemp, sites have been identified in Peshawar, Jhelum, and Chakwal.

Radio Pakistan

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