{"id":71849,"date":"2020-11-04T17:48:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T12:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=71849"},"modified":"2020-11-04T17:48:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T12:48:14","slug":"proposal-under-consideration-for-electric-train-in-isb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/proposal-under-consideration-for-electric-train-in-isb.html","title":{"rendered":"Proposal under consideration to run electric train between Islamabad airport and Murree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, through a twitter notification on November 2, revealed that the government was considering a proposal to run an electric automatic train from the Islamabad International Airport to the city of Murree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister additionally disclosed that the expressions of interest (EOI) for the city\u2019s proposed electric busses project would be invited soon, and that \u2018Islamabad will be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-first-city-all-electric-public-transport-fawad-chaudhry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first city<\/a> in Pakistan to have environment-friendly electric transport by December this year\u2019. He added that the project would expedite work on the government\u2019s policy to control environmental pollution. Chaudhry further revealed that the government had also decided to install electric vehicle charging stations on the country\u2019s motorways over the next six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabads-first-electric-vehicle-charging-station-becomes-operational.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Islamabad\u2019s first electric vehicle charging station becomes operational<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the proposed electric train project, Chaudhry said that it would change the face of tourism in Pakistan. Reportedly, the government departments concerned have already started work on preparing the project\u2019s feasibility study, while the Planning Ministry has also held a meeting in this regard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, through a twitter notification on November 2, revealed that the government was considering a proposal to run an electric automatic train from the Islamabad International Airport to the city of Murree. The minister additionally disclosed that the expressions of interest (EOI) for the city\u2019s proposed electric busses project would be invited soon, and that \u2018Islamabad will be the first city in Pakistan to have environment-friendly electric transport by December this year\u2019. He added that the project would expedite work on the government\u2019s policy to control environmental pollution. Chaudhry further revealed that the government had also decided to install electric vehicle charging stations on the country\u2019s motorways over the next six months. Read: Islamabad\u2019s first electric vehicle charging station becomes operational Regarding the proposed electric train project, Chaudhry said that it would change the face of tourism in Pakistan. Reportedly, the government departments concerned have already started work on preparing the project\u2019s feasibility study, while the Planning Ministry has also held a meeting in this regard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":71850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,20385],"tags":[42387,42388,42386,42389,42390],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-71849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-development-projects","9":"tag-electric-busses-islamabad","10":"tag-electric-train-to-murree","11":"tag-electric-vehicle-charging-stations-in-pakistan","12":"tag-proposal-under-consideration-for-electric-train-in-isb","13":"tag-proposal-under-consideration-to-run-electric-train-between-islamabad-airport-and-murree","14":"cat-15181-id","15":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Proposal under consideration to run lectric train in ISB - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Regarding the proposed electric train project, Chaudhry said that it would change the face of tourism in Pakistan. 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