Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reaffirmed Pakistan's full support for the global ambition of achieving the 35-by-35 Global Electrification Pledge, expressing confidence that it can be achieved through collective efforts.
He was addressing a high-level meeting titled "Clean Energy Transition by 2035: Powering the Future" in Antalya, Türkiye, today.
The Prime Minister said Pakistan has undergone an extraordinary energy transition over the past two years.
He highlighted that Pakistan has added nearly twenty-two gigawatts of rooftop solar capacity in just two years, describing it as a quiet revolution driven by ordinary citizens seeking affordable electricity and a cleaner and more predictable future.
He said that yesterday, before departing for Antalya, he inaugurated a key section of Pakistan's seventh nuclear power plant, a state-of-the-art project that will add twelve hundred megawatts of clean electricity to the national grid.
Shehbaz Sharif said clean energy sources now account for nearly fifty-five percent of Pakistan's energy mix.
He said another transformation is underway in the transport sector, with the government aiming to make thirty percent of new vehicles electric by 2030 under its recently launched auto policy.
He said incentives, including lower tariffs, are being provided to promote electric vehicles, while all future government buses and motorcycles will be electric.
The Prime Minister noted that, for the first time, more than ten percent of motorcycles sold in Pakistan this year were electric, reflecting the growing momentum of the country's transition towards clean transportation.
Shehbaz Sharif, however, stressed that this momentum cannot be sustained without adequate financing. He added that electricity grids must be expanded rapidly and reliably, storage capacity strengthened, and new technologies made affordable for everyone. He noted that this burden yet falls on countries already grappling with heavy debt.
The Prime Minister said Pakistan alone requires around 138 billion dollars by 2035 for low-carbon electricity generation, besides another fifty billion dollars to replace coal with solar energy.
He emphasized that the 35-by-35 target can only be achieved if financial support matches global ambitions through concessional capital and the transfer of affordable technologies.
Shehbaz Sharif called for collective resolve to power economies without impoverishing people and illuminate homes without harming the planet.
