ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said 60 percent of all energy produced in the country by 2030 would be clean and obtained through renewables, while speaking at the Climate Ambition Summit’s virtual meeting on Saturday.
The UN summit brings leaders from around the world together to make and renew their commitments to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
“By 2030, 60 percent of all energy produced in Pakistan will be clean energy through renewables,” Khan said.
He added: “30pc of all our vehicles will be (run) on electricity.”
In addition to this, Khan said 10 billion trees would be planted over the next three years, and that the country was committed to scrapping coal power projects and replacing them with hydro electricity.
“We have decided we will not have any more power based on coal,” he said.
“We have already scrapped two coal power projects which were supposed to produce 2,600 MW of energy and replaced it with hydro-electricity. As far as indigineous coal goes, we have decided to look for clean produced energy either by coal to liquid or coal to gas so we don’t have to burn coal.”
According to a Global Climate Risk Index report released last year, Pakistan is the world’s fifth most vulnerable country to the effects of climate change.
In his remarks, UN chief Antonio Guterres called on world leaders to declare a ‘climate emergency’ in their countries.
“If we don’t change course, we might be headed for a catastrophic temperature increase of more than three degrees this century,” he said.
Pakistan to have 60% clean energy in 10 years - PM Khan
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Pakistan to have 60% clean energy in 10 years - PM Khan
- Khan gave a short address at the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit
- Said 30 percent of Pakistan’s vehicles would be electric by 2030
Pakistan says it seized 32 square kilometers inside Afghanistan as border clashes escalate
- Security official describes ‘limited tactical action’ in Gudwana after Afghan assaults
- Islamabad accuses Kabul of sheltering militants as UN, China and Russia urge restraint
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has seized a 32-square-kilometer area inside Afghanistan following overnight fighting, a security official said on Saturday, as cross-border clashes between the two countries escalated sharply.
A Pakistani security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said troops carried out a “limited tactical action” in the Gudwana area opposite the Zhob sector along the frontier, capturing Afghan territory after responding to attacks on Pakistani positions.
“On the night of Feb. 26/27, posts opposite the Zhob sector launched anticipated physical attacks on multiple Pakistani positions,” the official said, referring to fighters linked to Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities, whom Islamabad identifies as Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan (TTA).
“In response to aggressive unprovoked fire and physical attacks, Pakistan security forces launched a limited tactical action on the night of Feb. 27/28 in the general area of Gudwana with a view to capture TTA Tahir Post,” he continued, adding that 32 square kilometers of Afghan territory were seized.
The official said special combat teams crossed the border after preparatory bombardment, supported by intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets providing “real-time battlefield awareness.”
He said 24 Afghan Taliban fighters were killed and 37 wounded, with no Pakistani casualties reported.
The claims could not be independently verified, and there was no immediate confirmation from Taliban authorities in Kabul of any territorial loss in the Gudwana area.
The latest clashes erupted after Pakistani airstrikes targeted what Islamabad described as militant hideouts inside Afghanistan over the weekend, triggering retaliatory fire along the frontier and sharply escalating long-running tensions. Islamabad accuses Kabul of sheltering Pakistani Taliban militants responsible for attacks inside Pakistan, an allegation that Afghanistan denies.
Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Saturday evening that 352 Afghan Taliban fighters had been killed and more than 535 wounded since the latest phase of hostilities began.
Tarar said Pakistani strikes had destroyed 130 check posts, 171 tanks and armored vehicles and targeted 41 locations across Afghanistan by air. Those figures could not be independently verified.
The United Nations, as well as China and Russia, have called for restraint.
The United States said Pakistan has the right to defend itself against cross-border militancy.
