ISLAMABAD: Pakistan\u2019s current government has announced a handful of initiatives for students, including laptops, e-bikes, solar setups and more.<\/p>\n
Amidst the youth-focused programs, a clipping from an Urdu newspaper is circulating online stating that Prime Minister Shehbaz<\/a> Sharif<\/a>has announced electric rickshaws and loaders for position-holding students across the country. The claim is being widely shared and criticized, with many questioning the government\u2019s priorities.<\/p>\n Several social media activists, including anchorperson Maleeha Hashmey, have also shared a clip expressing concern over the government\u2019s vision. The headline in question is: \u201cPM announces electric rickshaws and loaders for top students\u201d, sparking outrage and mockery online.<\/p>\n Amidst the outrage over these bizarre posts, Daily Pakistan fact-checked and found the claim false and out of context.<\/p>\n It began with a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in which he announced that the federal government would provide electric bikes (e-bikes) to high-performing students of education boards across the country. The move is part of a broader strategy to promote eco-friendly transportation and help deserving youth.<\/p>\n In the same meeting, the prime minister directed the authorities to prepare a comprehensive plan to make electric vehicles more accessible to the common man. He said that any scheme run by the government that includes e-bikes, rickshaws, or loaders must ensure high safety and quality standards.<\/p>\n Furthermore, the meeting discussed a separate scheme aimed at providing electric rickshaws and loaders to low-income earners on easy installments, not to students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ISLAMABAD: Pakistan\u2019s current government has announced a handful of initiatives for students, including laptops, e-bikes, solar setups and more. Amidst the youth-focused programs, a clipping from an Urdu newspaper is circulating online stating that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharifhas announced electric rickshaws and loaders for position-holding students across the country. The claim is being widely shared […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":81070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[367],"class_list":["post-81069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-shehbaz-sharif"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81071,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81069\/revisions\/81071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}