IEEEP and ‘Make in Pakistan’

Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Pakistan (IEEEP) had a successful show, at least, in terms of thought—‘Make in Pakistan’, a long-awaited dream yet to come true in a country where ruling psyche runs against this objective.
The institution’s 34th symposium held on February 26 and 27 offered a platform to the engineers to reiterate their resolve to work for advocating the policies that support local initiatives in Pakistan.
Engr. Irfan Ahmed, Chairman IEEEP Karachi Chapter says they focused on local manufacturing in Pakistan as to how, to begin with, this process and also rejuvenate local industry in Pakistan.
Although the moot was packed with a sense of boosting and recommending local manufacturing in Pakistan, PTI’s Senior Vice President Engr. Arshad Dad Arshad who graced the event in the inaugural session knew the issues in the implementation stage. He said the recommendations of such moots had not been attracting appropriate attention in the country, however, he said the PTI government would discourage it and move on to the recommendations of the engineers.
Engr. Dad made a commitment to play a proactive role in achieving the objectives the moot was supposed to set in Pakistan in terms of local manufacturing. Engr. Irfan also confirmed he had been helpful in this respect.
The symposium brought in light major issues in terms of Renewables Policy in Pakistan and the affairs of making Electric Vehicles in Pakistan.
There are reports that Pakistan’s two ministries—the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Production—are at loggerheads as regards the EVs policy. Engr. Irfan confirmed it saying they had shown us dreams that EVs would be made locally but, in fact, they wanted to import it.
Since the committee constituted in such respects is mostly comprised of conventional carmakers, they would not let it affect their business. ‘We want EVs that would be locally made as they would create jobs and save our foreign exchange’, Engr. Ahmed said.