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Pakistan Becomes World’s Largest NGV Country
 Pakistan has become the world’s biggest NGV country after taking over Argentina’s position in July, according to Muhammad Ashraf, the General Manager of CNG Operation at the Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan (HDIP). The country now has 1.55 million CNG vehicles – which is 18 percent of total vehicles. Pakistan has taken the place of Argentina and Brazil as the leading NGV countries with their respective NGV totals of 1.445 million and 1.375 million units, according to Ashraf. With monthly conversion rates as high as 14,000, strong government support and active participation by the private sector, Pakistan expects to continue to see a growing NGV market share.
Pakistan’s Director General of HDIP, Hilal A Raza, announced recently that 1,000 new NGV stations will be built in the country in the next three years. Pakistan currently has more than 1,765 CNG stations. According to the Director General, an investment of over $1.1 billion has been made in Pakistan’s CNG industry, which is providing over 30,000 jobs.
Swede Bus Pakistan Ltd is set to take delivery of their first 15 CNG buses following their arrival at Karachi port earlier this month. Company CEO, Ahmed Shabbir, says the buses are the first OEM CNG buses for Pakistan, and that the company plans to have 250 CNG buses operating in Karachi in shortly. The buses utilize the company’s own body design, under the ORYX brand, built on Ashok Leyland chassis and assembled in Abu Dhabi by Transcontinental Industries. The buses are fitted with dedicated Hino Euro III engines and Faber composite CNG cylinders. Swede Bus Company is viewed as a pioneer in Pakistan, importing the first Euro II buses, built by Scania, to Pakistan in 2002.
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