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cntower

January 21st, 2005, 05:31 PM

Pakistan Motorway

The total length of roads in Pakistan is approximately 188,000 kilometres. This includes 7,112 kilometres of federalised roads, including nine National Highways and one Motorway (M-2). An investment of about Rs.100 billion is earmarked for improvement of existing roads and construction of new highways and motorways during the 9th five year plan.

The work on the 1,265 km. Indus Highway Project is in progress with OECF assistance. Works were taken in hand over staggered reaches of total 757 km. of length out of which 707 km. road length is complete and balance length of 50 km. is near completion under phase-I and II of the project. Remaining length of 428 km. will be taken up under phase-III. It is expected to be completed by the year 2001. The Indus Highway, an alternate North-South route on the west bank of river Indus, links Karachi and Peshawar through some less developed areas of the country and reduces the distance between Karachi and Peshawar by 300 km.

The work on the dualisation of 1,762 km. National Highway (N.5) – an historical highway from Karachi to the Torkham border through Lahore - is in progress. A section of around 600 km. has already been dualised and work is in progress on another 900 km. The contracts for the remaining sections of the road are being processed to enable the complete dualisation of N-5 by the year 2001.

The construction of the Pakistan Motorway connecting the northern and southern parts of the country with a link at Gawadar has been initiated. The first 333 km. phase of the project, the Lahore, Islamabad Motorway - M-2, has been constructed with the assistance of a South Korean firm at a cost of US $ one billion. Along this motorway, industrial estates of 800 to 1,000 hectares at or near the interchanges are planned. The work the on Islamabad–Peshawar Motorway (M-1) has been initiated. The work has been awarded to a Turkish firm, Bayindir, which is providing 50% of the loan in the form of a supplier’s credit. Two additional motorway projects, Pindi Bhattian–Faisalabad (M-3) and Karachi–Hyderabad (M-9), have been awarded on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis.

The main Karakaram-Highway (N-35), which is the historic silk route, is being improved, with 713 km. of the road being rehabilitated under Phase-I by the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to enhance road safety. Under Phase-II, the road will be upgraded to International Standards to eventually allow faster flows of traffic from the sea ports of Karachi and Gawadar to the Central Asian States when the motorway network linking these areas is completed.

M2: Islamabad/Lahore
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M3 and M4: Lahore/Faisalabad/Multan
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M1: Islamabad/Peshawar
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Motorway System
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PkPride

January 21st, 2005, 07:53 PM

aaah making our getting around much easier, it's not too bad as it is though

waleedk

January 22nd, 2005, 11:13 PM

hey, isnt m-8 makran coastal highway? :)

Shahid

January 23rd, 2005, 02:08 AM

Heh I live next to M2 motorway near Kharian Cantt :)

Pakistan drivers are crazy, what is pakistan law about car horn? (beep beep :bash: ), it needs to stop..

cntower

January 29th, 2005, 07:09 AM

Pakistani drivers are crazy...actually Lahoris are the worst drivers in Pakistan. At least Karachiites stay in there lines...Lahoris don't care...just as long as they get to where there going without killing anybody is a achievement for them!

cntower

February 5th, 2005, 11:33 PM

Markan Coastal Highway
* I think somebody already posted this...but anyway here it is again.

The Makran Coastal Highway (MCH) Project

The Makran Coastal Highway project will help in establishing better commerce and trade relations with the neighbouring countries of Pakistan, particularly, the central Asian republics, besides, raising the living standard of the local people. Pakistan has a coastal belt of about 800-km from Karachi to the international border with Iran. The portion from Hub near Karachi up to Jiwani is called Makran Coast. There are small ports of Ormara, Pasni, Gwadar and Jiwani along the coast.

The coastline, west of Karachi, was devoid of appropriate infrastructure since long, thereby, depriving the region of socio-economic development. In the past no government had ever paid any attention to the downtrodden masses of this area, whose economic conditions, if lifted through a little attention and some constructive work, could contribute to the entire economy of Pakistan.
Before last year, only a dirt track existed along the coast, which was a nightmarish journey, also creating hurdles in shipment of seafood to Karachi from Balochistan's coastal areas. "The development of Gwadar Port and infrastructure along the Makran Coast is key to boost the national economy," said Brig Shabbir Ahmed, Commander, Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), which is constructing the two sections of the highway.

Last year on July 17, the construction on section-I of the coastal highway -- Liari-Ormara -- was started and till now 40 km has been completed. The FWO, hopes to complete another 65 km road by October next. The work of Section-I is scheduled to complete by July 2003. After inauguration by Gen Pervez Musharraf on August 17, construction work on section-III -- Pasni-Gwadar -- will be started.

By July 1 this year, the FWO has completed following works: embankment - 105 km, sub-base - 61 km, base - 50 km, black top - 40 km, bridges - 6, culverts - 112 and sinology - 15 km. The start point of this section is Sajjad Shaheed Chowk, named after an Army soldier who died during initial reconnaissance, and the end point is Ormara.

The regional economy of this area is largely based on fishing with prospects of a substantial growth, following of fish harbour at several locations ie, Pasni, Gwadar etc. Impetus to the region will also be provided by the construction of the naval harbour at Ormara and the third deep-sea port of Pakistan at Gwadar. The construction of water storage dam on the Hingol River would also result in an increase in agricultural output in the area.

In addition tourism will also flourish as Makran Coastal Road project would link Karachi -- the gateway to Pakistan -- with coastal areas of the country. The Makran Coastal Road would provide an access to the Naval harbour base at Ormara and would also provide an easy access to newly emerged central Asian republics.

cntower

February 5th, 2005, 11:36 PM

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Makran Coastal highway is a 700 kilometer newly built road stretching from Zero point, 40 kilometers from the town of Vinder in Balochistan right up to Gawadar.

cntower

February 5th, 2005, 11:39 PM

A Trip to Ormara Via Makran Coastal Highway
By: S. Javaad

Makran Coastal highway is a 700 kilometer newly built road stretching from Zero point, 40 kilometers from the town of Vinder in Balochistan right up to Gawadar. So I and my friends Saeed Ahmed Baig, Muhammad Faisal, Faisal Maqsood decided that we will travel on this road on 25th December 2004 to pay homage to our beloved Quaid-e-Azam as well as the engineers and the workers who have built this marvel for this country.

So we took off on the morning of Saturday, the 25th of December 2004 exactly at 800 hours from Karachi. We filled our CNG gas tank and took about 25 liters of petrol with us from Ghani Chowrangi filling station at SITE Karachi and turned towards the Baloch city of Hub. We had no destination; the objective was just to travel on the Makran Coastal Highway. After reaching Hub we had a good breakfast of parathas, omelets and tea there. It was chilly but we expected that the weather will become warmer as we will travel further.

After traveling 40 Kilometers from the town of Vinder you reach the zero point. If you wish to travel towards Quetta and Khuzdar you can go straight ahead or the Makran Coastal Highway is to your left. We of-course took the left route.

The highway is itself two laned with only wilderness on both sides. One can have occasional glimpses of the coast and the sea on the right. The milestones show the towns of Agor and Ormara as the next destinations.

After sometime we saw a small hut-tea-hotel and decided to have a cup of tea there. The owner was a very poor man but very hospitable. He told us that there is no gas, water or electricity supply along the highway and he have to travel four or five miles daily to get water. We however noticed that NLC had laid optical fibre cable all along the highway.

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The work of nature along the highway

After traveling a little further we saw some strange carvings on the mountains to our right. By looking at them, one can immediately realize the nature is at work here. We also stopped by to have a look at the mountainous rocks. A closed examination of the rocks revealed embedded sea shells and the hut-like carvings over the small mountains. I think that the entire area was under the sea sometimes back.

For first time travelers on this highway, the biggest surprise is that there are no petrol pumps. As we had limited petrol available with us we were looking forward to the town of Agor which is about 220 Kms from Karachi where we hoped that we will find a fuel station. On reaching Agor, what we found out was that there was no fuel station, only a couple of shops selling Iranian Petrol at exorbitant prices and in small quantities. A couple of car drivers were negotiating for petrol from the shop owners. We also learned that the first fuel station is at Ormara. The town of Agor is itself a collection of some shanty houses.

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The sea cliffs also offer a superb view

Keeping the situation of fuel in view we decided that we will only travel a few miles further just to get a glimpse of the sea and then we will turn back. Immediately after Agor we had a breath taking views of the sea. The virgin beaches lined by sand dunes were the most beautiful.

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The Pakistani Sphinx Offers a Unique View at the Buzi Pass

While we thought that we have seen it all, a passerby car driver informed us that if we can drive for about 25 kms we will come across a place called the Buzi Pass and that we must see it. So there was no question of not seeing it.

The Buzi pass is no doubt a wonder in itself. Pakistan engineers have carved a way through the mountains preserving the beauty of the mountains. Here one can see one of the most beautiful carvings in the mountains made by winds and sea over decades. One feels as if they are looking at some old ruins or excavations. The most marvelous is a carved structure resembling the shape of the famous Egyptian Sphinx (known as Abul Hol).

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The Princess of Hope

Another worth seeing carving is that of the Princess of Hope. I don’t know who named it or how but FWO has installed a signboard with this name on it.

There are other structures all along the pass and one gets an impression of going through some excavation site while passing through the pass.

Immediately after the Buzi Pass there is an army camp known as the Ansari Camp. The milestone showed that we were 265 Kms from Karachi. There is a mosque here and it seems that this camp is also serving as a stopover for the travelers of this highway. We also offered Zuhar prayers here. One of the drivers told us that Ormara is about 80 kms from here and that we must see it as well. So we decided that we will also visit Ormara.

The first formal fuel station is situated at 320 kms from Karachi, a little outside Ormara. Ormara itself is situated at 340 Kms from Karachi and is well known for its naval base. We had petrol (of course, the Iranian one @ Rs. 30 per litre) from here and had a lunch of fried fish and vegetables.

It was around 3:30 pm and after taking a good look at the beaches and the navy patrol boats we decided that it is time that we turn back to Karachi. After a drive of around 4 and half hours we reached Karachi.

I must say that the coastal highway will provide relief to the people of the area and will contribute in a huge way in the development of the coastal areas of Balochistan. We have superb beaches here and by developing them we will not only be offering beautiful tourist attractions but also loads of employment and prosperity to the otherwise impoverished people of the region.

Again hats off to the engineers of FWO for constructing this marvelous highway in time and to our President for taking keen interest in its timely completion. Someday, I do hope that I will see the remainder portion of this highway also.

Link (http://sohailjavaad.tripod.com/id26.html)

urbanaurora

February 7th, 2005, 07:23 PM

Lahore lahore aai . Lahori zindadil aain . thats why.

UnitedPakistan

February 7th, 2005, 10:21 PM

hey it works for us Lahoris i wouldnt mind running Zuhahmed over though!!!

anyways you live near Kahria?

yeah my uncle is stationed thier he is a Brigadier in the army

NewYork-wala

April 2nd, 2005, 10:06 PM

One problem I have found is that people simply perfer the GT road when going from or too Islamabad, especially since they have no improved the GT road immensly.. Where before you would have been stuck in traffic every time you crossed through small city like Jhelum, now you dont even have to stop. And its two lanes... They need to figure out how to promote the usage of the Motorway otherwise it will be useless considering the much cheaper and convenient GT road...

UnitedPakistan

April 2nd, 2005, 10:45 PM

more convient?

more cheaper?

are u out of your mind!

Motorway is the pride of pakistan and i find many many people on the motorway

swerveut

April 3rd, 2005, 04:28 AM

NewYork-wala, you have a very good point!
We need to promote motorway usage cause its not like some jahez-ki-cheez to sit unused in some corner all the time.
Also, does anybody know how much of the Islamabad-Peshawar motorway has been completed so far?

HasanB

April 3rd, 2005, 03:51 PM

I think that a lot of people still use the motorway between Lahore and Islamabad, although a growing amount of people are beginning to move in favour of the GT road. Safety wise and convenience wise i would choose the motorway anyday ... I actually prefer to fly between these two cities to be honest !! However i've used the motorway a few times too.

April 3rd, 2005, 04:33 PM

The traffic on the motorway has increased significantly over the past two years. One of the reason why people prefer GT road is the avalability of CNG on the route. The government has opened CNG stations on the M-2 which has resulted in a tremendous increase of traffic. The M-2 has now become very profitable which has prompted the govt. to expedite the pace of work on M-1. And ISB-PEW Mway is being constructed by NHA after Bayindir walked out of the project over money matters with the military govt.

UnitedPakistan

April 3rd, 2005, 06:29 PM

That Dawoo buses are awsome comfortable and great services! are we in Pakistan?

zees

April 8th, 2005, 08:44 AM

The longest road tunnel in Pakistan, Is part of the Indus Highway, an alternative route between Karachi and Peshawar.

He said that lighting in the tunnel had been provided for through solar light and heavy jet engines had been installed for ventilation. He said all security arrangements were in place to confront any emergency situation.
He said that some 300 staffers of national highway authority were working and residential colonies were also being constructed.

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UnitedPakistan

April 8th, 2005, 01:22 PM

only 2 lanes?
why not 4?

Hope

April 8th, 2005, 01:50 PM

As far as I can remeber of Kohat, there was not much traffic in that part of the country, so it may be cost effective to have only two lanes. And if required in the future then you can construct/extend a new tunnel

pakboy

April 8th, 2005, 03:59 PM

kwellllllllll

UnitedPakistan

April 10th, 2005, 07:48 PM

Bugti-Sui road to be reopened: Govt decides to withdraw troops under accord

By Our Reporter

ISLAMABAD April 9: The government has agreed to withdraw security forces deployed between Dera Bugti and Sui as a first step of confidence building and implementation of the Shujaat-Bugti agreement.

This was stated in a press release issued here on Saturday by Pakistan Muslim League Secretary-General Mushahid Hussain Syed who was a member of the official dialogue team to resolve the stand-off between the government and Bugti tribe.

The press release said the government had decided to open the route between Dera Bugti and Sui which was closed after the March 17 incident.

The step is part of an arrangement to save the agreement as Nawab Akbar Bugti and his representatives had been complaining that the agreement was not being implemented, according to sources.

Parts of the agreement between the ruling PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Bugti tribal chief and Jamhoori Watan Party president Nawab Akbar Bugti, which had remained a guarded secret so far, were made public through the press release.

The two sides, which met thrice late last month with their last meeting on Saturday, April 2, had agreed to keep the details of the agreement to themselves till its implementation had started.

Following the beginning of the dialogue between Chaudhry Shujaat and Nawab Bugti, the work of a parliamentary committee on Balochistan headed by the former was stopped as the members from the other parties announced that they would not attend a committee meeting unless the details of the Shujaat-Bugti accord were revealed to them.

The issuance of the press release was the result of such situation. It said: "Due to the unfortunate incident that happened in Dera Bugti on the 17th of March, in which to our regret many innocent people died, the road between this town and Sui had been shut down on account of tension that gripped the area for the last few weeks.

"After long deliberations between Nawab Bugti, Chaudhry Shujaat, Mushahid Hussain and Sher Ali Mazari, it has been mutually agreed upon to open this route to normal traffic and restore communication links of the area.

"It has also been decided that other matters pertaining to the vacation of posts will also be mutually implemented, excepting those that are required for security.

"Decisions about other matters regarding long term protection of national assets in Bugti Agency and steps to restore normal life in Dera Bugti have also been agreed upon in principle and modalities towards their implementation are being worked out.

"About the matters concerning provincial autonomy and other issues regarding Balochistan, the parliamentary committee will undertake a dialogue with the political forces of the province to settle the contentious issues in near future," the press release concluded.

Marshal

April 20th, 2005, 05:15 AM

Why is this news in islamabad forum?? :hilarious

UnitedPakistan

April 20th, 2005, 05:39 AM

delete

Marshal

April 20th, 2005, 06:31 AM

nothing there.. :|

NewYork-wala

April 25th, 2005, 01:28 AM

more convient?

more cheaper?

are u out of your mind!

Motorway is the pride of pakistan and i find many many people on the motorway
The traffic on the motor way from what I remember was sparce compared to the Gt road. Also, I think the toll is less on the GT road.
What I know for certain is that people who live say around Kalar Kahar and Chakwal usually perfer the GT road over the Motor way, because its cheaper, more interesting a drive with more eating places along the way but that also goes for people driving all the way out to Lahore since they can stop at places in Gujranwallah and jhelum, the motor way has no eating places except those peacok resteraunts that ere really expensive, and the GT road is closer for those coming from some many parts of Rawalpindi while the Motorway is out of the way...
The only way to change the situation I think is to make more attractions along the motorway. The New Islamabad airport if it ever open will force people to have to use the motorway. Insentives should be given to investors to setup up more affordable quality resteraunts as well as more tourist sites along the way, although Kalar Kahar and Kewra Salt mines are good attraction.. Ultimately, the GT road should be a supplement to the Motor way not the otherway around.

UnitedPakistan

April 25th, 2005, 01:40 AM

I think its simple lack of advertising and nothing else

Shahid

May 2nd, 2005, 06:19 PM

I am from Kharian, would it be better to use GT road to islamabad or use motorway instead?

I mean Kharian to Motorway then motorway to Islamabad - that will take longer than GT road (Kharian) to islamabad...? I live in GT road by the way.

I think they need another new motorway that are closer to Jehlum, Kharian, Gugrat directly to Islambad..

UnitedPakistan

May 11th, 2005, 10:15 PM

ADB to fund Rs27.3bn cross-border road project

By Ihtasham ul Haque

ISLAMABAD, May 10: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to fund a mega cross-border infrastructure development programme aimed at creating a sub-regional corridor from the Gwadar port to Afghanistan and Central Asia, at a cost of $455.7 million (Rs27.3 billion).

Officials told Dawn that under the programme, a “trade facilitation and land border crossing authority” would also be established to supervise all significant land border crossings and facilitate freight and passenger and transit traffic.

An elaborated programme in this respect has been finalized to provide sub-regional connectivity and trade facilitation into Afghanistan and Central Asian states. The objective is to support regional cooperation by removing or relaxing physical, institutional and other barriers to improve transportation and increase trade. Similarly, it will support preparation and adoption of cross-border agreements for road transport, including movement of containers, and ensure improved road sector efficiency on the main transport corridors in Pakistan.

The scope of the new road venture also included rehabilitating key national highways that are part of the sub-regional corridor selected from the existing draft medium-term development framework for 2005-10.

The objective is to ensure the cross-border infrastructure development and institutional strengthening of the National Highway Authority (NHA) and other relevant agencies. It will also support the implementation of ADB’s sub-regional cooperative initiatives and relevant policy framework agreed between the government and the bank.

The ADB has decided to offer most of the funding (Rs18.5 billion), while Rs8.8 billion will be made available by the NHA for a programme that also included the rehabilitation of eight national highway sections covering a total length of 835.7 km.

Its road section included: Hub-Uthal section (N-25) 84.5 km; Multan-Muzaffargarh section (N-70) 36.2 km; Khanozai-Mughal Kot (N-50) 333 km; Hasanabdal-Abbotabad-Mansehra (N-35) 90 km; Sukkur-Jacobabad (N-65) 65 km; Tarnol-Fatheh Jang (N-80) 35 km; and Fateh Jang-Jand (N-80) 68 km.

Following a series of meeting with the ADB officials, all the concerns were addressed in terms of physical improvement in the national highway connection with Afghanistan and Central Asian states. An internationally reputed firm has been engaged as the engineer responsible for the “contract administration and construction supervision” for massive road connectivity across Pakistan as well as Afghanistan and Central Asia.

The ADB, the officials said, had confirmed that it would finance the civil work for cross-border facilitation situated at Chaman (Balochistan) and Torkham (NWFP).

The ministry of communications, which is the sponsoring agency of this project, has pleaded for the new rehabilitation programme, as 76 per cent of NHA’s road network has cracked. But the rutting data shows that 58 per cent of NHA’s road network has rutted. And once the road network was rehabilitated it would result in a saving of Rs240 billion in road transportation costs alone.

Nawaz Khan

June 1st, 2005, 08:01 PM

motorway is the way to go and from Peshawar to Karachi it should be completed as a national priority, no delays, we have the money now.

Also it should not be less than 3 lanes on each side. People who are advocating 2 lanes on each side are doing disservice to the nation.

We should get over and done with this project at the earliest.

Rkhan

June 23rd, 2005, 11:27 AM

This is a link that i found on google. This a presentation by secretary of ministry of communication. It goes in depth with the road network. It states everything that is required to build the proper road network in pakistan. The proposed highways and the maintenace cost is all in there. DO chek it out. Very interesting to say the least.

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/PAKISTANEXTN/Resources/Pakistan-Development-Forum-2004/RoadNetwork.pdf

Hope

June 23rd, 2005, 12:17 PM

Good Work!

cntower

July 5th, 2005, 03:11 AM

M1, M2 and M3 have all been completed; has M9 from Karachi to Hyderabad been also complete?

And what is this "Super Highway" I thought it connected Karachi and Hyderabad!

UnitedPakistan

July 5th, 2005, 03:23 AM

and asia highway 1 also

gwader to afghanistan

cntower

July 5th, 2005, 03:25 AM

Asia 1 Highway is just a name; dosen't it connect all the highways of all the countries togehter? Is there any road which links to Pakistan from India besides the one from Wagah Border and LoC?

UnitedPakistan

July 5th, 2005, 03:28 AM

i have no answer for that one but i believe thier is a heavily guarded route from Multan.

I came close to this road

it was a old road a bit broken guarded by pill boxes

dost_4u

July 18th, 2005, 10:46 AM

Land for Faisalabad-Khanewal Motorway being acquired

FAISALABAD: The acquisition of land for the construction of Faisalabad-Khanewal Motorway is in progress.

An official of National Highway Authority told that this Motorway starting from Kamalpur near here and ending at an interchange of G.T. Road near Khanewal would be completed in four years at the cost of Rs17 billion.

Presently, Motorway’s Islamabad-Lahore and Pindi-Bhatian-Faisalabad sections have been completed, while Islamabad-Peshawar section would also be completed by 2007.

Besides, these four sections of Motorway, construction work on Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway project was also expected to kick off soon, which would be completed in three years at the cost of Rs7 billion, the official told.

http://geo.tv/

dost_4u

July 18th, 2005, 10:49 AM

Pakistan & Malaysia Signed MOU for building Faisalabad – Khanewal Motorway (M-4)

Dated: Apr 26, 2005

Project to cost Rs. 17 billion.

M-4 to open new avenue of cooperation.

Pakistan and Malaysia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for constructin of 184 Km long Faisalabad – Khanewal Motorway (M-4), here today. Chairman National Highway Authority Major General Farrukh Javed and Chairman of Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) of Malaysia Mr. Datuk Hj. Abdul Rahman Abdullah signed the MOU. The signing ceremony was held at NHA Headoffice. 184 Km long Faisalabad – Khanewal Motorway (M-4) (upto Khanewal Interchange) will be 4 lane with provision to upgrade to 6-lane. This project will be completed within 4 years at cost of about Rs. 17 billion for 4 lane motorway with structures for 6-lane. Designed speed on motorway will be 120 Km/hour. 25 Bridges, 2 Major Bridges, 42 Flyovers, 5 Service Areas and 7 Interchanges will be provided with the M-4.
Federal Minister for Communications Mr. Muhammad Shamim Siddiqui and Minister of Works of Malaysia Mr. Dato Seri S. Samy Vellu were also present.
On this occasion Mr. Muhammad Shamim Siddiqui stressed upon the need of promoting cooperation in highway building sector between Pakistan and Malaysia. He said, the signing of the MOU will open new avenues of cooperation between the two brotherly countries. He said, Pakistan will extend maximum cooperation for construction of Faisalabad – Khanewal Motorway (M-4). He hoped that the contractors of Malaysia will also examine the other highway projects in Pakistan. He congratulated on signing of MOU for building of M-4.
Minister for Works of Malaysia Mr. Dato Seri S. Samy Vellu said, inking of MOU for building M-4 in Pakistan, will prove opener of new relationship in highway building sphere between Malaysia and Pakistan. He said, we have had experience of road building in other countries and that we will do our best for construction of M-4. He said, the MOU will enhance our relationship that will pave the way for development of infrastructure in Pakistan.
Earlier Chairman National Highway Authority Major General Farrukh Javed apprised the visiting delegates about construction and development of highway network in Pakistan. He said, Karachi – Lahore – Peshawar National Highway (N-5) is the economic life line of the country and that 1819 Km long this artery is being dualised and its dualisation work is in the final stage. He said, under construction Indus Highway is another significant project and that 11 sections of Indus highway have been completed. He said, its completion will provide an alternate and shorter route between Karachi and Peshawar. After completion of Lahore – Islamabad Motorway (M-2) and Pindi Bhattian – Faisalabad Motorway (M-3), he said, balance works on Islamabad – Peshawar Motorway (M-1), is in progress and Islamabad – Burhan and Rashakai – Charsadda sections have also been completed. He said, an MOU is being signed today for construction of Faisalabad – Khanewal Motorway (M-4). He particularly threw light on ongoing road building schemes in Balochistan province. General Farrukh Javed told that effective measures are being adopted to control axle load on highways and to provide safe and sound journey to the people. He said, NHA will provide all possible cooperation to C.I.D.B for realization of M-4.

http://www.nha.gov.pk/News/ViewNews.asp?NID=69

Dallas1

August 24th, 2005, 06:55 AM

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday approved construction of Faisalabad-Karachi Motorway as part of the government’s policy to improve and expand existing infrastructure and strengthen the North-South corridor to augment growing needs of the economy and its future requirements.
According to an official announcement, National Highway Authority Chairman Maj. Gen. Farrukh Javed gave a detailed presentation on national highways and motorways in the country at the Prime Minister’s House here.
The prime minister said that with high economic growth, Pakistan needed a world class logistic chain, including a controlled access motorway linking Faisalabad with Karachi.
Motorway between Peshawar and Rawalpindi is under rapid construction while the motorway linking Rawalpindi to Lahore and Faisalabad is already in operation.
Dilating upon the importance of a reliable road network for accelerating the pace of economic development, Aziz asked the NHA to explore the right corridor according to requirements of the country.
He also directed that the present Grand Trunk (GT) road should be developed into a better quality road for providing improved access not only to the people but also for goods and services. Such an arrangement will also reduce the travel time, he added.
The meeting focused on improving Gwadar linkage to up North on fast track basis considering them as vital to development of a national corridor linkage Torkham to Karachi.
It also considered matters about the National Highways Improvement Programme undertaken by the NHA at a cost of 261 million dollars.
The prime minister asked the NHA to improve the pre-qualification process of the international bidders considering their experience and financial strength and to lay particular emphasis on their joint ventures with local partners.
He also directed that repair work be undertaken immediately at places where the recent floods had damaged the roads.
During the meeting, the prime minister was also briefed on matters relating to the Islamabad-Peshawar, Lahore-Islamabad, Multan-DG Khan-Qila Saifullah motorways besides the Karakoram Highway and Lyari Expressway and Karachi Northern bypass.
Shaukat Aziz commended the role of NHA in development and maintenance of roads and highways in the country.

Dallas1

August 24th, 2005, 06:56 AM

Rkhan

August 24th, 2005, 06:57 AM

This is very nice. Once the infrastrucure of pakistan is complete. main cities of pakistna are connected by road. its gonna become very good for the countyr.

Dallas1

August 24th, 2005, 06:58 AM

oops wrong Thread delete it from here plz

swerveut

August 24th, 2005, 08:32 AM

aaah! you got your hands first on this news, I was just about to post it :okay:

Techno-Architect

August 25th, 2005, 02:31 AM

Shukar hay in ko jaldi khayal aa gaya hay!!

Btw this project was initiated in the government of Mr. Nawaz Sharif in 1992. The concept was to provide fast transportation network to the CARS (CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLIC) who had gained independence from Russia and needed access to sea ports. The project feasibilty and layout was made by MURRAY DARLING company of Australia who at that time gave its total cost of $989 000 000 000. (aham) The Motorway project consisted of 9 phases from Peshawar to Karachi, and Multan to Gawadar.

Unfortunately the project was delayed/postponed which resulted in a slow progress of the project which we all can see. At the moment M2 and M3 are in use. M1 was suppose to be completed by Dec 2001 and M3 by Jun 2002, but unfortunately M1 is still underconstruction while M3 got finished in mid 2003. Controversy of number of lanes is still going on. Intially Mr. Nawaz Sharif proposed fer 6 lanes, but it reduced to 4 in Mrs. Benazir's rule and again to 6 lanes back in Mr.Nawaz's times. M2 was finally opened in Oct 1997. In 1999, Musharif government stopped the development program. Later when his government undertook the project the M3 lanes were kept 4 keeping in mind the neccessity of 6 lanes.

The purpose of building this network wuz not only to provide access to seaport (Gwadar & Karachi) for CARS, but also to join the major cities, uplift rural backward areas and provide an alternative to the GT Road which was over burdened by execcesive traffic.

A preferable suggestion would be to make 6 lanes keeping in mind the need fer 8 lanes. As u can c that on M2 now, 8 years after it opening, the traffic loads have drastically increased and this will in future make the motorway 2 congested. No doubt the motorway has provided safety along with lesser time but it future vehicular transaction cannot be neglected.

Techno-Architect

August 25th, 2005, 02:43 AM

Hey ppl~! Eva heard of the Indus Highway before?? :weirdo:

Indus highway as the name goes was to be built on the western side of River Indus starting from Peshawar and ending near Karachi. This project was iniated in the time of Mr.Zulfiqar A.B in early 70's. The purpose was to provide an alternative route to upland and uplift of the extremely backward areas of Balochistan and NWFP. However after his govt the project never got much of interest from any govt therefore it is in the middle of nowhere or rather lost.

I say the govt should look at that too because the project when began, millions of rupees must have been spent on its construction n it is now in waste. Such projects at national level should be continued at any cost and should not be cancelled or postponed at all.

swerveut

August 25th, 2005, 02:49 AM

Indus highway has been built for the large part, and is very operational at the moment as far as my speculation goes. But this motorway project linking the North and the South of the country is VERY VERY important as it will help a lot with bridging the cultural divides and uniting the country a lot more. Especially, linking the major cities of Pakistan such as Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad with an efficient and fast transportation corridor is very vital to the uplift of the entire country.

Techno-Architect

August 25th, 2005, 02:53 AM

hmmm...wutz the larger part like.....Karachi to Hyderabad?
do u no the total lenght of the project and the constructed length?????

Techno-Architect

August 25th, 2005, 03:09 AM

swerveut

August 25th, 2005, 07:38 AM

so u think dat cultural bridges will develop with the connection of large cities but wut abt the places that have been neglected before. The N-5 already link Karachi to Torkhum via Multan Lahore Islamabad. Plus u have a rail network working between these cities....should nt we stress on the backward areas on Balochistan and NWFP next to the Indus now or keep them neglected for a little more time.....? if by 80's or 90's the Indus Highway would have been completed u wouldnt have needed a Motorway project to link the land locked countries to our seaport....wut do u say abt dat now??

The Karachi-Hyderabad Highway is already a double lane dual track highway, and I have read its being upgraded to become a pseudo-motorway.
As far as the constructed length of the Indus Hwy goes, I have come across some news items that indicate that most of its track had been completed. I cannot quote them cause I do not have them on hand.
As far as cultural linkages go, what would you say about Lahore-Islamabad road traffic from before and after a motorway's existance? It is a fact that since the motorway was opened, people who would normally not have travelled on the road for such long distances, have usually got up and made frequent journey's between the two cities. The same effect, therefore, could occur for up and down country trips if a motorway linking the north and the south were to exist. Instead of just truckers travelling by road, ordinary people would also get the courage to travel up and down country by road.
The need for highways like the N-5 is there, but that does not undermine a need for motorways because they are not just designed for recreational traffic but for all kinds of freight.

Also, I never said anything about excluding backward areas.

Sultan

September 2nd, 2005, 06:15 AM

Work on Sindh Coastal Highway will start soon

KARACHI (September 02 2005): The work on the construction of 278 km long Sindh Coastal Highway will be initiated by the National Highway Authority soon with funding to be provided by Federal Government, it was reliably learnt.

The feasibility report for the construction of highway was sponsored by Sindh Coastal Development Authority and prepared by Works and Services Department Sindh at a cost of Rs 8.120 million.

The highway has been aligned from Karachi to Keti Bandar via Bhambhore, Keti Bandar to Shah Bandar via Dandheri and Shah Bandar to Ali Bandar.

According to sources, total cost of the project is Rs 3,053.116 million - Rs 12 million per km, with 5.5-meter pavement. The recurrence expenditure will be around Rs 45.7 million.

Defence Authorities have issued NOC for the Coastal Highway and shall connect creeks like Dubbo, Wadh Khudi, Phitti, Jhari, Chan Waddo, Jharkan, Dampora, Hajamro Tursian, Khojar, Sir, Bhori, Sisa, Kharak, Paitiani, Gizri and Korangi Creek.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2005

Techno-Architect

September 2nd, 2005, 11:07 PM

good news~! can we get a map to c the areas beign covered under this project~!
that will be helpful.....

Akimatsuri

September 3rd, 2005, 03:52 AM

I thought the Coastal highway was completed?

Is this an extension?

Pakistan seriously needs to build a Road/Rail network between Quetta and Gwadar/jiwani so that goods can easily get into Afghanistan through Chaman/Khyber but also China through Kashmir.

Basically we need to connect Gwadar to more than just karachi; it needs to be connected by road and rail to the main transport corridors to diversify trade routes.

Also another good step would be keeping the roads in the northern areas especially with China open all year round; I heard that they are closed due to snowfall for several months of the year. Canada counters this problem well with Snow-movers and keeps its roads open; we should follow there example!

JADI

September 3rd, 2005, 10:43 PM

Akimatsuri: Makran Coastal Highway is covering the coastal areas west of Karachi upto Gwadar. Sindh Coastal Highway is east of Karachi.

pakboy

September 4th, 2005, 12:11 AM

well east of karachi is nohting but desert, whats this road gone be for?

Techno-Architect

September 4th, 2005, 02:47 AM

maybe they are planing to meet Karachi later with Mumbai....new road link

if u look at the pic of makran coastal highway and the topography around it, its barren dry land, a desert and dry coastal range!

Techno-Architect

September 4th, 2005, 02:54 AM

welll when a road develops in a backward area only then u can expect economic uplift of such areas.....

Sultan

September 8th, 2005, 02:11 AM

Mai Kolachi Road project to be completed by June 30, 2006: ISPR

KARACHI (September 08 2005): Development and rehabilitation of road from Mai Kolachi to Submarine Chowk is one of the mega projects of Karachi. It includes widening of 4.5 km Mai Kolachi Road from M.T. Khan Chowk to Submarine Chowk and construction of underpass at Schon Circle, says an ISPR press release on Wednesday.

It said that the project was necessitated by Karachi Port Trust (KPT) to smooth traffic flow in the area, adding the project is being implemented by Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), which is one of the prestigious and biggest construction organisations of the country.

Nespak, the prime consultant agency, is providing consultancy services to the project. Completion date of the project is June 30 next year as per contract agreement.

The project is spread in the urban area containing complicated utility service networks, which have been impeding the progress of work to a great extent.

The Schon underpass become the focus of all construction activities which is the hub of commercial area of Clifton. More than 0.4 million vehicles pass daily at Schon intersection from multi directions.

Taking the first underpass of Karachi as challenge, FWO fully mobilised its resources aiming its early completion before 30 June 2006.

The work is being executed day and night and at times it seemed the project would be completed by end July 2005, but due to high water table, delays in shifting of utility services and continuous flow of heavy traffic, the construction activities prolonged beyond July 2005.

As soon as the impediments were removed, FWO has accelerated the peace of work, which is being appreciated by print-media and local public.

Beyond the expectation of common man, FWO made an endeavour and succeeded in opening the traffic through the Schon Bridge on September 1, 2005 as promised by FWO at various forums. People are delighted on early opening of the bridge and foresee that the underpass will also be opened very soon.

The FWO has also provided facility of right tuning at intersection as was given by Nespak and conceived by KPT. The Schon project would be a unique gift for the people of Karachi, the ISPR press release added.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2005

Sultan

September 11th, 2005, 04:43 AM

Indus Highway upgradation to be completed in 2 years

KARACHI (September 11 2005): The work on Rs 50 million project of construction and rehabilitation of Indus Highway (N-55) is likely to be started in 2006 by the National Highway Authority (NHA).

The dual road is planned to be constructed and upgraded in two sections from Sehwan to Khairpur Nathan Shah (97.7 kms) and from Khairpur Nathan Shah to Ratodero (106 kms). It would be completed in two years.

A public hearing in this regard was organised by Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) at a hotel on Saturday to review the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the project and receive the objections and suggestions of the stakeholders.

Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister on Environment and Alternate Energy, Noman Saigol was the chief guest on the occasion.

Sindh Secretary Environment Shamsul Haque Memon, General Manager NHA Mobin Siddiqui, Director General EPA Muhammad Nasir Jamali, Vice President Nespak Azhar Maqsood and representative of Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) Noboro Condo also attended the hearing.

The objective of the proposed project is to facilitate movement of people and goods transport in the area and between different parts of the country by providing inter-provincial, road access and enhance the efficiency of existing road network.

The Advisor to Chief Minister for Environment, Noman Saigol, speaking on the occasion said that it should be mandatory requirement to conduct its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to ensure maintenance of safe environment during the implementation.

The proposed project also involves resettlement and relocation of the residential houses, business units and mosques located alongside the Indus Highway which is the major issue in the whole perspective of the project.

During the hearing many stakeholders, present on the occasion, expressed their concerns and raised questions regarding different aspects of the project which were clarified and answered by the NHA's Director Environment Mushtaq Khaqwani and Environment Protection Specialist Dr Wahida Tehreem.

Mushtaq Khaqwani said that the suggestions put forward by the people on the occasion, would be incorporated in the plan after their feasibility is considered by the concerned authorities.

Earlier, the NHA's Director Environment giving the overview of the proposed project said that it is the first time in the history of the country that an EIA of the project has been carried out to minimise damage to the physical, ecological and socio-economic environment of the adjoining areas of the project.

Sindh Secretary for Environment, Shamsul Haque Memon also spoke on the occasion.

A number of stakeholders from various organisations and students from Karachi University attended the public hearing.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2005

Red aRRow

November 26th, 2005, 07:04 PM

The 760 km highway constructed by the Frontier Works Organization (FWO) which is a part of the Pakistan Army.

The highway stretches from Karachi to Gwadar (and I think onwards to Jiwani but not sure).
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"The Princess of Hope".

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Buzi Pass: Beaches and mud volcanoes are not the only tourist attraction here The landscape itself, all along the highway, and specially in the 75 km Buzi Pass is a pleasure to watch and wonder over Allah's creations in terms of geology. Road in the Buzi Pass passes along cliffs - nay walls made of clay.

Even more interesting are the patterns and 'art forms' that the 'walls' host. One could see columns of Roman era buildings, statues of women and beasts, interwoven branches of old banyan trees which sometimes appeared to be the 'chutya' of a woman's long hair.

Buzi Pass, with a maximum height of about 1,500 feet above sea, is the only place in the Pak-India subcontinent which had found that Alexander the Great was as vulnerable as any other big leader, if he ignores 'the ground realities'.

The ground here is difficult to traverse and there is just not enough water and food. Here he suffered more casualties than in all the battles he had fought in the subcontinent.

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pakboy

November 26th, 2005, 07:24 PM

wrong place, please mpve to landscapes

Red aRRow

November 26th, 2005, 07:31 PM

wrong place, please mpve to landscapes
Isn't MCH considered a project??

shaz

November 26th, 2005, 07:34 PM

thnxz for posting. yeah...even though mch is a project, i think its finished??? so it would just make things a bit more orderly to move it :)

UnitedPakistan

November 26th, 2005, 07:49 PM

Its not a project plus this has been posted a million times now.

Topic Closed

asfar001

November 27th, 2005, 04:33 AM

LAHORE: The first Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) project to construct the dual carriageway from Lahore to Faisalabad will be completed in 2006, said Punjab Communication and Works Minister Chaudhry Zaheeruddin Khan during a visit to the construction site on Friday.

He said that quality would not be compromised during the project’s completion and action would be taken against people not following orders. The minister said that the 115.5-kilometre carriageway, which would be completed a year before the predetermined period of construction, was being built on President General Pervez Musharraf and Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi’s directive. He said that the project would be completed at a cost of Rs 4 billion. Technical Manager Col Baqir told the minister that the construction of the Lahore-Sheikhupura Road was almost complete. He said that 15 bridges would be constructed on the road, of which nine had been completed. Toll plazas were being established at Begum Kot, Sheikhupura Bypass, Feroze Watwan, Shahkot and Gutwala, he added.

Zaheeruddin also reviewed the construction of Lahore Ring Road construction and was told that work on Niazi Chowk Interchange would be completed by December 31, and from Niazi Chowk to Sagian Bridge in March 2006.

asfar001

November 27th, 2005, 04:35 AM

this is great news. we shall Inshallah have a motorway from peshawar all the way down to faisalabad by 2007 inshaAllah. it shall give a boost to the economic activites in the reigon.

swerveut

December 8th, 2005, 09:25 AM

This thread can be used to post different news items or updates relating to the highway network in Pakistan.

swerveut

December 8th, 2005, 09:26 AM

Japan gives $34m for highway project

By Our Reporter

ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Japan on Wednesday extended an initial grant of $34 million for the construction and extension of 94-kilometre track of the Kararo-Wadh section of the National Highway N-25 project. Japanese Ambassador Nobuaki Tanaka and Secretary Economic Affairs Division Khalid Saeed signed the exchange of notes in this regard here on Wednesday.

The National Highway N-25, linking Karachi to Chaman via Quetta, is a strategically important road having a total length of 813 kilometres. This route connects Karachi port with Kandahar (Afghanistan) and extends onwards to neighbouring countries particularly to the landlocked Central Asian states and is of immense importance with regard to trade and transit.

The project would be implemented in two stages and was expected to be completed by 2010. The first short phase, for which the agreement was signed on Wednesday, would require $860,000.

The construction work would be carried out on a shared basis by the National Highways Authority (NHA) and Japan. At present 96 kilometres of the project target road was narrow of which 44.8 kilometres required major improvement while 51.2 kilometres needed minor works.

The proposed project would widen the road to a specified width of 7.3 metres by bringing it to the Asian Highway Standards that would include proper pavements and rehabilitation, reconstruction of cross drainage structures, bridges, installation of proper traffic signs, guard rails and other road safety measures.

On the occasion of the signing ceremony, Mr Tanaka said an efficient transport network played an important role in the socio-economic development of a country. Strengthening Pakistan’s infrastructure was therefore a basic imperative for sustaining the growth momentum. He said better road infrastructure was associated with greater market access.

He said Japan wanted to play a long-term role in the development of Balochistan.

Source: http://www.dawn.com/2005/12/08/nat5.htm

Hope

December 8th, 2005, 09:56 AM

does anyone know, how Karachi is connected to Quetta now a days?

Red aRRow

December 8th, 2005, 03:23 PM

does anyone know, how Karachi is connected to Quetta now a days?

There is a highway which goes through Khuzdar IMO.
Is there also a train track between the cities??

Hope

December 8th, 2005, 03:54 PM

There is a train link between Lahore and Quetta but not sure if there is a direct link between karachi and Quetta, may be a longer route is available

Red aRRow

December 8th, 2005, 06:41 PM

singaporean

December 11th, 2005, 12:51 PM

may see the good of sindh coastal high way

singaporean

December 16th, 2005, 09:44 AM

Construction work on Lowari tunnel to start in 3 months time says President Musharraf
Peshawar, Pakistan | 10 Jun, 2003

President General Pervez Musharraf Tuesday declared in categorical terms that construction work on much debated Lowari tunnel would commence within coming three to four months time.

He made this announcement while addressing a gathering held to inaugurate Kohat Tunnel in Kohat. The President said, he would perform the ground breaking ceremony of the Lowari tunnel project and expressed optimism that it would be completed in four years time.

He hoped that like the Kohat tunnel project, Lowari tunnel would also be completed before its stipulated period with the cooperation and assistance of the Japanese government. The expertise and experience gathered by the engineers of National Highway Authority (NHA) in the execution of Kohat tunnel project, would be utilized in the construction of Lowari tunnel.

He told the gathering the government was aware of the importance of the communication infrastructure as it played a key role in the socio economic development, and poverty alleviation.

President Musharraf said, there was no dearth of funds for the execution of development projects, however, the development funds have to be used honestly and judiciously. "Spending Rs. 5 or 6 billion on project like Kohat tunnel carries no significance, the only thing which matter is sincerity and will to do", however, he opined if it were misused then it is a colossal waste of national resources.

"No matter, if you spent Rs.50 or 100 billion on development projects if it brings socio economic benefits to common man", President Musharraf told.

Massive urbanisation on national highway like N 5 (G.T road), President Musharraf said, was adversely affecting the fertile agriculture lands besides creating traffic hazards on the road. He said, the lopsided urbanisation alongside the highways is shrinking the precious agriculture lands. In order to rectify the situation, the President called for diversification to lessen congestion on the national highways.

Referring to a point raised by Governor NWFP in his address, the President directed NHA to look into possibility of construction of Khushal Garh Bridge on Pindi Kohat road. The President also mentioned about road projects in northern areas which including Gilgit Astore Chelum road, and Chilas Gilgit Chitral via Shandur. These projects would open up northern areas to the tourists. He was highly appreciative of the National Highway Authority in the development of communication infrastructure of the country.

He told the gathering that these projects would only yield benefit to the country, when Pakistan has harmonious relations with other countries. Pakistan, he said, could not survive in a vacuum and it has conducted itself smoothly in the present day global society.

In this regard, the President underscored the need for internal stability and a pragmatic approach in foreign relations, otherwise, he warned, all the efforts taken to divert the international trade through Pakistan would prove futile.
http://www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk/PRPresidentDirectiveDetail.aspx?nPRPresidentDirectiveId=113&nYear=2003&nMonth=6

Sultan

December 17th, 2005, 05:21 PM

NWFP Government satisfied over ECNEC decisions

RECORDER REPORT

PESHAWAR, Nwfp -- NWFP Senior Minister Siraj ul Haq who also holds the portfolio of finance department, has expressed satisfaction over the decisions taken in the meeting of Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) chaired by the Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and expressed the confidence that the Federal Government would focus special attention on development of NWFP in backdrop of its immense level of backwardness and poverty prevalent over here.

He said that his government wanted speedy development of the state and ameliorating lot of its poor masses and we would welcome any good decision in this way.

However he said that judicious and transparent use of resources as well as timely and quality completion of the schemes was must after its approval as he said all such developmental decisions were restricted to paper works only and implementation task was put in the doldrums in the past.

Sirajul Haq said that he had also diverted attention of the Prime Minister and other participants of ECNEC meeting towards unnecessary delay in construction work of 450 KM Nowshera-Chakdara-Chitral (NCC) Highway and underlined the need for its speedy completion wherein he was given assurance of positive response in this respect.

He said that this highway envisaged paramount importance with tourism point of view besides its vital role for national development.

He said that special developmental measures and allocation of maximum resources were required for NWFP due to recent horrendous earthquake while great expectations have been attached to the Prime Minister to give attention on plight of the state. He hoped that the Federal Government would continue with sincere and solid steps in this regard.

Meanwhile the ECNEC meeting held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at Islamabad approved ten mega projects relating to improvement of roads, national drainage, industries, access to justice, health, education and other social sectors.

Under these umbrella schemes, amounting to trillion of rupees, Rs 30 billion have been allocated for DERA-II programme while Rs 52 billion have been set aside for four lane 90 KM Hasan Abdal to Manshera Highway and Rs 60 crore for Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed Cadet College Swabi similarly colossal amounts have been earmarked for overall development and improvement of social sectors in NWFP under these ten mega schemes.

By-pass roads would also be constructed for Haripur, Havelian, Abbottabad and other big cities along with Hasan Abdal to Mansehra Highway that would be constructed as per international criteria.

Intoxication

December 23rd, 2005, 10:11 PM

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N-5 Karachi-Thatta-Hyderabad-Moro-Multan-Sahiwal-Lahore-Jhelum-Rawalpinid-Peshawar-Torkham (Grand Trunk Road) 1819 km
N-10 Lyari-Gwadar-Gabd (Makran Coastal Highway) 653 km
N-15 Mansehra-Naran-Jhalkhand 240 km
N-25 Karachi-Bela-Khuzdar-Kalat-Quetta-Chaman (RCD Highway) 813 km
N-35 Hasanabdal-Abbottabad-Thakot-Gilgit-Khunjerab (Karakoram Highway, KKH) 806 km
N-40 Lakpass-Nokundi-Taftan 610 km
N-45Nowhera-dir-Chitral 309 km
N-50 Kuchlac-Zhob-Dl Khan 531 km
N-55 Kotri-Shikarpur-DG Khan-Kohat-Peshawar (Indus Highway) 1264 km
N-65 Sukkar-Sibi-Saryab 385 km
N-70 Qilasaifullah-Loralai-DG Khan-Multan 447 km
N-75 Islamabad-Satra Mile-Lower Topa (Murree)- Kohala (Murree Expressway) 90 km
S-1 Jaglot (KKH)- Shangrial-Karachi-Skardu 167 km
S-2 Kohala-Muzaffarabad 40 km

M-1 Peshawar-Islamabad 155 km 6 Lanes Completed
M-2 Islamabad-Pindi Bhattian-Lahore 367 km 6 Lanes Completed
M-3 Pindi Bhattian - Faisalabad 53 km 6 Lanes Completed
M-4 Faisalabad - Multan 243 km 4 Lanes Planned
M-5 Multan - DG Khan 84 km 6 Lanes Planned
M-6 DG Khan - Kakkar 467 km 2 Lanes Planned
M-7 Kakkar - Karachi 280 km 2 Lanes Planned
M-8 Ratodero - Gwadar 895 km 2 Lanes Under Construction
M-9 Karachi-Hyderabad 136 km 4 Lanes Planned
M-10 Karachi Northern Bypass 64 km 4,6 or 8 Lanes Completed
LSM: Lahore - Sialkot Motorway 101 km 6 Lanes Under Construction

M2 - Motorway
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a scheduled stop at a Service Station near Kellar Kahar, approximately midway between Islamabad/Rawalpindi and Lahore. It's a one company show here, the service station belongs to Daewoo. It has all what you would expect from a modern service station such as conveniences, restaurant, shops, petrol station and...a mosque!
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GUYS PLZ POST PICS OF OUR HIGHWAYS (N) AND THE COMPLETED MOTORWAYS (M2, M3) WE SHD SHOW OUR INFRASTRUCTURE

Intoxication

December 25th, 2005, 06:39 PM

Crime rate dropped by 76% on Highways/Motorways
Staff Reporter

Lahore—Inspector General Police (IGP) of the National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) Ahmad Nasim Monday said that the crime rate had dropped by 76 percent while accident rate had gone down by 74 percent on the Highways and Motorways after the enforcement by the NH&MP.

He was breifing a six members delegation of the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) United Kingdom headed by Assistant Chief Constable Robert Dyson, which visited the NH&MP offices including Lahore Zonal Office here today.

The IGP NH&MP stated that NH&MP had earned enviable reputation due to friendly policing and special emphasis on help, briefing and education to the road users. The Officers of NH&MP were providing numerous helps to commuters on National Highways and Motorway, he added.

British delegation visited the Mobile Education Unit and specially praised the officers for their excellent instructional material.

Intoxication

December 25th, 2005, 07:49 PM

KARAKORAM HIGHWAY
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.image?id=3597

Karakoram Highway above Indus River SCROLL>>>>>>>
http://www.luxtreks.com/Pakistan%20photos%20for%20report/Karakoram%20Highway%20main.jpg

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/newsletter/images2005/2005-06_ChrisSmithBlackElk-kkh9.jpg

http://www.bougerolle.net/travel/kkh/indus_valley.jpg

http://www.digitalbreakout.com/images2005/0507%20EaglesNest246.jpg

http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.image?id=3595

Narrow spot on KKH

http://typhoon.ucsd.edu/~coles/chinapix/karakul/karakul-Images/8.jpg

http://www.k2news.com/dimages/bus_auf_kkh.jpg

http://www.paulhackett.ca/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/kkh_002.jpg

http://www.paulhackett.ca/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/kkh_003.jpg

http://www.paulhackett.ca/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/kkh_004.jpg

http://www.paulhackett.ca/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/kkh_005.jpg

Red aRRow

December 25th, 2005, 11:44 PM

Super thread Skyscraper_guy. The very first picture is quite informative and gives a good overview of the whole highway/motorway situation.

asfar

December 26th, 2005, 08:05 AM

Red aRRow

December 26th, 2005, 11:01 AM

:) yea the first picture is a very good find....i am thinking we should add pictures of the mekran coastal highway and other roads to here...mekran coastal highway would be easy as we can post the pictures from other threads right here. and later onn what i think we should realy do is have this thread in the world forums where everyone on this site could see. i really wana do that...what do you guys think. :)

We already posted highway pictures in the world highways thread. (BTW cntower your pictures on the first page of that thread are dead links now..please look into it)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=118292
And as the pictures are of varying quality....it doesn't give a very good impression of the highways. It could turn like the Pakistani airports thread where the pictures were of not a good quality and didn't show the real beauty of the architecture, that thread was rescued somewhat by swerveut and his better pictures.

sher-e-lahore

December 26th, 2005, 12:09 PM

http://www.nha.gov.pk/Tenders/dispimage.asp?TImageID=388
http://www.nha.gov.pk/Tenders/dispimage.asp?TImageID=387
http://www.nha.gov.pk/Tenders/dispimage.asp?TImageID=389
http://www.nha.gov.pk/Tenders/dispimage.asp?TImageID=386
http://www.nha.gov.pk/Tenders/dispimage.asp?TImageID=385
http://www.nha.gov.pk/Tenders/dispimage.asp?TImageID=376
http://www.nha.gov.pk/Tenders/dispimage.asp?TImageID=382
COOPERATION IN CRISIS TO FURTHER CEMENT PAK-JAPAN TIES.
General Farrukh Javed

Chairman National Highway Authority Major General Farrukh Javed has said, experiences and observations of Japan will prove very useful for us in the reconstruction and rehabilitation process in the quake hit areas. This cooperation will further cement friendly ties between Pakistan and Japan. He was addressing a symposium held by Japan Society of Civil Engineering (JSCE) and Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ) joint mission for supporting reconstruction and rehabilitation in quake devastated areas. Joint Secretary Ministry of Communications Mr. Firdous Alam, the senior officers of Ministry of Communications, National Highway Authority and Construction Experts also participated.
Addressing the symposium, General Farrukh Javed made it clear that reconstruction of roads and bridges, and rehabilitation activity in earthquake areas is our priority. He said, we can have considerable advantages from the experiences and observations of Japan in reconstruction and rehabilitation activities in quake stricken areas. Japan, he said, is already providing cooperation in national highway building projects in Pakistan, and now at this difficult time, Japanese assistance and interest is a source of encouragement for us. He expected that studies of Japanese experts about affected areas will facilitate the rehabilitation work. He said, Japanese assistance at crisis will further strengthen friendly relationship between Pakistan and Japan. He also commended the joint mission of Japan Society of Civil Engineering (JSCE) & Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ) to support the reconstruction and rehabilitation activity in the affected areas and holding such a symposium on this subject.
Japanese Professor Dr. M. Hamada (Waseda University) spoke on purposes of Japanese Reconnaissance Team and International Cooperation for Earthquake disaster reduction, Professor Dr. Omer Aydan gave an overview of 2005 Kashmir Earthquake and expressed his views on Slope Stability Assessment Procedures. Mr. T. Kobayashi threw light on Bridges’ investigation and assessment.
In the final session of symposium, recommendations were constituted with regard to facilitate the reconstruction and rehabilitation process.
Joint Secretary Ministry of Communications Mr. Firdous Alam expressed gratitude to the Japanese experts for taking interest in rehabilitation operation and extending cooperation. The symposium was rounded off with presentation of shields to the Japanese friends.

National Highways of Pakistan

Route Punjab Sindh NWFP Balochistan Northern Areas Total (Km)
N-5 Karachi-Peshawar-Torkham 1021 671 127 - - 1819
N-10 Liari-Gwadar-Gabad - - - 653 - 653
N-15 Mansehra-Naran-Chilas - - 240 - - 240
N-25 Karachi-Quetta-Chaman - 23 - 790 - 813
N-35 Hassanabdal- Khunjrab 15 - 176 - 615 806
N-40 Lakpass-Taftan
- - - 610 - 610
N-45 Nowshera-Dir-Chitral
- - 309 - - 309
N-50 Kuchlak-Zhob-D.I. Khan - - 143 388 - 531
N-55 Kotri-D.I. Khan-Peshwar 373 495 396 - - 1264
N-65 Sukkur-Sibi-Quetta - 90 - 295 - 385
N-70 Qila Saifullah-Multan 181 - - 266 - 447
N-75 Islamabad-Kohala 90 - - - - 90
N-80 Tarnol-Kohat 108 - 36 - - 144
S-1 Gilgit-Skardu - - - - 167 167
S-2 Kohala-Muzaffarabad - - - - 40 40
Total 1788 1279 1427 3002 822 8318

Highways Map
http://www.nha.gov.pk/info/HWMWMap.jpg

Motorways of Pakistan

Route Punjab Sindh NWFP Balochistan Northern Areas Total (Km)
M-1 Islamabad-Peshawar
67 - 88 - - 155
M-2 Lahore-Islamabad 367 - - - - 367
M-3 Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad 53 - - - - 53
M-4 Faisalabad-Multan - - - - - -
M-5 Multan-D.G.Khan 65 - - - - 65
M-6 D.G.Khan-Retodero
- - - - - -
M-7 Karachi-Kakar
- 303 - - - 303
M-8 Retodero-Gwadar - - - 1072 - 1072
M-9 Karachi-Hyderabad - 136 - - - 136
M-10 Karachi Northern Bypass - 56 - - - 56
Total 552 495 88 1072 - 2207

Motorways Map

http://www.nha.gov.pk/info/HWMWMap.jpg

I'll update more on this guys currently I'm working on Pakistan's map and puting all the highway and motorway on it myself :) onces I have finish with it i'll post it in here cool :)

Intoxication

December 26th, 2005, 08:29 PM

Thanx 4 the comments guys :cheers1:

The route to Lahore-Islamabad motorway goes through the pleasant environs of the Panjab University’s new campus. The parkway runs alongside a canal and is lined with trees on both sides. It took us about twenty or so minutes to get to the M2 motorway connecting Lahore with Islamabad. Once on the motorway, one feels that one has come out of Pakistan and is on a North American highway. The motorway is truly world class and Pakistanis can be justly proud of it. The achievement lies not so much in building the highway –it was built by the now-defunct South Korean giant Daewoo- but in how it has been maintained to international standards; the surface was smooth all the way with no potholes and the car could easily race at the maximum speed, and more, without any problem.

The limited-access Tollway consists of six lanes and runs through 338 kilometers of the Panjab heartland, crossing its all three rivers. The Tollway has service stations and rest houses on the highway and one need not get off the highway to access them. The washrooms at these service stations were quite clean and odourless; I saw an attendant pick up and throw away a cigarette stub in the trash can as soon as someone carelessly threw it on the ground.

The Tollway has a speed limit of 120 kilometres which is rigorously enforced. It is the only place in Pakistan where one has to wear a seat belt. A specially trained and adequately paid police force is equipped with cruisers to ensure that violators don’t get away by bribing or flaunting high connections. I happened to meet a young officer of the motorway in a hotel lobby and was impressed with his demeanor. It showed to me that, with proper training, incentives and equipment, our police forces can be as professional as those in any advanced country.

http://www.pakistanpage.net/gallery/main/misc/m2.jpg

http://p.vtourist.com/1363951-Travelling_by_Road_to_Moutains-Pakistan.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/shaz2005/lahore/pictures%201/24902045_e8935fcadb.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/shaz2005/lahore/pictures%201/24902047_5650bab229.jpg

Intoxication

December 27th, 2005, 05:31 PM

M2 General Information

Service areas 10

Interchanges 11

Flyovers 43

Underpasses 158

Long Bridges 7

Other Bridges 19

Nallas 42

No. of District M2 Passes 7

No. of Police Stations M2 passes 28

Length of salt range 8km
Beats
(A Beat is that area near motorway where the officers and employees live and perform their technical duties) 8

M2 Map Lahore to Islamabad
http://www.pearltours.com.pk/pic/m2.jpg

M3 and M4 Map- Pindi Bhattian to Faisalabad to Multan
http://www.pearltours.com.pk/pic/f_MM.jpg

M1 Map - Islamabad to Peshawar
http://www.pearltours.com.pk/pic/isb-psh.jpg

Intoxication

December 27th, 2005, 07:03 PM

Pics courtesy of WAQAR

Local Transport: There are more people in this pickup truck than a typical New York subway train. Mind you, this is on the main highway to Quetta.
http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/quetta_2004/CNV000010.jpg

http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/quetta_2004/CNV000011.jpg

http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/quetta_2004/CNV000035.jpg

Fuel Stop on the Higway: A typical fuel station on the highway.
http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/quetta_2004/F1000003.jpg

Diversion: Down down down...
http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/quetta_2004/F1010016.jpg

The Sea: A view of the sea on the way to Hub. This is the only point on the highway where the sea is visible.
http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/quetta_2004/F1010025.jpg

Setting Out: Setting out from Karachi, 38 kilometers into the drive.
http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/quetta_2004/F1010028.jpg

Intoxication

December 27th, 2005, 08:02 PM

N-5 is the longest Highway having length 1756 Km. It connects Karachi to Torkham via Multan, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.

N-5 carries 60 % of entire traffic of the country. It is the LIFE LINE OF PAKISTAN. 80 % of economic activity is being carried out through it.

http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/shandur_2004/2004-06-20_21-32-31_0008.jpg

Pic courtesy of Sher-e-lahore

swerveut

December 27th, 2005, 11:32 PM

nice thread. Whose words are those in the post for M-2?

I m thinking, it would be soo good for the Pakistani economy and the Pakistani people if the entire motorway network is finished.

dacooldude

December 27th, 2005, 11:39 PM

Hello everyone, I am originally from India. Nice roads!

Ajit

December 27th, 2005, 11:47 PM

The Makran Coastal highway looks cool. It passes thru some queer rock formations...what is that ?

swerveut

December 27th, 2005, 11:52 PM

Thats the Grand Canyon of Pakistan :colgate:

the MKH passes through some incredible geological regions of Pakistan. It also passes near the most unique geological feature in the world, the Mud Volcanoes.
In scenic beauty, it would probably be second only to the Karakoram Highway.

sher-e-lahore

December 28th, 2005, 02:27 AM

http://www.pakboi.gov.pk/assets/images/flag.gif
Pakistan

Introduction

National Highway Authority (NHA) is the premier road management and regulatory agency managing 17 national highways, motorways and strategic roads.

National highways network consisting of 8,845 Km is 3.5 percent of the total road length in Pakistan and carries 75 % to 85 % of the total commercial traffic. The government has decided to gradually increase the present national average road density from 0.24Km/ sq.
http://www.pakboi.gov.pk/assets/images/map-national-motorways.jpg

NHAs Existing Highway Network

NHA is currently the custodian of 17 of Pakistan’s major inter provincial links called the National Highways; including the Motorways, which are access controlled tolled highways. Total length of roads, under NHA, now stands at 8845 KMs (see table).

These roads account for only 3.5% of Pakistan’s entire road network but cater for 80% of the commercial road traffic in the country. Obviously, the present highway network is not adequate to meet the requirements, which are growing even further at a fast pace.

Improvement and extension of the existing network is, therefore, essentially to develop remote areas, better connection between the economic centers of Pakistan, inter-provisional harmony and also cross-border transport and for personal mobility of the masses.

No. Route (KM)
N-5 Karachi-Thatta-Hyderabad-Moro-Multan-Sahiwal-Lahore-Jhelum-Rawalpinid-Peshawar-Torkham 1819
N-10 Lyari-Gwadar-Gabd (Makran Coastal Highway) 653
N-15 Mansehra-Naran-Jhalkhand 240
N-25 Karachi-Bela-Khuzdar-Kalat-Quetta-Chaman (RCD Highway) 813
N-35 Hasanabdal-Abbottabad-Thakot-Gilgit-Khunjerab (Karakoram Highway, KKH) 806
N-40 Lakpass-Nokundi-Taftan 610
N-45 Nowhera-dir-Chitral 309
N-50 Kuchlac-Zhob-Dl Khan 531
N-55 Kotri-Shikarpur-DG Khan-Kohat-Peshawar (Indus Highway) 1264
N-65 Sukkar-Sibi-Saryab 385
N-70 Qilasaifullah-Loralai-DG Khan-Multan 447
N-75 Islamabad-Satra Mile-Lower Topa (Murree)- Kohala 90
M-1 Peshawar-Islamabad 155
M-2 Islambad-Pinidi Bhattian-Lahore 367
M-3 Pinidi Bhattian - Faisalabad 53
M-9 Karachi-Hyderabad 136
S-1 Jaglot (KKH)- Shangrial-Karachi-Skardu 167
Total:- 8845

N - National Highway
M - Motorway
S- Strategic Road

Eastern/Western Corridor
Pakistan is virtually bisected into two corridors by River Indus. Road infrastructure in the Eastern corridor of Pakistan, in the context of River Indus, historically experienced better economic growth and is relatively more developed. Development of communication network of the Western corridor is now the need of the hour especially from a futuristic perspective especially for the success of Gwadar Port.

NHAs Role-Success of Gwadar Port

Gwadar Port, due for commissioning in the year 2005, is of immense importance not only for trade with Central Asian Republic (CARs) but also for the development of Pakistan. Existing highways through Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan at Chaman & Torkham provide the most convenient and shortest all weather links for Gwadar. Thus, because of its strategic location, Gwadar has the potential to become a hub of major economic and commercial center of the region in the very near future. However, success of Gwadar Port hinges, apart from many other aspects, on its linkage with CARs and Afghanistan besides major economic Centres of Pakistan, with highways of international standard. NHA realize this fact and has obviously a major role to play in this scenario through development and strengthening of not only Pakistan’s highways communications network but also beyond Pakistan.

NHAs Development Strategy

NHA is making concerted effort to develop an efficient, safe and convenient transportation and communication network to meet the growing needs of the country.

NHA is in continuous pursuit of transforming roads into expressways and consolidation of existing assets as well as providing linkages to remote and far-flung areas. NHA is adopting the following strategy in pursuit of this aim:-

Road assets presentation through improved maintenance and up gradation with equal emphasis and care for the entire national highway network.
Roads assets management through introduction and extension of toll culture on highways. All upgraded sections of national highways will e tolled and toll revenue will be spent on maintenance and rehabilitation of these highways.
(Note:- Currently, NHA is generating approximately Rs. 2.5 Billion per annum through toll and other revenue generating resources like leasing the Right of Way (ROW) for commercial activities. It is expected that after 3 to 4 years, NHA will not need any maintenance grant from the government).
Development of planned economic corridor as an alternate high speed facility for north-south traffic and provision of maximum international standard linkages to Gwadar besides development of highways in remote and coastal areas.
Completion of ongoing improvement projects and construction of additional carriageway projects on schedule.
Improved services & safety on the highways through better maintenance enforce discipline including axle load control, removal of encroachment, policing of highways and encouraging private sector participation in the construction of highways/bridges.

BOT Concept

Realizing Government’s financial constraints and in furtherance of the policy announced by the Government, NHA is currently pursuing to materialize private sector participation to augment the state resources to implement road projects through the mechanism of BOT concept. Some of the projects currently in pipeline for execution through this concept are as follows and other projects are being identified:-

Sher Shah Bridge (N-70).
Improvement of Karachi-Hyderabad Expressway (M-9).
Additional Bridge at Ghazi Ghat on River Indus (N-70).
Turnol Interchange Rawalpindi (N-5).
Rawalpindi Bypass Project (-5).
Shahdra Flyover (N-5).

EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE

Roads Infrastructure

Roads & Highways (2002-2003)
Total roads 251,845 Kms.

High Type 151,028 Kms.

Low type 100,817 Kms.

Total Roads growth (2002-03) 0.1%

High type road increase 1.5%

Low type road decrease (-) 1.9%

Length of Roads
(Kilometers)

Fiscal Year
High Type
Low Type
Total

Length
% Change
Length
% Change
Length
% Change

1990-91
86,839
-
83,984
-
170,823
-

1991-92
95,374
9.8
87,335
4.0
182,709
7.0

1992-93
99,083
3.9
90,238
3.3
189,321
3.6

1993-94
104,001
5.0
92,816
2.9
196,817
4.0

1994-95
111,307
7.0
96,338
3.8
207,645
5.5

1995-96
118,428
6.4
99,917
3.7
218,345
5.2

1996-97
126,117
6.5
103,478
3.6
229,595
5.2

1997-98
133,462
5.8
107,423
3.8
240,885
4.9

1998-99
137,352
2.9
110,132
2.5
247,484
2.7

1999-00
138,200
0.6
110,140
0
248,340
0.3

2000-01
144,652
4.7
105,320
-4.4
249,972
0.7

2001-02*
148,877
2.9
102,784
-2.4
251,661
0.7

2002-03*
151,028
1.5
100,817
-1.9
251,845
0.1

* Estimated
Source: Economic Survey of Pakistan 2002-2003

National Highway Projects

Consists of 8,845 Km (3.5% of total road length)

Accounts for 65% of country’s passengers and freight traffic.

On-Going Projects

S #
Project Name
Length
Province

Projects of N-65

1
Dera Allah Yar-Nuttal
55.5 Km
Balochistan

2
Nuthal-Sibbi
81 Km
Balochistan

Hill Road Projects

1
Barian-Nathiagali-Abbotabad
57.5 Km
NWFP

2
Mansehra-Naran-Jhalkhd
172
NWFP

PM's Directives

1
Ratodero-Shahdadkot Qubo Saeed Khan
64 Km
Sindh

2
Islamabad-Murree Dual Carriageway
43 Km
Punjab

K.K.H (N-35)

1
Thakot-Chillas

NWFP

2
Chillas-Khunjrab

NWFP

3
Rehabilitation of 5 Bridges om KKH

NWFP

Projects from Toll Receipt

1
Rehabilitation of Bund Road, Lahore
19 Km
Punjab

Indus Highway Project

1
Kohat Tunnel & Access Roads Project
29.8 Km
NWFP

New Projects

1
Lyari Expressway Project
32.15 Km
Sindh

2
Karachi Northern Bypass Project
57 Km

3
Rehabilitation of ECW (N-5) - Baberlo to Pano Aqil
30 Km
Sindh

4
Railway Overhead Bridge at Ghaggar Phattak (Thatta) KTHH 93 Km
93 M,
Approaches: 616M
Sindh

5
Khajuri-Bewata N-70
68 Km
Balochistan

6
Rehabilitation of existing Bridge over River Sutlej near Bahawalpur

Punjab

7
Rehabilitation of existing carriageway, Taxila Monument to Tarnol Phatak

Punjab

8
Rehabilitation of existing carriageway, Lahore-Sahiwal Section (N-5)
40 Km
Punjab

9
Rehabilitation of existing carriageway,Sahiwal-Multan Section (N-5)
50 Km
Punjab

Dualization Of N-5

1
Hala-Moro (90+24 Km Bypass)
114 Km
Sindh

2
Kotri Kabir - Baberlo, GOP-II (71.4 + 2 Km Bypass)
73.4 Km
Sindh

3
R.Y.Khan - Bahawalpur
166 Km
Punjab

4
Chablat - Nowshera
70 Km
NWFP

Projects of N-50

1
D.I.Khan-Mughal Kot
124 Km
NWFP

Projects of N-10

1
Makran Coastal Road
533 Km
Balochistan

Source: www.nha.gov.pk

NHA Ongoing Motorway Projects
Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway (M-1)

Project
Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway (M-1)

Province
NWFP / Punjab

City
Islamabad-Peshawar

Length
149.3 Km

Width
3.65 meters

Contractor
M/s Pakistan Motorway Consortium

Consultant
M/s PMC

Date of Commencement
1-Jan-03

Approved Date of Completion
1-Jan-07

Expected Date of Completion
1-Jan-07

Physical Progress
10.06%

Bridges
35

Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad Motorway (M-3)

Province
Punjab

City
Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad

Length
52.5 Km

Width

Contractor
PAMIC

Consultant
Nespak

Date of Commencement
2-Feb-02

Approved Date of Completion
1-Feb-04

Expected Date of Completion
1-Jul-03

Physical Progress
Substantially Completed & opened for traffic

Bridges
6 Bridges & 16 Flyovers

Source: www.nha.gov.pk

NHA Upcoming Projects
S #
Projects

1
Faisalabad-Multan Motorway (M-4)

2
National Highway Improvement Program (WB)

3
Indus Highway Project (Phase III) [454 kms]

4
Chenab Bridge at Sher Shah

5
2nd Bridge on Indus at Ghazi Ghat

6
Khuclak-Zhob (n-50) [316 kms]

7
Nowshera-Chakdara-Dir-Chitral (N-45) [309 kms]

8
Quetta-Kallat (N-25) [130 kms]

9
Interchanges on M-2 (2 No's)

10
Kohat Tunnel-Dara Adam Khel Link Road [6.5 kms]

11
Gwadar-Khuzdar-Shahdad Kot-Ratodera [792 kms]

12
Multan-D.G.Khan-Sakhi Sarwar-Bewata (N-70) [160 kms]

13
Jalkhad-Chillas [63 kms]

dost_4u

December 28th, 2005, 10:39 AM

Can someone provide information on M1, how much is completed and when to be completed

Red aRRow

December 28th, 2005, 12:55 PM

sher-e-lahore the picture in your last post is old. The one in the first post is up to date and shows all the roads.

Intoxication

December 28th, 2005, 05:21 PM

Can someone provide information on M1, how much is completed and when to be completed

http://www.pearltours.com.pk/pic/isb-psh.jpg

The Islamabad - Burhan section of M1 is completed. The rest will hopefully be completed by 30 jan 07.

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:BpdZc0uEoDMJ:www.lums.edu.pk/Schools%2520%26%2520Programs/art_school/bsc-hons/download/LBAT%2520Sample%2520Test.pdf+M1+motorway+in+pakistan+be+completed+&hl=en (PAGE 5)

http://www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk/FFEconoMP.aspx

http://www.nha.gov.pk/Projects/Projects.asp (click on M1)
Project Details
Motorway/Highway Islamabad - Peshwar Motorway (M-1)
Project Name Completion of Balance Work
Length 149.3 Km
Cost (In Million) 12740
Contractor Pak Motorway Consortium
Consultant PMC
Date of Commencement 1 January 2003
Approved Date of Completion 30 January 2007
Expected Date of Completion 30 January 2007
Physical Progress 38.20% Completed

Red aRRow

December 30th, 2005, 02:25 PM

It's Islamabad - Burhan NOT Bhurban.
Burhan is near Hasanabdal while Bhurban is near Murree. :)

Edit: Lay bhai swerveut....'L' is in place now :D

swerveut

December 30th, 2005, 07:46 PM

Burhan is near Hasanabda"L" :lol:

dost_4u

December 31st, 2005, 09:25 PM

Thanx
Skyscraper_guy
for providing info.

Intoxication

January 4th, 2006, 07:16 PM

The Karakoram is the highest highway in the world. Linking Pakistan with China, it took 30 years to build and is truly one of the greatest feats of engineering since the Pyramids

http://www.paktribune.com/images/exclusive/2003/08/KKH_a-view1.jpg

http://www.paktribune.com/images/pictorial/2003/08/27KR_view.jpg

http://www.paktribune.com/images/pictorial/2003/08/27KKH12345.JPG

http://www.paktribune.com/images/pictorial/2003/08/27KR_Near_Besham.jpg

http://www.paktribune.com/images/pictorial/2003/08/27kkh7.jpg

http://www.paktribune.com/images/pictorial/2003/08/27KR_near_gilgit_turnoff.jpg

http://www.paktribune.com/images/exclusive/K28_kkh.jpg

http://www.paktribune.com/images/exclusive/karakoram-highway10.jpg

http://www.paktribune.com/images/exclusive/kkh_01.jpg

http://www.paktribune.com/images/exclusive/kkh_02.jpg

Thanx
Skyscraper_guy
for providing info.

Your welcome

Intoxication

January 4th, 2006, 08:21 PM

http://www.tourtopakistan.com/images/adventure-destinations/karakoram-highway-1.jpg

http://www.tourtopakistan.com/images/adventure-destinations/karakoram-highway-2.jpg

Intoxication

January 4th, 2006, 08:34 PM

KKH - just below the Khunjerab Pass
http://www.timbarnes.ndo.co.uk/kkh1.jpg

Intoxication

January 4th, 2006, 08:48 PM

http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=11546 Its says 52mins, but actually its only 4 mins and 14 secs long. To watch click on view beside the real player's logo

sher-e-lahore

January 17th, 2006, 01:20 AM

The Karakoram Highway
http://www.geocities.com/johnmap2001/kkh/images/lonelyplanet.jpg

I love to see this highway inshAllah I will one day :) I was about to make new thread for this then thought nah better of here :) feedback plz ..

Welcome to
THE KARAKORAM HIGHWAY MAP web site.
The main purpose is to advertise the existence of my map and to assist ordering through a link with Edward Stanfords (The Worlds Largest Map Shop). Almost all the information and inset maps are available here, though obviously at a low screen definition (72dpi). A map of the whole highway is available, with grid lines and contours missing (to remove confusion in the screen grabs). It will naturally take a long time to download as it's over 1100kb.

The buttons at the top of this page should be self evident. HOME is to return to this page at any time. INFO will take you to a basic KKH introduction. MAPS will take you to a page to choose between various towns, cities and area maps. ORDER will take you to a page with the link to Edward Stanfords web site.

http://www.geocities.com/johnmap2001/kkh/images/kkh.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/johnmap2001/kkh/images/kkhmenu3.gif

Highest Highway in the WORLD in Pakistan :)

"Between the Central Asian desert and the plains of Pakistan is a geographical vortex that is rich with history, natural beauty and cultural diversity. In this 'collision zone' of the Indian and Asian continents, the Pamir, Kunlun, Hindukush, Karakoram and Great Himalaya ranges are knotted together and China, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India all come within 250km of each other.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Pakistan and China jointly cut a road across these mountains, following a branch of the ancient network of trade routes called the Silk Road. In 1986 their mutual border was opened to travellers, completing an Asian 'high road' loop taking in Pakistan, China, Tibet, Nepal and north India.
The Karakoram Highway (KKH) connects the Silk Road oasis of Kashgar with Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, via the 4730m Khunjerab Pass, the semi-mythical Hunza Valley and the trading post of Gilgit."
"Within reach of the KKH is some of the most mind-bending mountain scenery anywhere and, in the Karakoram, the highest concentration of lofty peaks and long glaciers in the world, some virtually at the edge of the road."
(from Karakoram Highway by John King)
Lonely Planet 1998 ISBN 0 86442 531 7
Also available from Stanfords website
(see ORDER above)

THE KARAKORAM HIGHWAY
Size flat: 840x620mm
Size folded: 242x124mm
(Plastic sleeve)
Stanfords catalogue no: 93631
Update due: October 2005
Contents:
Region map: 1:1000,000
City plans: 1:10,000 & 1:25,000
All town and city plans made from entirely new cycle-surveys carried out on the KKH from 1990 to 1997. The area map is based on a number of surveys, including my own in part, with updated information obtained in 1997 when I travelled almost the whole length of the highway three times over. In total I have travelled the entire length on seven occasions and have been shot at, bombed, stoned (with rocks), bitten by packs of dogs, arrested 14 times and deported once. I have no problem with people downloading these maps (though I would prefer you to buy it) but would ask other publishers to contact me before using them in other publications (more as a courtesy than anything else).

map of the Pakistan part of the highway
http://www.adserballe.com/pic/KKH/kkh1.JPG

map of the Chinese part of the highway
http://www.adserballe.com/pic/KKH/kkh2.JPG

Timetable for Karakoram Highway

23 - 27 June Islamabad.
28 June Islamabad -Taxila
29. June Taxila - Haripur
30. June Haripur - Abbotabad
1. July Abbotabad - Cuttar Plain
2. July Cuttar Plain - Thakot
3. July Thakot - Pattan
4. July Pattan - Dassu
5. July Dassu - Gilgit. . I actually took a bus for 200 km from Dassu till Gilgit, but this was because the country was on the brick of war with India, I didn't knew anything, saw huge convoys of army trucks and everyone told there would be war soon. In the press club in Islamabad all the journalists also believed in war during my visit there.
6 - 12 July Gilgit. I was sich for one week, but was lucky to be at a very nice hotel.
13. July Gilgit - Ghulmet
14. July Ghulmet - Karimabad
15. July Karimabad - Gulmit
16. July Gulmit - Sost
17. July Sost - Checkpoint Sleept there.
18. July Checkpoing - Crossing the actual border to China. Camped in the middle of nothere.
19. July Camp - Tashgurgan. 100 km headwind.
20. July Tashgurgan - Camp on road near Mt. Mustagh Ata
21. July Camp - Mustagh Ata Base camp
22. July Trek to camp 1 and back to base camp
23. July Base camp to Hotel next to Kara Kul lake
24. July Kara Kul,ill, Foodposining from Base camp
25. July Kara Jul - Kashgar. 197 km trip that day. some 14 hours. The thought about a shower was the key.
26 - 29. July Kashgar.
30. July Kashgar - camp in desert 90 km that day.
31. July Camp - Yeching. 165 km
1. August Yeching - camp in the desert 74 km
2. August Camp to camp in the mountains. 58 km
3. August Camp to broken bridge 3 km!
4. August Bridge to Yeching with bus. Met two Russians who walked though the mountains. They told that Three bridges were gone, that 100 m. sections of the road were gone, and that they had risked their lives for crossing this section on the mountainsides. Was told that it would take up to 30 days to make the road accesable!!!
5. August Yeching. Time to think.
6. August Yeching - Sugan. Want to try one of the small roads into West Tibet
7. August Sugan - sideroad.- Sugan. Road leads to nothere according to locals.
8. August Sugan - Yuian by bus
9. August Yuian - Nurlangar. Duststorms and flooding. Even locals cannot cross this sideroad.
10. August Back to Yuian.My plan is now to go to Golmud
11. August Bus to Minfeng
12. August Long bustrip to Qiemo.
13. - 16. August Qiemo. Stomac problems -> no bus! Told that The road to Golmud is blocked by....FLODING. Too much!
17. August Bus to Urumqi
18. August Still on Bus!! Turning into a killer trip.
19. August Arrives in Urumqi after 54 hours in bus. Crossing directly through the Taklamakan desert on a HIGHWAY! Trip supposed to take 32 hours, but...floding and a engine breakdown.
20 - 23. August Urumqi. Resting and thinking what to do now.
24. August Fly to Guangzhou near Hong Kong
25 - 30 August Hong Kong/Macau
31. August Fly to Kathmandu
1. - 5. September Kathmandu
6. September Fly back to Denmark

sher-e-lahore

January 17th, 2006, 01:22 AM

Karakoram Highway, Pakistan to China
Between the Central Asian desert and the plains of Pakistan is a geographical vortex rich in history, natural beauty and cultural diversity. It's also a damned bumpy ride. The great Karakoram Highway - fully opened in 1986 - spans the 'collision zone' between the Asian and Indian continents, setting a winding route in a place where China, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India come within 250km (133mi) of each other.

The Karakoram Highway follows a network of ancient trade routes linking the Silk Road oasis of Kashgar in western China with the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. Along the way it crosses the Khunjerab Pass (4800m, 15,750ft), otherwise known as the 'Valley of Blood' - a reference to local bandits who took advantage of the terrain to plunder caravans and slaughter merchants. More blood was spilt during the 20 years it took to push, level and blast the present 1300km (800mi) highway through the mountains: over 400 road-builders died, and it doesn't take more than a few hours in this hostile terrain to figure out why.

The glaciers and peaks are mind-bending, but designated drivers miss most of the spectacle, too worried about the hairpin bend, the oncoming maniac, the narrow, crumbling road and the sheer drop. It's possible to navigate the highway by car, bus or - if you've got thighs of steel - bicycle. Though the roads are often treacherous, this part of Central Asia is among Asia's safest destinations. Of course, caution should still be exercised, particularly in the communities of Indus Kohistan, and travelling on the highway at night should be avoided.

Despite half a dozen languages, the region crossed by the highway has an identity all its own, defined by religion (predominately Muslim), trade, a demanding environment and a sense of alienation and isolation from greater China or Pakistan. In some of the rapidly emerging tourist towns such as Gilgit, travellers will encounter the same overpriced scams as anywhere in the world. But on the whole, the region boasts great value and unfeigned friendliness from the locals.

While the road itself offers a visual spectacle rivalled by few places in the world, the real treasures are to be found village-hopping off the main drag. The geographical isolation of the villages has created a huge wealth of diverse cultural practices, clothing and crafts. The locals are unremittingly friendly - more so if you have postcards, tea, salt or sugar to trade.

Highlights of the road itself include the highway-nudging glaciers between Passu and Gulmit, the millennia-spanning excavations at Taxila, near Islamabad, and the centrepiece of the Karakoram Highway, the Hunza Valley's majestic snowy peaks. Theoretically the whole trip could take 48 hours. With breaks, breakages, detours, road blockages, disputed territory and the friendliness of villagers along the way, most journeys take about three weeks.

adil

January 17th, 2006, 04:19 AM

AsA
I have heard that the toll on these Motorways is really high, and it seems like the traffic is always pretty light on them.
What is the point of having them if most travellers dont even use them?

cntower

January 18th, 2006, 07:37 AM

KKH needs to be upgraded big time...especially the N35 between Hassanabdal and Manshera...they are looking for investors who will assist the government in making this a dual carriageway.

merijanpakistan

February 1st, 2006, 08:22 AM

Salam,

Skyscraper Guy! The first picture in your last post is in heaven! It can't be planet earth!! it is very beautiful place to ride a bicycle. I am glad you posted it here. Most of these background scenes are exceptional.

Peace.

Intoxication

February 2nd, 2006, 09:41 PM

swerveut

February 3rd, 2006, 02:55 AM

I think we've got enough photos of the KKH on this thread now. If y'all want to post more, start a new thread for it. Lets have some more pictures of the Lahore-Islamabad motorway, the Makran Coastal Highway and the other highways of Pakistan now.

Intoxication

February 3rd, 2006, 07:31 PM

KKH is famous worldwide so its easier to find its pics. It hard work to find good quality pics of other highways/motorways of Pakistan.

M2 Lahore - Islamabad
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/search/art/disp22_1.jpg

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/roots/dispatches/art/97p.jpg

http://kcm.co.kr/pakistan/pic/Traffic/DaewooExpress.jpg

http://www.cybercity-online.net/yp/assets/images/motorway-view.gif

http://www.recltd.com/motorway1.jpg

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/30297/dsc_2018.jpg

http://photos.bernardloke.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1206&g2_serialNumber=2

UnitedPakistan

February 3rd, 2006, 08:23 PM

They have radar installed on the motorway to track vehicles. Amazing system!

cntower

February 5th, 2006, 02:18 AM

http://www.hotrockglobalchallenge.com/pakistan/images/94.jpg

cntower

February 5th, 2006, 02:19 AM

M2

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/30297/dsc_2018.jpg

Intoxication

February 6th, 2006, 05:48 PM

Makran coastal Highway
http://static.flickr.com/27/66408630_27e25bf000_o.jpg

Buzy pass,Balochistan
http://static.flickr.com/27/57485052_97bf58fb6a_o.jpg

merijanpakistan

February 7th, 2006, 05:00 AM

Salam,

This last picture is so beautiful, skyscraper-guy!

This area of Pakistan is exceedingly pretty.

Peace.

UnitedPakistan

February 7th, 2006, 05:03 AM

This is nothing!

Northern Sindh is just amazing!

We call it the Grand Canyon of Pakistan.

Shanster

February 9th, 2006, 02:38 AM

Im new to this site so if i don't follow a proper protocol, please let me know. I will be going to KHI and I'd like to travel by road. I'd like to go to Gawadar, Lahore, Islamabad etc.. Is it safe? dangerous? Any information would be appreciated. I've done a lot driving in the US and Europe and I'd like to check out Pakistan. I'm not too familiar with the culture.

UnitedPakistan

February 9th, 2006, 03:56 AM

It is very safe!

Are you Pakistani?

merijanpakistan

February 9th, 2006, 04:17 AM

Salam,

A friend of mine from Indian Punjab, went to Pakistan (basically lahore and Nankana Sahib) and when he returned back here in West Virginia, he told me that he is stunned after seeing Pakistani roads in comparison to Indian roads. He said, the roads that Pakistan has in Lahore are better than any Indian city he has been to.

I told him, i'll visit Delhi this summer and compare myself. :D

Overall, he said that the Sikh pilgrims that come to Pakistan, are really impressed by Lahore. (infrastructure wise)

Peace.

Shanster

February 9th, 2006, 06:01 AM

swerveut

February 9th, 2006, 06:23 AM

I was born in KHI and grew up in Canada. Visited KHI once and got sick and didnt get a chance to see anything. heard from some folks that people get killed or robbed on highways. I found this site accidently and got a lot of information about Pakistan. You folks have done a great job. Gwadar highway looks pretty cool kind of reminds of Arizona - the canyons.

Yes, one piece of advice: DO NOT FORGET ANTI-STOMACH-UPSET MEDICINE!!

Even though Pakistan is beautiful and whatnot, and cleaner than India and whatnot, still, people visiting from western countries usually end up falling ill because standards of purity in the country are not that good. And this advice you can get on all visit-pakistan websites.

As far as driving is concerned, I am not sure about the current security situation, but its always a good idea to have your car and valuables properly insured, and travelling in groups to remote areas rather than travelling alone.

Major highways are pretty safe though. So are areas frequented by tourists such as the northern areas.

wazim

February 9th, 2006, 02:52 PM

WOW!!!!! SSguy, UP, swervuet etc........This is just AMAZING thread, keep it up guys. I hardly post here but visit this forum almost every other day. I can't wait till i go to Pakistan this September, i have bought the camera specially to take LOTS of pics of Pakistan for THIS website. :)

cntower

February 11th, 2006, 07:26 PM

The road network in Pakistan is actually really good; I never knew that...

Any news if the M4 is gonna start? And has M1 reached Peshawar yet?

dost_4u

February 11th, 2006, 09:19 PM

many of these pics r present in other threads, plz dont repeat the same pics again and agian

Red aRRow

February 12th, 2006, 11:43 AM

KARACHI: Six-lane motorway soon, says minister

KARACHI, Feb 11: Federal Minister for Communications Mohammad Shamim Siddiqui has said that a six-lane Karachi-Hyderabad motorway project would be launched soon whereas the four-lane Karachi-Peshawar motorway would be completed by 2012.

The minister was talking to newsmen during his visit to Nooriabad-Hyderabad section of the highway to inspect progress of the project on Saturday.

He noted that the work on this project, being executed under the National Highway improvement programme, was in full swing and would be completed in October this year.

Regarding the rehabilitation of the affected families of the Lyari Expressway project, he said the government was giving every affected family an alternative plot and Rs50,000 in compensation. Hopefully, the rehabilitation work would be completed by June 2007, he said in reply to a question.

The minister directed the authorities concerned to take appropriate measures with regard to the safety plan to improve traffic management with a view to prevent causalities on Supper Highway.—Online

http://www.dawn.com/2006/02/12/local6.htm

pak2000

February 13th, 2006, 03:18 PM

Will the proposed motorway from Karachi to Peshawar be an additional direct motorway or are we talking about the planned interlinked route via Lahore?

cntower

February 14th, 2006, 12:18 AM

Will the proposed motorway from Karachi to Peshawar be an additional direct motorway or are we talking about the planned interlinked route via Lahore?

The Karachi-Peshawar Motorway system will not pass through Lahore it is too far east. Instead they have chosen Faisalabad as the junction point where the M2 and M3 meet. From this point, when the rest of the Motorway is complete, anyone coming from Karachi can go to Faisalabad and then get on the M2; M2 south will take you to Lahore and M2 North will take you to Rawalpindi; from there you can either get on the M1 which will take you to Peshawar or you can get on the Link Road and go to Islamabad direct without passing through Pindi...

UnitedPakistan

February 14th, 2006, 04:50 AM

I am fucking going blind with all the big text and fighting!

Let me make myself very clear so you wont pull this fighting crap again. You will NEVER USE BIG TEXT AGAIN IN THIS SECTION UNLESS YOU WANT TO PISS OTHER PEOPLE OFF and you will never ever flame your fellow Pakistani in this subforum every again. Sher-E-Lahore if you did not take these pictures then you have no right to tell him not to use those images. If you did take them then learn some manners and send him a PM instead of big blaring text. I am very disappointed!

And the people who replied to try to calm the situation you did not help. Next time you send a PM to me and things will be dealt with. My goal is to make this subforum nice and quiet and clean. I need member cooperation in order to accomplish my goal.

Next time this occurs anyone who was involved in this fight will be SUSPENDED FOR 7 DAYS. Those who respond to try to calm the situation will receive a 3 day SUSPENSION. This ends here! This is everyones warning.

Ozcan

February 15th, 2006, 05:13 AM

After seeing all this, I have to admit that these highways/motorways look better than those in Turkey. I could be wrong though, since I don't live in Turkey. But I'm amazed at these pictures..

Intoxication

February 15th, 2006, 06:44 PM

Looks like the govermnet eagerly wants Gwadar to be connected to the rest of the country. With the construction of M-8 (Retodero-Gwadar) starting B4 M-4,M-5,M-6 and M-7.

Motorway/Highway Retodero - Gwadar Motorway (M-8)
Project Name Gawadar-Turbat,Section -I Package-II-A
Length 53.6 Km
Cost (In Million) 1527.77
Contractor Ayaz Builders & Xinjiang
Consultant LRA Group
Date of Commencement 15 September 2004
Approved Date of Completion 14 September 2006
Expected Date of Completion 14 September 2006
Physical Progress 27.91 % Completed

Motorway/Highway Retodero - Gwadar Motorway (M-8)
Project Name Gawadar-Turbat,Section -I Package-II-B
Length 63.45 Km
Cost (In Million) 1699.95
Contractor Smad Baluch
Consultant LRA Group
Date of Commencement 15 September 2004
Approved Date of Completion 14 September 2006
Expected Date of Completion 14 September 2006
Physical Progress 50.28 % Completed

Motorway/Highway Retodero - Gwadar Motorway (M-8)
Project Name Turbat-Hoshab,Section -II Package-II-A
Length 76.25 Km
Cost (In Million) 1932
Contractor Husnain Cotex
Consultant LRA Group
Date of Commencement 1 October 2004
Approved Date of Completion 18 September 2006
Expected Date of Completion 18 September 2006
Physical Progress 44.30 % Completed

Intoxication

February 15th, 2006, 06:46 PM

http://www.consultacc.com/finished5.jpg

http://www.consultacc.com/finished2.jpg

http://www.consultacc.com/finished4.jpg

UnitedPakistan

February 16th, 2006, 11:30 PM

I am glad the government wants it done! Finally they are thinking about the future of Pakistan.

pak2000

February 17th, 2006, 10:17 AM

singaporean

February 17th, 2006, 10:35 AM

Did any body know when construction on sindh coastal way is goin to start?

Intoxication

February 17th, 2006, 04:43 PM

Can we please have the source of this information. Other sources quaote M8 expected completion date at around 2011.

Yes hopefully by 2011 it will be completed. The info that i got from NHA was about the construction of Gwadar-Turbat and Turbat-Hoshab part of the M-8. Other parts are yet to be constructed.

http://www.nha.gov.pk/Projects/Projects.asp(click on M8)

UnitedPakistan

February 18th, 2006, 03:21 AM

Did any body know when construction on sindh coastal way is goin to start?
Makran Coastal Highway?

Thats already completed...

singaporean

February 18th, 2006, 06:01 AM

Im asking about the Highway which will go from kHi to lower sindh along the coastal areas?

singaporean

February 18th, 2006, 06:05 AM

Accord signed with China for highway project

By Our Staff Reporter

ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Pakistan and China on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding for re-alignment of the Karakoram Highway, increasing the quantum of trade between the two countries and with the Central Asian states.

Memorandum notes were signed and exchanged between chairman National Highway Authority Major-General Farrukh Javed and representative of China Road and Bridge Corporation Lee Chung Feng at the ministry of communications.

Federal Minister for Communications Muhammad Shamim Siddiqi witnessed the MoU signing ceremony.

The KKH serves as an important link between Pakistan and China’s Xinjiang province. The road runs parallel to the Indus River up to the Khunjrab Pass and passes through rugged mountainous terrain ranging between 4,000 ft and 15,500 ft above mean sea level.

The federal minister said that the ministry was expecting a report from the Chinese team about the survey of expansion work.

Lee Chung Feng said that inking of the MoU would would enhance relationship between the two countries and pave the way for development of infrastructure in Pakistan. He said that the experts had carried out comprehensive inspections along the route and a geological survey had also been conducted there.

Chairman NHA Farrukh Javed said that China is providing a soft loan for the upgradation of the Karakoram Highway and China Road and Bridge Corporation was the main contractor.

Maj-Gen Javed said that National Highway’s N-35, which was 806kms long, started from Hassanabdal, Mansehra, Batagram, Thakot, Basham, Pattan, Dasu, Basha, Chilas, Riakot, Gilgit, Denuore, Aliabad, Gulmit, Passu, Khaiber and Sust. The road from Thakot, which was 616-kilometre-long, was called KKH.

He said that N-35 was also part of the Asian Highway Network and was designated as AH-4, which connected the Karachi Port with China through N-5 and N-55.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/02/18/nat10.htm

swerveut

February 18th, 2006, 06:14 AM

Im asking about the Highway which will go from kHi to lower sindh along the coastal areas?

I think the coastal highway you are referring to IS the Makran Coastal Highway. It goes all along the coast from Khi to Gwadar. That one has already been completed.

If there is another coastal highway you might be referring to, no, no other coastal highway has been made so far.

UnitedPakistan

February 18th, 2006, 06:16 AM

And non should be made! Extension of the Makran Coastan Highway would be more economically viable.

singaporean

February 18th, 2006, 06:33 AM

singaporean

February 18th, 2006, 07:25 AM

I don’t agree with you sorry dude for that I think this highway is compulsory because serious study of the economic viability of plantation of oil palm, coconut and salicornia, can give us a lot more then what we expect. I saw one article which was saying “oil palm would yield billion Rupees per year after maturity”. Pakistani president also some time when he is in relaxed mode says if you want to develop rural or undepeloped/underdeveloped areas then connect them through roads them to big cities.
I am talking about, The highway which has been aligned from Karachi to Keti Bandar via Bhambhore, Keti Bandar to Shah Bandar via Dandheri and Shah Bandar to Ali Bandar.
So please now anyone can tell me when this is going to start.

Shanster

February 18th, 2006, 06:51 PM

Networks of highways and roads are very important factors not only for the economy but also for social progress. All the develooped countries have an execellent networks of roads and highways. Pakistan started way too late. All these tribal chiefs and sardars and mullahs will go away once the people start moving around. Economy grows when people spend money. You build roads and people will travel and move around and spend money. it creates more businesess and services thus create more jobs.

sher-e-lahore

February 19th, 2006, 01:30 AM

ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Pakistan and China on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding for re-alignment of the Karakoram Highway, increasing the quantum of trade between the two countries and with the Central Asian states.

Memorandum notes were signed and exchanged between chairman National Highway Authority Major-General Farrukh Javed and representative of China Road and Bridge Corporation Lee Chung Feng at the ministry of communications.

Federal Minister for Communications Muhammad Shamim Siddiqi witnessed the MoU signing ceremony.

The KKH serves as an important link between Pakistan and China’s Xinjiang province. The road runs parallel to the Indus River up to the Khunjrab Pass and passes through rugged mountainous terrain ranging between 4,000 ft and 15,500 ft above mean sea level.

The federal minister said that the ministry was expecting a report from the Chinese team about the survey of expansion work.

Lee Chung Feng said that inking of the MoU would would enhance relationship between the two countries and pave the way for development of infrastructure in Pakistan. He said that the experts had carried out comprehensive inspections along the route and a geological survey had also been conducted there.

Chairman NHA Farrukh Javed said that China is providing a soft loan for the upgradation of the Karakoram Highway and China Road and Bridge Corporation was the main contractor.

Maj-Gen Javed said that National Highway’s N-35, which was 806kms long, started from Hassanabdal, Mansehra, Batagram, Thakot, Basham, Pattan, Dasu, Basha, Chilas, Riakot, Gilgit, Denuore, Aliabad, Gulmit, Passu, Khaiber and Sust. The road from Thakot, which was 616-kilometre-long, was called KKH.

He said that N-35 was also part of the Asian Highway Network and was designated as AH-4, which connected the Karachi Port with China through N-5 and N-55.

merijanpakistan

February 19th, 2006, 08:28 AM

Salam,
I think the coastal highway you are referring to IS the Makran Coastal Highway. It goes all along the coast from Khi to Gwadar. That one has already been completed.

If there is another coastal highway you might be referring to, no, no other coastal highway has been made so far.
I think, actually he is talking about a "proposed" highway between Karachi and Southern Sindh coastal towns in Thattha district. We ALREADY have a road between Karachi and Gwadar (i.e West wards). He is talking about the Karachi to Eastwards coastal highway that was in news a while ago.

The project was farwarded by the government of Sindh, but is not being funded by Federal Government for the lack of economic viability. Even though it will open thousands of coastal villages of Sindh to the rest of Pakistan, Federal government has not allocated any money for this project. Sindh government is trying to arrange money for the highway.... but that seems unlikely since provencial governments are usually hard on cash for such big projects.

Peace.

swerveut

February 19th, 2006, 07:43 PM

NewYork-wala

February 19th, 2006, 08:19 PM

When will the Islamabad Peshawar lotorway open... I have been hearing about it for years now. Sometimes I hear its finished someties they are almost done sometimes they arent done at all... I mean whats happening?
Also, will the Islamabad-Peshawar motor way be six lanes altogether?
I have seen the route and it looks like it is out of the way and might actually take longer to get between the cities then GT road. So why would people want to use this highway?
How long before the extend the motorway beyond Lahore? When will the start the faislabad route?
And has the Karachi to Hyderabad Motorway started yet?

Intoxication

February 19th, 2006, 08:46 PM

M1 Islamabad - Peshawar will be completed by 30 jan 07. It will have 4 lanes.
The motorway has been extended beyond Lahore, the M-3 connecting Pindi Bhattian with Faisalabad was completed in feb 02.
http://www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk/FFEconoMP.aspx

NewYork-wala

February 20th, 2006, 08:14 AM

Does anyone have pictures of M-3?

Intoxication

February 20th, 2006, 03:28 PM

All i can find about M3 is that it is the 2nd motorway after M2 to be successfully completed in Pakistan. No pics, not even a tiny thumbnail. Looks like no one uses the M3. :lol:

singaporean

February 21st, 2006, 09:56 AM

Rs1.9bn for Multan ring road

MULTAN, Feb 20: District Nazim Mian Faisal Mukhtar has announced here on Monday that the provincial government has allocated Rs1.9 billion for the construction of much-needed ring road for Multan.

Speaking at a press conference, the nazim said the ring road was need of the hour to address the mounting pressure of vehicular traffic in and around the city. He paid rich tributes to Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi for taking keen interest in the development of Multan.

He said the construction of southern and northern bypasses would also be initiated this year with the collaboration of the National Highway Authority. He said an amount of Rs400 million had been earmarked to resolve the sewerage problem of the city once for all.

The nazim said that a comprehensive housing policy for the district was in the pipeline which would help discourage unauthorised and substandard housing colonies. He advised the people to invest only in those housing schemes which were approved by the Multan Development Authority.

He further announced that a housing scheme comprising 2,000 acres of land would soon be introduced in the name of University Town on the Bosan Road.

Similarly, he added, a housing scheme would be introduced in Sher Shah Town as well. He said the last date for the submission of application forms for MDA’s Fatima Jinnah housing scheme was being extended up to March 4. —Correspondent

http://www.dawn.com/2006/02/21/nat27.htm

sher-e-lahore

February 25th, 2006, 06:14 PM

All i can find about M3 is that it is the 2nd motorway after M2 to be successfully completed in Pakistan. No pics, not even a tiny thumbnail. Looks like no one uses the M3. :lol:

:bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:

Motorway-M3 & M4 (Faisalabad - Multan):

http://www.pearltours.com.pk/pic/f_MM.jpg

sher-e-lahore

February 25th, 2006, 06:35 PM

National Motorway:
http://www.pearltours.com.pk/pic/nmotorways.jpg

National Highway:
http://www.pearltours.com.pk/pic/nhighway.jpg

Distance Map:

Approximate Distance in Kilometers Between Main Cities and Towns

Abbotabad 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 2279 Abbottabad

Bahawalpur 1447 774 774 360 583 375 952 716 766 877 811 853 94 777 489 465 441 663 851 608 729 676 1278 330 389 1091 987 Bhawalpur

Bela 414 283 1777 673 1616 1408 1985 1749 536 1910 1683 1891 1127 1812 692 668 1474 1682 182 1642 1762 357 2311 1363 1320 1659 Bela

Chitral 2537 1865 347 1451 592 622 216 374 1857 304 531 428 997 466 1580 1556 650 369 1942 482 381 1766 613 730 477 Chitral

D.I. Khan 1843 1170 373 756 507 277 491 378 1162 298 446 517 303 441 885 861 410 267 1247 398 368 962 970 270 D.I.Khan

Faisalabad 1777 1104 385 690 200 90 593 357 1096 519 295 496 237 420 819 795 137 538 1181 251 372 1006 921 Faisalabad

Gilgit 2725 2227 536 1638 781 811 399 573 2044 558 713 470 1184 510 1767 1743 838 703 2129 671 568 1954 Gilgit

Hyderabad 771 98 1419 315 1234 1051 1625 1392 721 1552 1328 1534 769 1455 331 311 1117 1339 175 1284 1405 Hyderabad

Islamabad 2174 1502 40 1088 230 261 249 13 1489 167 169 129 636 53 1218 1194 288 185 1580 121 Islamabad

Jhelum 2054 1381 139 967 109 206 344 108 1368 268 48 249 515 171 1098 1073 167 282 1460 Jhelum

Karachi 995 101 1595 491 1410 1226 1804 1567 715 1728 1503 1709 945 1630 510 486 1292 1514 Karachi

Kohat 2095 1437 146 1024 391 422 224 174 1429 64 330 311 570 237 1152 1128 550 Kohat

Lahore 1888 1215 303 801 177 172 511 275 1207 436 211 417 335 339 930 906 Lahore

Larkana 1081 409 1209 105 1024 840 1424 1181 426 1342 1117 1320 558 1244 24 Larkana

Moenjodaro 1095 433 1233 129 1048 864 1448 1205 451 1366 1141 1344 583 1268 Moenjodaro

Murree 2226 1553 90 1139 280 311 222 63 1545 223 219 76 486 Murree

Multan 1540 867 650 454 465 282 854 623 859 783 558 764 Multan

Muz-abad 2385 1682 166 1213 356 386 222 138 1671 299 295 Muzaffarabad

New Mir Pur 2892 1419 183 1886 148 254 392 156 1411 316 New Mir Pur

Peshawar 2323 1451 133 1237 378 488 150 160 1643 Peshawar

Quetta 950 819 1510 406 1324 1141 1718 1481 Quetta

Rawalpindi 2163 1430 31 1877 217 248 236 Rawalpindi

Saidu 2399 1726 209 1313 453 494 Saidu

Sargodha 1822 1149 275 739 212 Sargodha

Sailkot 2005 1333 245 919 Sailkot

Sukhar 1086 414 1104 Sukhar

Taxila 2190 1518 Taxila

Thatta 687 Thatta

Turbat Turbat

sher-e-lahore

February 25th, 2006, 06:47 PM

http://motorways-exitlists.com/images/flags/pakistan.gif

Motorways
http://motorways-exitlists.com/motorway.gif
M1 Motorwayاسلاماب ا Islamabad - پشاور Peshawar
M2 Motorway اسلامابا Islamabad - Pindi Bhattian (M3) - لاةو Lahore
M3 Motorway Pindi Bhattian (M2) - Faisalabad
M4 Motorway Faisalabad - Multan
M5 Motorway Multan - Dera Ghazi Khan
M6 Motorway Dera Ghazi Khan - Ratodero (M8) - Kakkar
M7 Motorway Kakkar - کراچي Karachi
M8 Motorway Ratodero (M6) - Khuzdar - Tarbat - Gwadar
M9 Motorway کراچي Karachi - Hyderabad
M10 Motorway کراچي Karachi northern bypass

Expressways

5 Expressway لاةو Lahore - Kamoke - Gujranwala

Standards(Kph)

http://motorways-exitlists.com/images/icons/vit120.gifhttp://motorways-exitlists.com/images/icons/nbv_2d.gif http://motorways-exitlists.com/images/icons/nbv_2g.gif Motorway standard

swerveut

February 25th, 2006, 09:29 PM

:bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:

Motorway-M3 & M4 (Faisalabad - Multan):

http://www.pearltours.com.pk/pic/f_MM.jpg

:weirdo:

Sher-e-Lahore, you seem to be constantly posting things without proper understanding. He was asking for pictures, and you bashed him and posted a map as a picture. Good work ? :dizzy:
I think we have all seen the map before, but still, thats not a picture of the M3.

cntower

February 25th, 2006, 10:52 PM

M3 is going to be a very busy road in the future...as soon as M4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are complete and M9 is connected M3 will become a major junction for people...afterall you have you use the M3 to get to either Lahore, Islamabad or Peshawar...

give it time...

Any idea on why there is no motorway planned for Quetta?

sher-e-lahore

February 26th, 2006, 12:30 AM

:weirdo:

Sher-e-Lahore, you seem to be constantly posting things without proper understanding. He was asking for pictures, and you bashed him and posted a map as a picture. Good work ? :dizzy:
I think we have all seen the map before, but still, thats not a picture of the M3.

your the :weirdo: :weirdo: :horse:

http://www.nespak.com.pk/services/images/3-8.jpg
Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad Motorway (M3)

The clarification: The article has allegedly been based on information provided by responsible officers in the Planning Commission. it appears that most of the relevant information has either not been provided to the special correspondent or has been held back by the author thus producing a totally misleading article. The opinion that “ good money has been sent after bad” is ill founded. The fact is that lot of good money ( approximately, Rs766 million and not Rs2.07 billion) had already been spent on the construction of a sizable portion of the project and more ‘ good money’ was direly needed to bring the project to its completion. If one has some knowledge of the layout of the Motorway system designed by the previous government, one would realise that construction of M-3 ( Pindi-Bhattian-Faisalabad) and eventually M-4 ( Faisalabad-Multan) is absolutely essential for the financial health not only of the two motorways but more importantly of the already constructed Lahore-Islamabad and under construction Islamabad-Peshawar Motorways. With the construction of these two motorways the road users would be provided an alternate shorter link while travelling from south of the country to Islamabad, Peshawar, etc. The completion of these missing links is expected to result in sizable increase in traffic and revenue on these Motorways.

While most of the information collected may be essentially correct, it has been used totally out of context and without understanding its meaning and significance. But projects are conceived to attract private investment for public utility. Such project can not take off if they are not economically viable or do not have the potential to attract capital, in other words if these are not “bankable”. As has been rightly pointed out the original M-3 project was not a “ bankable project” on “stand-alone” basis and needed some additional comforts or concessions to make it “bankable”.

Red aRRow

February 26th, 2006, 12:12 PM

I have seen the completed M3 pictures on CENSORED and on CENSORED. Can't find them now but that doesn't mean its not completed.

swerveut

February 26th, 2006, 07:01 PM

your the :weirdo: :weirdo: :horse:

how old are you really?

UnitedPakistan

February 26th, 2006, 07:44 PM

Cut it out

NewYork-wala

February 27th, 2006, 04:54 AM

Doesnt anyone have pictures of the GT road between Islamabad and Lahore? Its really nice now, with 4 lanes it looks like a modern highway.

Intoxication

February 27th, 2006, 07:47 PM

M2 in Salt Range
pic by Tariq Maqsood Khan
http://images.world66.com/motorway_m2_in_sal_galleryfull

Sania

February 28th, 2006, 12:35 PM

Doesnt anyone have pictures of the GT road between Islamabad and Lahore? Its really nice now, with 4 lanes it looks like a modern highway.

the addition of pace shopping malls on G-T road gujrat and gujranwala will make it more beautiful

Intoxication

March 4th, 2006, 09:14 PM

Kids waiting by the motorway M-2

http://www.psi.edu.pk/lahore/_0116.jpg

http://www.psi.edu.pk/lahore/_0117.jpg

http://www.psi.edu.pk/lahore/_0119.jpg

Intoxication

March 4th, 2006, 09:19 PM

Toll Plaza M-2
http://fwo.com.pk/news/jm2004/image018.jpg

Intoxication

March 4th, 2006, 10:06 PM

M-1
http://www.descon.com.pk/infra/infra/Motorway5.jpg
Islamabad – Peshawar Motorway (M-1)
(On Going)

http://www.bayindir.com.tr/english/urunler/pakistan.jpg

swerveut

March 5th, 2006, 02:21 AM

^^ I searched for more info on this project on the Bayindir website, and here is whats really going on:

Islamabad – Peshawar Motorway Project Snags.

Work on the 2 x 3 lane Islamabad - Peshawar Motorway began on May 12, 1998 and is designed for a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour, and the inner lanes on either side are separated by a 12 meter-wide median strip. The Islamabad – Peshawar Motorway has planned to pave using semi-rigid pavement with a maximum thickness of 72 centimeters and a minimum thickness of 68 centimeters. Completing the Motorway will require a total of 25,528,720 cubic meters of earth works, 280,000 cubic meters of concrete and 30,000 tons of reinforcing steel.

The Islamabad – Peshawar Motorway will have a total of five river crossings, including a 975.5 meter-long bridge over the mighty Indus River and a 495 meter-long bridge over the Kabul River. Being built along with these bridges are five guide banks, designed to ensure that changes in water level do not cause erosion or undermine the bridges. In constructing these guide banks, a total of 1,930,385 cubic meters of earth and rock fill will be used. Other elements of the project are 16 flyovers, 39 overhead bridges, 88 underpasses and 521 culverts. The Motorway will also feature five interchanges, two service areas, three rest areas and a toll collection system.

For this project, Bayındır Construction has deployed a machine park valued at approximately US$ 40 million. In order to mobilize as quickly as possible, Bayındır airlifted a portion of its machine park directly to Pakistan using a Russian-made Antonov 124 cargo plane, the largest cargo plane in the world. In addition, two enormous generators were flown to Pakistan from Singapore using two Russian-made Antonov 140 cargo planes. Transporting equipment to Pakistan by ship takes approximately three months, and executives at Bayındır Construction were eager to begin work as quickly as possible in order to be certain that they could complete the Motorway on time. Using essential equipment, which had been transported by air, Bayındır’s team was able to begin work while waiting for the remaining equipment to arrive by sea.

After giving start to the construction, the project has been stopped for several times because of the problems between Pakistan Highway Authority and the landowners. Bayındır demanded for extension abided by terms of the continuation, on these difficulties which were not concerning with Bayındır Holding.

In the year of 2000 because of the changes occurred in the International Highway Authority, the justified demand of Bayındır for extension hasn’t evaluated. On May 2001 the project has been stopped unjustly by the revolutionary government. Against this unjustified implementation, Bayındır Holding and Pakistan government couldn’t solve the problem in good intentions. Due to the international law principles in FIDIC (International Federation of Consulting Engineers) agreement, Bayındır Construction applied to ICSID (International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes) related to the World Bank. Bayındır was justified by the ICSID and an arbitration tribunal has assembled to solve the problem. The result of the arbitration is expected in 2005.

http://www.bayindir.com.tr/english/pa_oyol_pakistan.htm

I think the government needs to solve this problem immediately as soon as they can.

sher-e-lahore

March 5th, 2006, 02:22 AM

Pakistan - on the road between Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan
http://www.freelife.tmfweb.nl/images/dera-road_png.jpg

Northern areas Pakistan - Karakoram Higway - Karakoram and the Indus river
http://www.freelife.tmfweb.nl/images/KKH-5_png.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Lahoremot.jpg

sher-e-lahore

March 5th, 2006, 03:54 AM

Doesnt anyone have pictures of the GT road between Islamabad and Lahore? Its really nice now, with 4 lanes it looks like a modern highway.

Driving on the Grand Trunk (GT) Road, Pakistan, Oct 2, 2003

tuck me long time to find these pics for Grand Trunk Road (GT Road) in the pics you can clearly see the work is undergoing ... hard work to find these pics :) but anything for our bro ...

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01673.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01675.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01676.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01679.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01681.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01683.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01685.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01686.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01687.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01688.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01689.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01692.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01757.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01758.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01759.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01760.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01764.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01773.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01779.JPG

http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01782.JPG

swerveut

March 5th, 2006, 04:16 AM

GT road is going to shi+!

The NHA needs to work to improve its standards!

singaporean

March 5th, 2006, 08:30 AM

Karachi-hyderabad national highway is 1000 times better then this GT road.

Intoxication

March 5th, 2006, 12:12 PM

The GT road looks like any other 'ordinary' Pakistani road.

Red aRRow

March 5th, 2006, 01:29 PM

Thanks for the pics sher-e-lahore. Brings back memories of my travels b/w Isloo and Lhr. Waisay the pictures are from 2003. By now the whole of GT road from Lahore to Islamabad is dualized and is like the Superhighway b/w Karachi and Hyderabad.

PakiDoperz

March 5th, 2006, 01:42 PM

pictures of gt road are very old now the gt road is in very good shape. nearly all of it has been recarpeted ann has been transformed into international standards highway

Red aRRow

March 5th, 2006, 01:51 PM

Gawadar being linked with a network of highways: NHA
KARACHI: A network of highways is being laid to connect the seaport of Gawadar with different parts of the country and the Central Asian States.

National Highway Authority (NHA)’s chairman, Farrukh Javed told this in his address to the International Association of Ports and Harbour here.

He told that the 60 percent work of the underway Gawadar-Hashab road has been completed, which passing through Aawaran and Khuzdar would connect Gawadar with Ratodero and onward to road networks of the country.

Farrukh Javed told that a highway from Gawadar to Panjgor, Wag, Basema and up to Sorab would be constructed. He told that this highway would be connecting Gawadar with Quetta. NHA chairman told that the design work of this highway was in progress and the construction work would soon be taken up, which would be completed in three years.

Chairman, Gawadar Port Authority on this occasion told that an agreement on the construction of key highway linking Gawadar with Iran has been finalized. This highway from Gawadar passing through Jiwani and Gabat would be connecting Iran.

http://www.geo.tv/main_files/business.aspx?id=106542

Sania

March 5th, 2006, 02:17 PM

pictures of gt road are very old now the gt road is in very good shape. nearly all of it has been recarpeted ann has been transformed into international standards highway

I dont think those pics are of GT road between Lahore Islamabad.if those from lahore islamabad gt road then they will be five years ago.Now GT road between lahore islamabad is not only 4 lane but also have service roads on many sections of GT road

Red aRRow

March 5th, 2006, 02:33 PM

I dont think those pics are of GT road between Lahore Islamabad.if those from lahore islamabad gt road then they will be five years ago.Now GT road between lahore islamabad is not only 4 lane but also have service roads on many sections of GT road

You are right...these pictures are from the Islamabad-Peshawar section of the GT-road.
Evidence:
http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-09-Elixir-Zurich-Ibad/GT-road/DSC01681.JPG

Sania

March 5th, 2006, 02:47 PM

thanks i was wonder which kind of crappy cars and trucks and people are moving in those pics which i didnt saw on gt road even in our smaller cities gujranwala,gujrat,faislabad and sialkot.

swerveut

March 7th, 2006, 08:12 AM

KARACHI: Rs400bn to be spent by 2015 on highways, motorways: Federal minister says...

KARACHI, March 6: Federal Minister for Communications Mohammad Shamim Siddiqui on Monday said that projects costing around Rs400 billion for the construction, rehabilitation and upgrading of highways and motorways and the allied facilities would be executed in the country up to 2015.

Another Rs100 billion projects might be added for execution during the same period, he said.

During a media briefing in the office of the National Highways Authority here, the minister said: “By the year 2030, more than Rs800 billion would be spent in this very important sector.”

He said the development and upgrading of the road network was a part of the government’s plan of establishing a national trade corridor to give a boost to economic activity in the country.

Mr Siddiqui said that as per Gen Musharraf’s vision, strengthening of road, rail and sea communication networks would be revamped as a strong communication system was essential for the progress and prosperity of the country.

He said that the National Highway from Karachi to Peshawar, constituting around 1,800 kilometres, was being rehabilitated and dualized. He noted that 1,400km road had already been rehabilitated.

He said that the 1,400-km Indus Highway, which is on the left bank of the Indus, was also being constructed according to the specification of the Asian Highways recommended by Asian Development Bank. The highway has now four-lane road. The National Highway Authority is yet to complete work on its 450km portion.

He said his Ministry had also planned to construct a six-lane Motorway, like the Lahore-Islamabad motorway, between Karachi and Faisalabad.

He said that an MoU had been signed with a Malaysian company for the construction of the motorway between Faisalabad and Khanewal. Work on the M-7 road between Ratodero and Rajanpur was also in progress.

With the completion of the road network, the travel time between Karachi and Peshawar would reduce by 50 percent.

The federal minister said that the 800-km Gwadar-Turbat-Saryab-Khuzdar-Ratodero highway was also being dualized.

The Mekran Coastal Highway would connect Pakistan with Central Asian States (CIS) through Afghanistan and would play a very important role in giving a boost to economic activity in the region. (I think he meant Indus Highway here?)

Mr Siddiqui said the work for the upgrading of 800-km portion of the Karakoram Highway - from Hassan Abdal to Sangriyal, had begun. The cost of this project was Rs42 billion. While China had agreed to extend a soft-term loan of $350 million, the remaining funds would be provided by the government and the World Bank. He said that an MoU in this regard had been signed with China during President Musharraf’s recent visit to that country.

He said that the 470-km portion of the Karakorum Highway - from Hassan Abdal to Rai Kot - would be completed within the next three years to help accelerate the work on Bhasha Dam. He said that the highway’s 140km portion, which would be submerged due to the construction of the dam, would be shifted to 1,000 feet high mountains.

The minister said he had submitted his recommendation for modernized truck fleet to minimize the traffic load on highways.

In reply to a question, he said that after deployment of Motorway Police, the rate of accidents had lowered by 70 per cent and road crime by 50 per cent.—APP

http://www.dawn.com/2006/03/07/local5.htm

Red aRRow

March 7th, 2006, 12:39 PM

^^ :cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber:
The Indus Highway will be the main connection to the Central Asian Republics.

Intoxication

March 20th, 2006, 04:09 PM

Pakistan, China hold talks to improve Road Transport Facilities

BEIJING (China): Senior officials from Pakistan and China will meet Monday at Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang autonomous region to discuss ways and means to further improve road transport
facilities between the two countries.

It would be a working-level consultation, to be held from March 20 to 22 as how to facilitate the business community enhancing bilateral trade. The two sides have recently intensified efforts, promoting trade through land route, so it is important to further develop their road network, official sources said here Wednesday.

Karakorum Highway provides an important communication link between the two countries to boost their socio-economic ties. The proposals regarding rehabilitation and up-gradation of the KKH will also come under consideration during the forthcoming meeting, the sources said.

Perspective

Pakistan and China have already signed a MoU for widening and re-habituating of 600 kilometers of KKH. According to the sources, development of road transport system carries special significance, when the two countries are engaged in consolidating their economic ties.

The two sides have considerably reduced tariff on a number of import-export items under the Early Harvesting Programme that attract their businessmen to undertake more and more trade activities.

Pakistan lays greater emphasize on improving communication network. President Pervez Musharraf during his recent visit to Beijing told China daily in an interview that his country wants to act as a transit facility giving China access to Central Asian markets and energy sources.

He referred to Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea coast in the Pakistani province of Balochistan through which crude oil imports from Iran and Africa can be transported to Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region by land.

Musharraf said the route on which a feasibility study is being conducted is a shortcut compared with the one via the Straits of Malacca. The port is strategically located as it is quite near the Strait of Hormuz, through which 40 per cent of the world's oil passes, he noted.

The President said, he was looking forward to the result of the feasibility study on transporting crude oil via mountainous regions in Pakistan; and suggested that building a railway was an option.

Intoxication

March 20th, 2006, 04:16 PM

WB to give $2b to upgrade rail, road networks

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank will provide $2 billion to Pakistan over the next five years for the North-South Corridor development project for modernizing rail and road infrastructure across the country to promote trade and economic activity.

Praful Patel, World Bank Vice-President for the South Asia region, said this while talking to reporters at the end of the inaugural session of the Pakistan Development Marketplace here on Wednesday.

He said the North South Corridor development is a infrastructure development and modernization project that will include development of infrastructure of roads, highways, bridges, rail links, rail system and infrastructure for future requirements of the country.

This project aims to facilitate the transportation of export cargoes from Peshawar to Karachi and making it competitive. He informed that about six months ago at a meeting with President Pervez Musharraf this North South Corridor development initiative was discussed and was agreed with the World Bank.

The project will modernize the infrastructure of the country. In the first phase, the infrastructure from Lahore to Karachi will be up-graded and modernized. He said the modernization of Pakistan Railways is also the main part of the project, under which it will be re-structured and reformed to meet the future requirements of the country. The demand is there, but the railway system is 50 years old that need up-gradation.

The World Bank will provide $2 billion for North South Corridor development project over the next five years to help the country to modernize its infrastructure. He said the amount for re-structuring and reforming the railways for future requirements is to be decided in consultation with the local authorities.

Responding to another question, he said inflation is in the range of 8% and the government is taking steps to bring it down to a reasonable level. He said the World Bank Portfolio review will be held on Thursday between the Bank authorities and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenues Dr Salman Shah.

A special task force on the North South Corridor has already suggested to the government to rationalize taxes and duties on the import of modern multi-axle trucks with a view to improving the operational efficiency and modernization of trucking fleet in the country.

The task force had highlighted in its report that Pakistan’s highway infrastructure is under multiple overload stress that is reducing its life to less than half. Annual maintenance and rehabilitation bill is touching staggering proportions, causing road sector inefficiency loss of Rs 240 billion per year, as per the World Bank Report 2002. Highways with 10-year design life becomes unserviceable in only 18 months (on an average) and is to be rehabilitated five times during the 10-year design period.

The ministry of communications keeping in view the recommendations of the task force has proposed to the government that under the deletion programme condition the import of CKD trucks be allowed on 0% customs duty and 15% general sales tax against the existing rate of 20% customs duty and 15% general sales tax.

The ministry has also suggested to the government that import of trucks in CBU condition without deletion programme is allowed on 10% customs duty and 15% general sales tax against the existing rates 60% customs duty and 15% general sales tax so that the future requirement of trade and industry can be met through a modern fleet of trucks in the country. The government is expected to approve and announce some of the recommendations of the task force in the budget for the fiscal 2006-07.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C03%5C16%5Cstory_16-3-2006_pg5_4

singaporean

March 21st, 2006, 10:01 AM

Rs35bn road network for Gwadar: PM

By Our Reporter

ISLAMABAD, March 20: The government is building a network of roads at a cost of Rs35 billion to provide better links with Gwadar port which already has access up to Chamman through a combination of Coastal Highway (N-10) and ECO Highway (N-25).

This was stated by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz while presiding over a meeting at the Prime Minister‘s House on Monday to review the status of roads connectivity to Gwadar. He said that the completion of road networks and other mega projects will usher a new era of development and prosperity in Balochistan and the government is taking steps to complete the projects on fast track basis.

Mr Aziz directed the ministry of communications and the National Highway Authority to upgrade the existing road from Gwadar-Hoshab-Panjgur-Nag-Basima and Sorab. The prime minister also directed them to immediately undertake construction of road up to Panjgur and beyond subsequently so that two routes are available between Gwadar and the Central Asian Republics.

NHA Chairman Maj Gen Farrukh Javed made a presentation about the status of various projects.

He said the NHA was working on eight projects to provide network of accesses to Gwadar and from Gwadar to various local and foreign locations. Lyari-Gwadar road has been completed and Gwadar- Jiwani-Gabad road will be completed in 2009 which will provide access to Iran.

He said 57 per cent work on Gwadar-Turbat-Hoshab project has been completed, the remaining work will be completed by March 2007. Basima-Khuzdar road will be completed by 2009 while 60 per cent work on Khori-Wangu hill project has been completed and the remaining portion of the road from Qubo-Saeed Khan to Wangu hills has been awarded to FWO which will be completed in 36 months.

Gen Farrukh informed the prime minister that Kalat- Quetta Chamman road has already been awarded to four contractors under the financial package of the ADB and will be completed in three years.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/03/21/nat2.htm

singaporean

March 28th, 2006, 09:24 AM

Aziz orders work on improving KKH

By Our Reporter

ISLAMABAD, March 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government is focusing on building a network of roads to improve the logistics chain. Presiding over a meeting on road projects, the prime minister said the first phase of the motorway M-1 extension, linking Lahore with Charsadda, would be completed by December, while work on the Charsada-Peshawar section was also in progress.

He was informed that completion of M-1 up till Charsadda involved construction of bridges on Rivers Indus and Kabul. It would contribute to improvement of the north-south corridor and facilitate trade, he was told.

The prime minister directed the communications ministry and the National Highway Authority to initiate work on upgrading the Karakoram Highway immediately to facilitate speedy construction of the Diamer-Bhasha dam. He was told that funds for the work had been arranged. In the first phase, work on Hasan Abdal-Mansehra section will be initiated in July, while the designing of the second phase is in progress.

He was informed that a network of roads was being built with a cost of about Rs35 billion to provide better links to the Gwadar Port, which already had access up to Chaman through the Coastal Highway and the ECO Highway. An alternate route through Pangur-Basima-Sorab will be completed in three years.

The prime minister said the plan of dualisation of the Karachi-Thatha-Kotri National Highway should be included in the next year’s Public Sector Development Programme. Project will be completed in two phases.

The National Highway Authority presented a proposal for import of bitumen on low tariffs to overcome its shortage and bring stability in its price. The prime minister said the possibility to implement the proposal would be explored.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/03/28/top16.htm

wazim

April 2nd, 2006, 05:53 PM

‘Mega road projects to link Pakistan with Asian states’

FAISALABAD: Pakistan will be converted into a regional hub by providing durable, secure, safe and environment-friendly roads by 2014-16, said National Highway Authority Chairman Maj-Gen Farrukh Javed.

He was addressing the members of the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry here on Saturday afternoon. Shedding light over the importance of highways, the NHA chairman said the total length of highways in Pakistan was 260,000 km, out of which the length of motorways was 457 km and those of highways was 9518 km. He said there were 5 million vehicles plying on roads and 80 per cent passengers preferred to travel by roads while rest of 20 per cent travelled by air or by train. Similarly, 95 per cent traffic of freight vehicles was also canalized through highways and motorways, he said and added the roads were the only channel, which was available to 100 per cent population of the country. Maj-Gen Farrukh Javed said Pakistan has embarked upon various gigantic projects of highways construction and thus linking Pakistan with central Asian states. He hoped after the accomplishment of these projects, Pakistan’s trade with neighbouring countries and Asian states would flourish manifold. He said the construction of 75km long road from Torkham to Jalalabad was being constructed within Afghanistan for which Pakistan has granted a loan of $1 million. About M-4, the NHA chairman said the work on this 184km long stretch was expected to start within next 5 to 6 months. He said we have not yet decided that it would be undertaken on the basis of BOT or Public Private Partnership (PPP). "We are still working to decide that if M-4 should be of 4 or 6 lane Motorway", he said and added the technical alignment of this motorway has been finalised and work for the demarcation of the land has been started. However, he said, it has been decided that all flyovers would of 6 lanes. He said the M-4 Motorway was expected to be completed within next 3-4 years. About the problems of over-loading, he defended the steps taken under the road safety act but supported the duty-free import of vehicles, particularly trucks and trailers to replace the existing depleted fleets. He agreed that immediate measures to check overloading would have adverse impacts on exports and imports and assured to forward FCCI recommendations to the Ministry of Communication for necessary remedial measures. Earlier, Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Mian Muhammad Hanif in his address of welcome highlighted the importance of roads network and said that Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company had decided to set up an industrial city along M-3 to fully exploit the potentials of this motorway. The FCCI chief said before determining the AXIL load limit of the vehicles and imposition of fines, ranging from Rs 1000 to Rs 5000 on excess load, the exports from Pakistan would badly hamper and inflict a colossal financial loss to the exporters besides considerable decline in our national exports. He said the shipping lines have allowed the payload capacity of 14 to 16 tons for a 20 feet container and 26 to 30 tons for 40 feet container and hence the National Highway Authority should also follow it and immediately withdraw its decision, especially for export cargo load. He suggested the NHA should grant at least 6 months period to transporters to modify the axils of their vehicles according to specification given by the National Highway Authority. Sh Ashfaq Ahmad, Chairman, Accounts/Finance Committee of the Faisalabad Dry Port Trust also supported the just demand of FCCI president and demanded the holding of a round-table conference of the Ministry of Communication, NHA, Dry Ports of the country and Associations of the Exporters and Transporters to decide the crucial issue of excess load. Later a souvenir of FCCI was also presented to the NHA chairman.

http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/index.html

Curry4Ever

April 3rd, 2006, 08:12 AM

Nice Roads. Approximately what kms are Motorways in Pakistan?

April 3rd, 2006, 04:31 PM

hi all,
anyone have pics of M3 motorway(faisalabad-pindi bhattian) and the highway that will like islamabad and muree(the new one being constructed)? what is the expected date of finish for that?

and keep up the fantastic works bros...

siali

April 3rd, 2006, 07:01 PM

I donot know whether our province of Sindh will ever be blessed by this Motorway spree. Sindh seems to have been missed out.

Intoxication

April 3rd, 2006, 09:46 PM

Nice Roads. Approximately what kms are Motorways in Pakistan?

Currently Motorways make up 420 km of Pakistan's Road Network (M2- Lahore to Islamabad, M3 Pindi Bhattian to Faisalabad) which will be extended to 2744 km when all the planned motorways are completed.

Intoxication

April 3rd, 2006, 09:59 PM

I donot know whether our province of Sindh will ever be blessed by this Motorway spree. Sindh seems to have been missed out.

No regionalisations plz!!! I hate it when Pakistani people start talking about how their region is not benefiting and is being abused. We are all Pakistani and we should all be proud of the fact that 2 motorways have been successfully completed in Pakistan (M2 and M3).

M7, M9 and M10 are exclusively planned for Sindh. Whilst Some parts of M6 and M8 will also be in Sindh. Motorways are being built in a systematic manner, so eventually they will reach Sindh.

Sindh hasn't missed out on anything. The government desperately wants to improve the infrastructure of Pakistan. Before you know it Sindh will have its very own first motorway.

Sindh is in no way being treated unfairly. Pakistan's largest motorway M10 (with the possibility of having 8 lanes) will be in Sindh.

swerveut

April 4th, 2006, 01:21 AM

^^ I wouldnt want to start a war of words here, and sorry to burst your bubble, but its a fact that even though Karachi is the most major port of Pakistan, there isnt a single good connection with upcountry as yet. Lahoris and Islamabadis have lots of cultural exchange because of the motorway and whatnot, but if you go to north and ask people about Karachi or anywhere in sindh, most of them havent even ever visited the city or went there last about a decade ago..

Anyways, bottom line is that even though its on the cards, the government should make it a PRIORITY to construct a high speed road North-South corridor in the country.

Curry4Ever

April 4th, 2006, 03:01 AM

What is the difference between the North and South of Pakistan in terms of

1. Terrain
2. People and Culture
3. Cuisine

Is there a railroad connection running North-South?

singaporean

April 4th, 2006, 11:57 AM

KARACHI: Coastal highway to be built next fiscal year

KARACHI, April 3: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Monday said that Sindh Coastal Highway meant to link Karachi, Thatta, Badin and Ali Bandar would be built in the next fiscal year.

He was addressing a high-level meeting at Chief Minister’s House to review uplift projects in the province. Sindh Additional Chief Secretary (Planning & Development) Ghulam Sarwar Khero, Secretary Finance Asrar Malik, Secretary Communications Faisal Saud and other officials attended the meeting.

Arbab Rahim said that the government would take all possible measures to improve highways and roads in the province. He said that a bridge between Larkana and Khairpur on River Indus would also be constructed. He said that Sindh government had provided communications department with Rs400 million and now it would be reviewed that either work on improvement of roads was carried out satisfactorily or not.

He directed the additional chief secretary to forthwith submit him report after inspecting roads and buildings in various districts of the province.

He asked communications department to pay special attention on the construction of link roads and repair and maintenance of roads instead of initiating new projects so that the existing road network in the province was improved.

He emphasised that repair and construction of roads in the province should not be looked at in a political perspective. All roads would be repaired and constructed without any political affiliations, he added.

The chief minister directed that bypass be constructed at villages and small towns with population exceeding 15,000 and overhead bridges in Kotri, Ranipur and Khairpur districts.

Arbab Rahim said that he would soon undertake visit of various districts of the province to inspect uplift projects.—PPI/APP

http://www.dawn.com/2006/04/04/local10.htm

Red aRRow

April 4th, 2006, 08:28 PM

There's a 160 km long superhighway b/w Karachi and Hyderabad which is very near to the quality of a motorway and has the motorway police patrolling it.
The whole idea of the motorway concep is to link the north and south of Pakistan. A good road network will make for good national cohesion and will boost the economy.

swerveut

April 4th, 2006, 08:32 PM

What is the difference between the North and South of Pakistan in terms of

1. Terrain
2. People and Culture
3. Cuisine

Is there a railroad connection running North-South?

Well, there are some differences in the ways of thinking and living, which are lesser in the cities than in rural areas. In the North, there are different cultural motifs (traditional artistic styles etc) than in the South. Pakistan also has a lot of different language groups. Theres Punjabi, Pushto, Hindko, Hazari etc in the North, whereas it transitions to Seraiki, Sindhi, Urdu and Baluchi in towards the South and west.
Apart from languages and traditional arts, the differences arent extreme, but they are present to the extent that they are obviously noticeable. People in the North and in the interior of the provinces also tend to be a lot more conservative than people in the South and in the cities. The differences are also pronounced towards the extreme North and South because of little mixing between the rural (and some urban) populations of these areas.

My point for posting the reply was that greater communication and travel between people of different areas would promote more awareness and cohesiveness. It would also promote more trade between the north and the south.

Presently there are railroads connecting the North and the South, and also some highways, but none of the quality and facility that would be provided if a motorway was constructed. Because that would make long distance road travel affordably comfortable.

Curry4Ever

April 5th, 2006, 03:07 AM

Thanks swerveut

Certainly a north south corridor would be beneficial

In Australia, we recently completed the Alice Springs - Darwin section which means that freight (and passengers) can now flow from Adelaide straight through to Darwin. Adelaide is well connected to other major cities.

swerveut

April 5th, 2006, 04:14 AM

Yes, currently there are plans for motorway construction in Pakistan as well, but development is going kinda slow on those. Only the Lahore Islamabad and Pindi Bhattian sections have been completed as yet. The Islamabad Peshawar section that is currently under construction faced some issues with the contractors due to government change. I dont know how its proceeding these days. Pres. Musharraf also made an announcement for the start of another section, but there are no details about it either that I know of.
Hopefully all the network will be able to be completed within five years... cause that would be grouse (as they say in Australia? :) )!

Kashmiri84

April 5th, 2006, 05:51 AM

I heard today that there's a Sialkot-Gujranwala-Gujrat-Wazirabad-Muridke-Lahore Motorway in the works? Any news on that?

As for differences b/w North and SOuth Pakistan, I think a more appropriate division would be East (Punjab, Sindh) and West (NWFP, Baluchistan, NOrthern Areas)... in the East people are Indo-Aryans with close ethnic and cultural ties to India, while in the West they're of Iranian stock and have close ties to Afghanistan and linguistic/cultural ties to Iran. Many areas in the very north of Pakistan including Kashmir, are culturally diverse, and isolated from others

Sania

April 5th, 2006, 06:27 AM

Punjab to build Lahore-Sialkot motorway

By our correspondent

LAHORE: The Punjab cabinet decided to initiate measures including construction of international standard motorway from Sialkot to Lahore, action against sale of spurious drugs, activation of price control committees and construction of a sports city in the provincial metropolis.

These decisions were made in the cabinet meeting Tuesday with Chief Minister Ch Perviaz Elahi in the chair. Pervaiz, while announcing construction of motorway from Sialkot to Lahore, said that this six-lane motorway would give an impetus to economic activities. He said the proposed motorway would pass through Gujranwala and link Gujrat, Wazirabad, Muridke and other industrial centres through highways. Pervaiz said this first motorway of its kind in the country could be aptly termed as Shahrah-e-Sanat and it would reduce the travel time between Sialkot to Lahore to only 45 minutes.

He said more such projects would be taken up after its completion in the year 2007. He said the purpose of this mega project is to facilitate export of the products grown or produced in Punjab.

About manufacture and sale of spurious drugs, the chief minister ordered action on war footings against the elements involved in this heinous trade. He said raids will be conducted and factories will be closed down, licences of drug stores and pharmacies will be cancelled that are involved in this crime. He further directed that government hospitals should purchase medicines from only those firms which guarantee their genuineness.

http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/apr2006-daily/05-04-2006/main/main9.htm

Sania

April 5th, 2006, 06:33 AM

Sania

April 5th, 2006, 06:38 AM

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Cabinet decides to construct Lahore Sialkot motorway

* Agrees on modern sports city in Lahore, take action against fake medicines, breathe life into price control committees

Staff Report

LAHORE: The Punjab cabinet met on Tuesday and decided to construct a motorway between Lahore and Sialkot and a modern sports city in Lahore, take action against fake medicine and breathe life into the provincial and district price control committees. Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi chaired the meeting.

Elahi said a six-lane motorway between Lahore and Sialkot (two important industrial centres of the Punjab) would give impetus to economic activity in the province. He said the proposed motorway would pass through Gujranwala and would be linked to Gujrat, Wazirabad, Muridke and other industrial centres.

Elahi also said the motorway would be called Shahrah-e-Sanat and would reduce the distance between Lahore and Sialkot to 45 minutes. He said similar projects would be initiated after the motorway’s completion, which would be in 2007. He said the project would facilitate the export of products manufactured or harvested in the province and would have a positive impact on Pakistan’s economy.

Referring to the manufacture and sale of fake medicine, the chief minister asked authorities concerned to punish people involved in the illegal act. He also ordered raids against locations where fake medicine was manufactured and sold.

He said drug stores and pharmacies selling fake medicine were equally guilty. He also asked officials concerned to implement laws regulating the sale of medicine and to cancel the licenses of stores operating under the name of only one qualified dispenser. He also said government hospitals should buy medicines from firms that guaranteed the authenticity of medicine.

He asked for the reactivation of price control committees to stabilise the prices of essential commodities. He said such committees headed by district nazims were being reconstituted and would meet daily. Elahi also said he would personally look over the committees’ reports and monitor their performance.

About the provision of health facilities to the public, the chief minister said the Punjab government was spending Rs 6 billion for the purpose and a major share of the money would be spent in the rural areas. He said that because of better facilities being provided to doctors in the rural areas the number of people willing to work there had increased. He also said 25 additional marks would be given to doctors appearing in the Public Service Commission interviews who had served in villages for two years. The meeting also decided to medically check all school-going children twice a year so that diseases could be diagnosis early.

The cabinet also approved setting up a sports city spread over 3,000 acres in Lahore and decided to spend about Rs 30 billion on the project, which would be undertaken through foreign investment under public-private partnership. The meeting was also told that people with experience in constructing sports centres in Dubai and other locations abroad would be hired for the project. Elahi said that with the sports centre Pakistan would be able to hold Asian games and other international competitions.

The meeting also decided to award proprietary rights to the residents of Harbanspura village. Land would be allotted at Rs 600,000 per kanal to those living on 10-marlas of land. The chief minister would give away the proprietary rights papers to the residents at a public function soon. The meeting also prayed for deceased MPA Haji Muhammad Tahir.

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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\04\05\story_5-4-2006_pg7_33

Sania

April 5th, 2006, 06:43 AM

swerveut

April 5th, 2006, 08:59 AM

whatever happened to the Islamabad-Peshawar motorway? Does anybody know?

This sounds like a nice project by the Punjab provincial govt.

Tagga

April 5th, 2006, 09:35 AM

^^ Its U/C, 1/2 of it had already been completed when I went to Peshawer last year in August.

pak2000

April 5th, 2006, 10:58 AM

According to an associate of mine, they have now reached the outskirts of Peshawar.

NewYork-wala

April 5th, 2006, 01:17 PM

How many lanes will the Pehawar motorway have? Are there no picutres?

Dallas1

April 5th, 2006, 03:55 PM

^^ ^^ 4 lanes

Techno-Architect

April 5th, 2006, 07:33 PM

GOOD TO HEAR THEY R MAKIN NEW LINKS REDUCING THE TIME BETWEEN COMMERCIAL CITIES......BUT THE GOVT SHOULD ALSO COMPLETE THE EXISITING MOTORWAY PROJECTS THAT WERE PLANNED IN 1992!!!!

swerveut

April 5th, 2006, 07:35 PM

^^ I read this article on the website of the Turkish company that was working on the ISB-Peshawar motorway that they got into some trouble when the new government decided to change their contract without any consultation, so they got into some legal issues.

Is the same company working on it now or is some other one working there?

you can find details of what I am talking about on Bayindir's website:
http://www.bayindir.com.tr/english/pa_oyol_pakistan.htm

Intoxication

April 5th, 2006, 07:59 PM

Good thinking by the Punjab Goverment to link Lahore by a motorway to important industrial cities of Punjab. Looks like Pakistan will have more than 10 motorways with the Punjab Gov. planning to construct the Lahore-Sailkot Motorway!!

With a new airport and a new motorway, the Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gujrat triangle is likely to experience more industrial activity.

Sania

April 6th, 2006, 04:18 PM

currently travel time between Lahore Sialkot is 2 hours and 45 minutes by daewoo bus service.I wonder how it will reduce to 45 minutes.

http://www.sammi.com.pk/schedules.asp
http://www.sammi.com.pk/schedule_show.asp

asfar001

April 6th, 2006, 09:29 PM

what will that motowrway be callled? m-2 extension or what?
and i dnt think itll be possible for them to complete it by 2007?

Kashmiri84

April 7th, 2006, 03:45 AM

2007 seems ambitious, judging by progress on other motorways, it'll probably be done in 2013 at the earliest. However, this is a great plan and if its financed by the private sector like the Sialkot Airport, then it may get done much quicker and would really be a shining symbol of a free-market and laissez-faire economy.

cntower

April 7th, 2006, 07:31 AM

Gujranwala, Gujrat, Wazirabad, Muridke and Sialkot sounds nice....it's about time these cities got connected to the rest of Pakistan properly!

Sania

April 7th, 2006, 07:36 AM

ground breaking ceremony will be held last of this month by president Mushraff mentioned by city nazim sialkot Akmal cheema in local newspaper.

sher-e-lahore

April 7th, 2006, 01:55 PM

Subject : Coastal highway to be built next fiscal year
KARACHI, April 3: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Monday said that Sindh Coastal Highway meant to link Karachi, Thatta, Badin and Ali Bandar would be built in the next fiscal year.
He was addressing a high-level meeting at Chief Minister’s House to review uplift projects in the province. Sindh Additional Chief Secretary (Planning & Development) Ghulam Sarwar Khero, Secretary Finance Asrar Malik, Secretary Communications Faisal Saud and other officials attended the meeting.
Arbab Rahim said that the government would take all possible measures to improve highways and roads in the province. He said that a bridge between Larkana and Khairpur on River Indus would also be constructed. He said that Sindh government had provided communications department with Rs400 million and now it would be reviewed that either work on improvement of roads was carried out satisfactorily or not.
He directed the additional chief secretary to forthwith submit him report after inspecting roads and buildings in various districts of the province.
He asked communications department to pay special attention on the construction of link roads and repair and maintenance of roads instead of initiating new projects so that the existing road network in the province was improved.
He emphasised that repair and construction of roads in the province should not be looked at in a political perspective. All roads would be repaired and constructed without any political affiliations, he added.
The chief minister directed that bypass be constructed at villages and small towns with population exceeding 15,000 and overhead bridges in Kotri, Ranipur and Khairpur districts.

Techno-Architect

April 21st, 2006, 01:01 AM

DELETE THIS!!

Intoxication

April 26th, 2006, 09:18 PM

Highways Made Safer

Highways made safer with police check posts

RAWALPINDI: Mohammad Bisharat Raja, the provincial minister for Law, Local Bodies and Public Prosecution, on Tuesday said that highways had been made safer by setting up police check posts.

He was addressing the passing out parade of the patrol police. The minister said the performance and attitude of the police should reflect the high standards of their training.

He said that it was the responsibility of the officials of law enforcement agencies to protect the lives and properties of the public. The minister said that patrol police was playing an important role in achieving the objectives of ‘Mahfooz Punjab’ envisioned by the Punjab chief minister. He said that the provincial government was working to improve the facilities available to policemen. Ziaul Hassan, Punjab inspector general of police, said that 500 new police posts were being set up and 198 posts were operating.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\04\26\story_26-4-2006_pg11_4

vazim

April 28th, 2006, 12:07 PM

Good News

National Highway plays vital role in socio economic development: State Minister
Sunday April 23, 2006 (0301 PST)

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Communications Engr Mohammad Shahid Jamil Qureshi has said that national highways play vital role in socio economic development and keep them in good condition is our top most priority.
"Early completion of maintenance and rehabilitation projects is direly needed," he observed this during his inspection tour to Lahore-Gujranwala Kharian section of N-5 on Saturday.

He said, National Highway improvement programme is underway with the cooperation of the World Bank and that improvement of 156 km segment of N-5 is a part of this programme. This project will be completed in three year period.

NHA General Manager (NHIP) Brig Laiq Ali gave detailed briefing about the project. He informed, resurfacing and improvement of Gujranwala Kharian section is being executed in three parts. He said Lahore-Gujranwala section will be built in 6-lane and that 42 bridges, 19 underpasses and 46 Bus Bays will also be constructed in this project. Service road at Kamoki and Sadhoki will also be build. He said work on Gujranwala Kharian section is divided in three parts and its total length is 05 km. He said the entire work will be completed by June this year.

Engr Shahid Jamil Qureshi said Gujranwala is rapidly emerging as a big trade and its is one of the cities that earn a lot of foreign exchange for the country, therefore, highways here shall have to be built on modern lines. He said N-5 is the life line of the country and its improvement and good condition is our priority. He directed to undertake all the possible measures for timely completion of Lahore-Gujranwala section. He said, there should be no delay in construction work and it should be completed on priority basis.

He said in order to gear up the pace of work coordination between contractor and consultant is imperative. He hoped timely completion of this project. He also appreciated the environmental and social impact of NHA. He said, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has also cleared this project and World Bank Monitoring team visits Pakistan after every six month to supervise rehabilitation projects. He also commended services of Husnain Cotex (HCL) for arranging recycling machine. Through this machine building material is being re used by recycling and pace of work has also been increased.

Minister of State for Communication expressed satisfaction on pace of work and desired further acceleration of pace of work so that it could be completed in time.

http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=141507

Already N-5 was a four lane highway but with trees as a seperation, it was dangerous road and every other day accidents were a usual case. Now all trees have been uprooted and road is being converted into 6 lane. Already highway traffic police is monitoring N-5 and traffic follows lane rules quite obediently. 6-lane will further make this road very attractive. I have already seen the work started from Gujranwala bypass.

singaporean

April 30th, 2006, 09:30 AM

PESHAWAR, April 29: The National Highway Authority (NHA) is planning to build a northern bypass that will link the expressway between Peshawar and Torkhum with the under-construction Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway, sources said.

Officials said the proposed 26-kilometre long dual carriageway would cost an estimated Rs4 billion and a separate collector had been appointed to oversee the process of land acquisition for the project.

They said the NWFP government was planning to build the northern bypass road after completing the southern part of the ring road.

An official said the authority would construct the northern bypass, as the cash-strapped NWFP government was unable to generate funds for the remaining portion of the ring road.

He said the provincial government had appointed a collector on Friday and the process of land acquisition would begin soon after other staff had been recruited.

NHA officials told Dawn that the political administration in the Khyber Agency had been asked to acquire land for construction of the expressway between Peshawar and Torkhum.

Under the plan, NHA would build a northern bypass from Chamkani on the outskirts of Peshawar to Tekhta Baig in the Khyber Agency to connect the two major highways.

Work on the Islamabad-Peshawar Motor-way is already in progress.

Officials said that the proposed project would be a dual carriageway and the width of each bypass lane would be 7.3 metres. They said the NHA would construct the bypass on build operate and transfer (BOT) basis and its users would be charged.

They said that work on the Peshawar-Torkhum expressway would be started after land acquisition. The project would cost Rs7 billion, they added.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/04/30/local19.htm

singaporean

May 7th, 2006, 09:48 AM

ISLAMABAD, May 6: Federal Minister for Communications Mohammad Shamim Siddiqui on Saturday said that the government would spend about Rs6 billion during the next six years on building and rehabilitation of the road network in the country.

He was speaking at a one-day seminar on bridges at NHA Auditorium.

He said rehabilitation and dualization work of National Highway (N-5) (G.T. Road), Hassanabdal-Mansehra road, Mansehra to Thakot and up to Khunjarab Pass, M-9 (Karachi-Hyderabad Super Highway) and 1,800-km Indus Highway which would provide an alternative road link between Karachi to Peshawar was the priorities of the ministry.

National Highway Authority (NHA) had organized the one-day seminar on the bridges with the objective to introducing new developments in the Bridge Engineering technology that are taking place around the world.

The key speaker was the prominent scholar Dr. V. K, Raina.

Shamim Siddqui said that Dr Raina was a well-known figure in bridge engineering in the world who has written many books on engineering.

He said the NHA has 6000 bridges on its inventory and the percentage of damage was less than 0.1 per cent. It is noteworthy that during the October 8, 2005 earthquake no single bridge constructed by NHA was damaged.

Dr. VK Raina is technical Advisor for Bahrain-Qatar Sea- Link Causeway project, one of the longest bridges in the world being built.

Dr Raina delivered three lectures to the engineers, contractors, consultants and designers of the NHA. He said bridge construction was a far more challenging job than road construction.

He gave a detailed briefing on the Conceptual Design and Aesthetics of Bridges and Trends in Flyover Structures.

Minister of State for Communications Engr. M. Shahid Jamil Qureshi in his closing speech appreciated Dr V K Raina for sharing his vast experience with the NHA.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/05/07/nat24.htm

vazim

May 14th, 2006, 05:09 PM

District (Sialkot): Rs. 12b released for Sialkot-Lahore Motorway
(Pakistan Press International Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)

SIALKOT, April 23 (PPI): The Punjab Chief Minister Ch. Pervaiz Elahi has released a special grant of Rs. 12 billion to Sialkot district government for early establishing of Sialkot-Lahore Motorway. Punjab Minister for Industries Muhammad Ajmal Cheema disclosed this while talking to newsmen, here Sunday.

Sialkot District Nazim Muhammad Akmal Cheema was also present on this occasion. The provincial minister said that construction of Sialkot-Lahore Motorway would begin after June 30, 2006, with total cost of Rs. 20 billions, which would open the new vistas of socio-economic development in the region including Sialkot, Narowal, Gujrat, Gujranwala and Sheikhupura districts, besides providing a strong industrial base.

He said that this motorway would also reduce the distance between Sialkot and Lahore and Lahore would be on the drive of only 45 minutes from Sialkot. He said that the Provincial government has won the hearts of people of Sialkot by approving and announcing the early construction of Sialkot-Lahore Motorway's grand project.

Cheema said the Punjab Chief Minister Ch. Pervaiz Elahi would inaugurate this grand project during his visit in beginning of May 2006.

(THROUGH ASIA PULSE)

singaporean

May 21st, 2006, 07:36 AM

THATTA, May 20: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the plan for dual carriage national highway from Karachi to Thatta and Thatta to Hyderabad has been approved by the government.

He said that the carriageway would provide maximum facilities and bridge the gap between rural and urban areas and open new avenues of livelihood for the people.

He was talking to reporters here on Saturday during his visit to the National Highway bypass at Thatta, Thatta-Sujawal link road improvement and reconstruction project at a cost of Rs739.286 million.

He said that the people should now desist from following slogan-mongering politicians who had delivered nothing but poverty, illiteracy and unemployment.

Replying to a question, Arbab Rahim said that the existing assemblies would elect the president in uniform as per the constitutional requirement and after that elections would be conducted.

He said that the president-in-uniform was essential to rescue the country out of socio-political and economic crises.

The chief minister said that there will be no new tax in the budget and people would get maximum relief.

He said that by the grace of Almightily God, Sindh was having ample funds to overcome inflation and minimise miseries of people.

About the demolition of Sindhi settlements in urban areas, he said that he had already issued the directives to the city government under which from now no village would be bulldozed without the prior permission of the Sindh government.

Arbab Rahim said that he was a Samoo and resident of Thatta. “Our ancestors belonged to the Samoo dynasty of Sindh and had migrated from Thatta to Thar” he said.

Arbab Rahim said that Mian Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto’s democracy pact was a mockery of democracy.

He said that there was no water shortage in Sindh and canals in Sukkur were full to capacity.

About lifting of the ban on jobs, the chief minister said that he was serious to provide employment to youth as soon as possible but some political reservations and constraints were delaying the matter.

He said that special efforts were being made to improve the Thatta and Badin coastal belt to provide maximum job opportunities and livelihood to fishermen families.

The project director of the Sindh works and services department, Mr Akbar Rashdi, gave briefing on the occasion.

The chief minister visited a material checking laboratory on site and expressed his satisfaction over the standard of material being used in the project.

District Nazim Shafqat Hussain Shah Shirazi and Aijaz Shah Shirazi also visited the Thatta-Sujawal bridge on the Indus River.

Our Badin correspondent adds: The chief minister said that the government was committed to bring the rates of essential commodities down.

He was talking to reporters during the inspection of stone-pitching work of the Akram wah canal near Murad wah crossing bridge of Badin and Tando Mohammad Khan border on Saturday.

He said that export of pulses had been banned and sugar mills had been warned to bring sugar stock in the market.

He said that wheat flour would be provided at cheap rate with nominal increase over the government purchasing rate of wheat.

He said that encroachments along irrigation canals would be removed and inspection paths would be constructed.

He said the people especially government servants would hear a good news in the budget.

He said that the salary of personnel of the Sindh police would be raised equal to that of the Punjab police.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/05/21/local7.htm

vazim

May 21st, 2006, 07:33 PM

Industrial revolution in Punjab

SIALKOT, May 19: Provincial Industries and Investment Minister Muhammad Ajmal Cheema has said that efforts were being made for bringing industrial revolution in the province.

Addressing a function of Sialkot Display Centre held at Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) on Friday, the minister said that the government had adopted a liberal and business-friendly policy enabling both local and foreign investors to set up new industrial units in the province.

He said that the Punjab chief minister had already announced the construction of Sialkot-Lahore motorway to facilitate the business community of Sialkot. The completion of the motorway would play an instrumental role in further accelerating the pace of trade and commerce activities in this export-oriented city, he said.

Ajmal Cheema said that the proposed motorway would be accomplished at a cost of Rs20 billion and this mega project would be carried out soon.—APP

Red aRRow

May 23rd, 2006, 12:24 PM

Assalamallaikum everyone.
I am back from my trip to Pakistan. I'll start by posting pictures of my trip from Islamabad to Lahore via the M-2 Motorway. All pictures were taken with my Nokia N-70 at full 2 MP resolution.

On the way towards the motorway from Islamabad.
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Still in the outskirts of Islamabad. Saw these train tracks under a bridge.
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Getting closer to the Motorway.
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Nearing the toll plaza at Islamabad.
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Approaching the start of the Motorway.
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The Islamabad toll plaza of the Motorway system.
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Booth at the toll plaza.
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Motorway police official standing at the toll plaza.
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Motorway police patrol car.
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We were issued this magnetic strip card which contains the car information (number plates etc.) and the point of entrance.
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