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Govt to invest Rs400bn on highways, motorways



By our correspondent

KARACHI: Communications Minister Shamim Siddiqui said on Saturday that the Ministry of Communications was going to invest Rs400 billion on new roads, highways and motorways and widening and repair of the existing ones.

Speaking to reporters after inauguration ceremony of worldcup.cricpoint.com at a local hotel, he said these projects involve investment of Rs400 billion.

The most important of these projects is the Karakorum Highway, which provides connectivity with China and would be completed at a cost of Rs65-70 billion.

He said the motorway had been completed up to Faisalabad and now work would be started to extend it from Khanewal to Sukkur. By 2014 it would be connected to Karachi, he said. He said work was going on the road from Karachi to Peshawar to make it a four-lane road.

He said the construction of road from Gwadar to Khushab to Sohrab would be undertaken at a cost of Rs22 billion. A road is being built from Khuzdar to Rato Dero at a cost of Rs12 billion. The RCD Highway was being upgraded from Hub to Chaman.

Earlier, the website constructed by the team of Kalpoint.com, a commercial venture of Kalia Group was inaugurated. Speaking to the inauguration ceremony Shamim Siddiqui praised the efforts of Kalia Group in taking Pakistan to the map of IT world by establishing a software house and educating the youngsters of the nation in IT.

Veteran Urdu commentator Muneer Hussain praised the efforts of Hanif S. Kalia for bringing innovative ideas to serve the nation. General Manager Kalpoint.com Umair Ahmed Khan said the website will not only hold latest news but also world cup history, reviews, views, schedules, venues, etc. He said that one of the features of the website is online desktop and full scorecard.

400 billionRS mean 6.66 billion dollars which is good amount for roads.

dollar goes much further in Pakistan, remember wages are lower and cost of materials is generally lower.

Yes u r right. 6.66 billion $ will go long way in Pakistan.

That very good, i am glad that goverment of Pakistan has takenthe right decision. By this way the road standard in the country would be raised. Like this Pakistan should take institution by institution and upgrade it to world standards. I have been in Pakistan its pretty good standard on the motorway. I have droven on the roads of Germany, which has the reputation to have among the best roads in Europe with britisk and french roads. But my oppinion is that Pak motorway is much better, one reason for it is that its strait road, no jums, very good balanced.

After completing road projects Pakistan should upgrade:
1.Its train network and change old trains with new.
2. Other transport fezilities like subway, trams etc tec
3.Like compleet owerhauling og pakistani roads goverment should start with upgrading health and
education institutions in the country.
4. Law and order and corruption should rooted out, one way is to have strong mighty wach organs.
5. Goverment institutions shold be reformed.

http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/04/welcome.htm

Super Highway being converted into six-lane Motorway

ISLAMABAD, Mar 4 (APP): Hyderabad-karachi Super Highway will be converted into a six-lane Motorway (M-9) within two years, a source in National Highway Authority told APP on Sunday.

He said the road would form part of a wider network connecting the principal and populous cities of the country.

The project will cost Rs 6.3 billion and would have eleven interchanges and 10 pedestrian underpasses. (Posted @ 12:20 PST)

Good news. These things form the backbone of nationwide trade.

National Highway (Karachi-Thatta-Shujawal-Tando Mohommad Khan) will be linked to the Super Highway somewhere inbetween and evetually be linked to Faisalabad as well, bringing the major manufacturing hubs together. Driving time from Karachi to Hyderabad will be 30 minutes and onwards to Faisalabad not more than 5 hours.

It'll be a boost to our trade & exports.

Its high time superhighway is upgraded into a motorway (m-9). Glad the GoP has taken steps into that direction.

Faisal Abad Khanewal motorway project is already on the way on BOT bais. I have read somewhere they are going to connect Multan and Khanewal with proposed motorway from Karachi.

It would be around 7-8 hours drive from Karachi to Faialabad once motor way is complete.

Karachi to be linked to Faisalabad, you probably read it in Hellraisers post above.

Road Financing, Pakistan: http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/common/TIS/AH/...ng_pakistan.pdf
Faisalabad Khanewal project (Rs.17 Billion): http://www.nha.gov.pk/News/ViewNews.asp?NID=69
Indus Highway (2.2 B) & Multan Muzzafargarh (31 B) project: http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=...02&Itemid=2
Tameer-e-Karachi programme: http://paktribune.com/business/newsdetail.php?nid=1866
National Trade Corridor: http://www.dawn.com/2007/02/26/ebr14.htm

That would be Bahawal Pur, Lodhran and Jehanian the existing super highway then connecting to Khanewal Faisalabad Motorway.

Yep, Indus Highway from Sukkur onwards.

Hope our current rulers stay for another term. Musharraf has alone accomplished in 5 years what cumulatively zia-bb-nawaz couldn't do in 25 years.

When I finally relocate back to Karachi, I'll take time off and drive through Pakistans length & breath, Insha-Allah.
I'll drive down to Multan, take me for a shoot.