Summary Motorway from Karachi to Hyderabad will be completed in first phase of the project.
KARACHI (Web Desk) – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has laid the foundation stone of Karachi-Lahore Motorway project on Wednesday.
In the first phase of project, motorway from Karachi to Hyderabad will be completed at a cost of Rs36 billion in two and a half years. The complete project will cost around Rs361 billion.
Addressing the ceremony this afternoon, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed confidence that construction of a network of motorways would help promote national unity and solidarity.
He said preparatory work is underway for launching of Khunjerab-Gwadar Motorway as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project.
The Prime Minister said there is also plan for construction of Malir Expressway, which would begin from court complex and join M-9 enabling commuters to approach the motorway in the shortest possible time.
He expressed desire to complete Karachi-Peshawar Motorway during his present tenure and extend it further to Kabul.
“I have talked to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in this regard who expressed his readiness for collaboration with Pakistan for its construction”, he added.
Giving his views on ongoing electricity crisis, the premier said a number of projects are planned to ensure elimination of load-shedding by 2017. For this purpose, ten thousand megawatts of electricity would be added to the national grid by then.
He said 3600 MW would be generated through imported LNG while there are also plans for import of 4000 MW from China. Steps are being taken for installation of power plants based on Thar coal.
