Summary He will be in Karachi on a one-day visit.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reached Karachi on Friday on a one-day visit.
He will be received by Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair Umar, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and other authorities on the Karachi airport.
PM Nawaz will then depart to Nooriabad where he will inaugurate the first phase of 75-kilometre long section of six-lane Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway, M-9.
The ceremony will be attended by federal and provincial ministers, construction company Frontier Works Organization, higher officials of National Highway Authority, traders, industrialists and other dignitaries.
The 75-kilometre completed section of the 136-kilometre Motorway has four interchanges, including Dada Bhoy, Industrial Valley, Nooriabad and Thano Bola Khan Interchange.
These interchanges will provide access to various areas, including Keer Thar National Park, Jhampeer, Kinjhar Jheel and Thano Ahmed Khan.
In addition, 05 bridges while two Trauma Centres at Nooriabad and Damba Goth have also been completed.
Under China Pakistan Economic Corridor, Karachi -Hyderabad Motorway project commenced on September 17, 2015 and the rest work will be completed by March 2018 at a cost of Rs36 billion.
At present, the government is spending Rs. 1200 billion on various roads infrastructure, which will change the economic outlook of the country. The under construction motorways projects include Thakot-Havelian, Lahore-Abdul Hakeem (M-3), Sukkur-Multan Motorway (M-5), Gojra-Shorkot and Shorkot-Khaniwal. After the completion of these projects, the total length of motorways will reach 2000 km.
Under the directions of the Prime Minister, National Highways Authority is proactively pursuing these projects of immense national importance.
Keeping the strategic location of Pakistan in consideration, the present government has started some revolutionary projects like China Pakistan Economic Corridor consisting of a long network of motorways and expressways from Khunjrab to Gwadar.
PM Nawaz is also expected the residence of former Governor Saeed-uz-Zaman to offer condolences over his demise.
