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Motorways of Pakistan
Pakistan motorway sign
System information
Maintained by National Highway Authority
Length3,741 km (2,325 mi)
Formed1997
Highway names
System links

Motorways of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستان کے موٹروے) are a network of multiple-lane, high-speed, controlled-access highways, which are owned, maintained, and operated federally by Pakistan's National Highway Authority. At present, 2429 km of motorways are operational, while an additional 1312 km are under construction or planned. Motorways are a part of Pakistan’s “National Trade Corridor Project” and “China-Pakistan Belt Road Initiative,” from Khunjerab Pass near the Chinese border to Gwadar in Balochistan. All motorways in Pakistan are prefixed with the letter 'M' (for "Motorway") followed by the unique numerical designation of the specific highway (with a hyphen in the middle), e.g. "M-1".[1][2]

History

M2 motorway in the Salt Range
Motorway M2 exit to Sargodha


Pakistan's motorways are an important part of Pakistan's "National Trade Corridor Project",[3] which aims to link Pakistan's three Arabian Sea ports (Karachi Port, Port Bin Qasim and Gwadar Port) to the rest of the country through its national highways and motorways network and further north with Afghanistan, Central Asia and China. The project was planned in 1990. The China Pakistan Economic Corridor project aims to link Gwadar Port and Kashgar (China) using Pakistani motorways, national highways, and expressways.

List of motorways

Name Route Length (km) Lanes Completion Year Status Remarks
M-1 M-1 motorway (Pakistan) Peshawar–Islamabad 155 6 2007 Operational Hazara Motorway (M-15) & Swat Motorway (M-16) interchanges completed in 2018 & 2020 respectively while M-14 Motorway Interchange is currently under construction as of 2021.
M-2 M2 motorway (Pakistan) Islamabad–Lahore 334 6 1997 Operational Repaved in 2016
M-3 M-3 motorway (Pakistan) Lahore–Abdul Hakeem 230 6 2019

Operational

Construction began in December 2015.
M-4 M-4 motorway (Pakistan) Pindi Bhattian–Multan 309 4-6 2019

Operational

Construction began in 2009.
M-5 M-5 motorway (Pakistan) Multan–Sukkur 392 6 2019 Operational Construction began in May 2016.
M-6 M-6 motorway (Pakistan) Sukkur-Hyderabad 306 6 Not yet started Planned Vital project pending since 2016:[4] Construction not yet started but expected to start in 2021. Approved by ECNEC in 2021.[5]
M-6 M-7 motorway (Pakistan) Dadu–Hub 270 N/A N/A Planned
M-8 M-8 motorway (Pakistan) Ratodero–Gwadar 892 2 2022 Partially Operational
Under Construction 		Operational between Hoshab-Gwadar and Khuzdar-Ratodero. Construction approved by ECNEC.[5]
M-9 M-9 motorway (Pakistan) Hyderabad–Karachi 136 6 2018 Operational An upgrade of the previous Super Highway by FWO.
M-10 M-10 motorway (Pakistan) Karachi Northern Bypass 57 2 2007 Operational Ordinary bi-directional single lane road, Proposed for expansion into 4 lane.
M-11 M-11 motorway (Pakistan) Lahore–Sialkot 103 4 2020 Operational Operational between Lahore and Sialkot
M-12 M-12 motorway (Pakistan) Sialkot – Kharian 70 6 2022 Planned Land acquisition started in June 2021.
M-13 M-13 motorway (Pakistan) Kharian - Rawalpindi 115 6 2023 Planned
M-14 M-14 motorway (Pakistan) Islamabad–D.I Khan 285 4 2021 Under Construction Construction began in May 2016. As of August 2021, 4 out 5 packages are 90% complete while package 4 is 80% complete.

The expected completion date is October 2021.

M-15

M-15 motorway (Pakistan) Hasan Abdal–Thakot 180 6-4-2 2020 Operational Also called Hazara Motorway. Construction began in 2016
M-16 M-16 motorway (Pakistan) Swabi – Chakdara 160 4 2020 Operational Also called Swat Motorway. Extension planned but currently fully operational in October 2020.
Total Length 3741

Other proposed motorways

Name Route Length (km) Lanes Completion Year Status Remarks
Peshawar-D.I. Khan Motorway Peshawar-D.I. Khan 360 6 2024 Construction will start from April 2021[6] Approved by KPK Cabinet on 21 December[7]
Dir-Swat motorway Dir - Swat 2 2024
Peshawar–Kabul–Dushanbe motorway Peshawar–Kabul–Dushanbe 6 Under Feasibility
Shorkot-Layyah motorway Shorkot –Layyah 119 4 2025 Connection with two CPEC routes[8]
Lahore-Kartarpur motorway Lahore - Kartarpur Connection to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur[9]

Map

Map of road systems in Pakistan

Network map

Map
Interactive map of motorways of Pakistan

Patrolling and enforcement

Motorway police patrolling at M2

Pakistan's Motorways are patrolled by Pakistan's National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP), which is responsible for enforcement of traffic and safety laws, security and recovery on the Pakistan Motorway network. The NH&MP use SUVs, cars and heavy motorbikes for patrolling purposes and uses speed cameras for enforcing speed limits.

Emergency runways

The M-1 motorway (Peshawar-Islamabad) and the M-2 motorway (Islamabad-Lahore) each include two emergency runway sections of 9,000 feet (2,700 m) length. The four emergency runway sections become operational by removing removable concrete medians using forklifts. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has used the M-2 motorway as a runway on two occasions: for the first time in 2000 when it landed an F-7P fighter, a Super Mushak trainer and a C-130 and, again, in 2010. On the last occasion, the PAF used a runway section on the M-2 motorway on 2 April 2010 to land, refuel and take-off two jet fighters, a [Mirage III] and an F-7P, during its Highmark 2010 exercise.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "South Asia's Most Modern Interchange on Motorway-9 Open to Traffic". A blog about real estate, lifestyle and tourism in Pakistan | Zameen Blog. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  2. ^ "National Highways Authority – Committed to Excellence". Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  3. ^ http://www.adb.org/Documents/Environment/PAK/40075/40075-PAK-SEIA.pdf[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Hyderabad-Sukkur section: China, S Korea lobbying for M-6 motorway". The Express Tribune. 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  5. ^ a b Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2021-05-27). "Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway among 10 projects approved by Ecnec". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  6. ^ "PTI Govt To Construct More Roads With Own Resources: Murad Saeed". UrduPoint. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  7. ^ TLTP (2020-12-21). "KP govt approves Peshawar-DI Khan motorway project". Profit by Pakistan Today. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  8. ^ "Roznama Dunya Multan EDITION 11 December 2020 NEWS DETAIL | ID 5433077_36024805 |Daily Dunya ePaper|Roznama Dunya". e.dunya.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  9. ^ Bureau, Sikh24 Asia. "New motorway approved to halve down the distance between Lahore and Kartarpur | Sikh24.com". Retrieved 2021-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ http://www.paf.gov.pk/press_release/uploaded/MOTORWAY-RELEASE02-04-10.pdf
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