The Sukkur to Multan section of the Peshawar-Karachi Highway has beencompleted and was opened up for traffic on December 16, 2020.Peshawar-Karachi highway is the largest development project under theChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
The announcement came via the Twitter account of Spokesman and DDGInformation Department Foreign Ministry of China, Lijian Zhao. The projectis a 6-lane motorway that connects Karachi and Hyderabad via the M-9 route.The Multan-Sukkur section of the motorway is reportedly 392 kilometers andhas a speed limit of 120 kilometers per hour for light traffic vehicles.——————————
The full length of the highway will be 1100 kilometers. As reported byLijian Zhao, a total of $2.89 billion has gone into the completion of theMultan-to-Sukkur section of the project. While commending the efforts ofthe people involved, Zhao also added that the project was completed aheadof its intended deadline.
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In a relevant development that took place about a month ago, Prime MinisterImran Khan announced the initiation of the Main Line-1 (ML-1) railwayproject. The ML-1 project is also a part of the CPEC projects. It is also,reportedly, the biggest railway project in Pakistan to date. The projectwill facilitate train passengers to travel from Karachi to Lahore and viceversa in just seven hours, the premier had said.
