The National Highway Authority (NHA) has started long-delayed construction work on the N-25, also known as the Pakistan Expressway, in Balochistan. The 800-kilometer route will link Karachi, Quetta, and Chaman, creating one of the province’s most important transport corridors.
NHA officials said the project moves forward after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved its reconstruction earlier this year. The highway has long carried a reputation as a dangerous route, prompting federal commitment to rebuild it with higher safety standards.
Federal Communications Minister Abdul Aleem Khan reviewed progress during a meeting on Thursday. He said the N-25 would serve as a strategic investment for Balochistan, supporting both economic activity and regional connectivity.
He also examined updates on the M-8, a key route intended to strengthen access to Gwadar Port, and received briefings on security arrangements for ongoing work in the province.
During a separate review of projects in Sindh, the minister instructed the NHA to expedite remaining work on the Lyari Expressway. He directed the authority to prepare the expressway as a model road for Karachi by improving landscaping, cleanliness, and overall design.
He said the federal and Sindh leadership would be invited to inaugurate the upgraded expressway once completed.
The government has already described the N-25 rebuild as essential. Earlier this year, the prime minister called the highway a “killer road” due to frequent accidents and approved a reconstruction plan valued at roughly Rs. 300 billion to Rs. 350 billion.
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حکومت کے اچھے اقدام کو سراہتے ہیں
پاکستان ہے میری جان ہمیں اپنے وطن کی حفاظت کے
لئے ہر وقت کوشاں رہنا چاہیے ملک کے دشمن
کو پہچانیں اور اپنی فوج کا ساتھ دیں
It’s cowleather or something else
shame .. jo road khude hoye hain un ko to banwa do.. hum ne highway kiya apni qabar banwani hain?? ALLAH ka azab aye tum jaise logo per.. mar q nai jate tum jaise log.. pora karachi deresrt bana diya hai
I do appreciate The necessity
Of the highway ….
However it would be much appreciated , if the part of the funds diverted , to much needed organized n bettering
Of the” MUCH NEEDED “ PAKAA-Ing THE ROADs OF KARACHI . “
Alhamdolilah
It will help build new cities and will reduce load on big cities.
will also generate economic activity through industrialization in these areas using local raw materials and local people.
Alhamdolilah
They have been working on N-25 for several years now, it’s no news to us, I remember it was 3 years ago when I found out they have been working, its just been filling pockets instead of true progress, for the span of almost 3 years, all they are going to do is come up a with a 4 lane road, I have served on N-25, attending to road traffic accidents and believe me even a four lane road wont fix your problems it will remain a death road, when bikes, left-hand diesel/gas loaded zamyads, HTVs such as Tractor trucks with no rear lights and Qingqi carts will be on the highway, they should have left the old road for area locals and highway for the speeding traffic, or at least a 6 lane road like the actual motorway, this years of nonsense is waste of funds