Expressways of Pakistan ( ur, ) are a network of multiple-lane, high-speed toll highways in Pakistan, which are owned, maintained and operated by various levels of government. All federal expressways are controlled by the

National Highway Authority The National Highway Authority (NHA; ur, ) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Communications (MoCom) of Pakistan. History In 1978, the Government of Pakistan federalised five important inter-provincial roads and named them ''National ...

, while others are provincially and municipally controlled. Expressways are usually higher grades than

national highways National Highways, formerly the Highways Agency and later Highways England, is a State-owned enterprise, government-owned company charged with operating, maintaining and improving Roads in England, motorways and major A roads in England. It al ...

, but differ from

motorways A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms i ...

by having fewer access restrictions. All federal expressways are pre-fixed with the letter 'E' (for "expressway") followed by the unique numerical designation of the specific highway (with a hyphen in the middle).

List of federal expressways

List of provincial expressways

* Swat Expressway ( Fatehpur, Swat and Nowshera)

List of municipal expressways

* Lyari Expressway (

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former ...

) * Gwadar East Bay Expressway * Faisalabad Canal Expressway * Malir Expressway * Mauripur Expressway * Lai Expressway (

Islamabad and Rawalpindi Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

) * Lahore Ring Road

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References

External links

National Highway Authority

Pakistan National Highways & Motorway Police
{{Roads in Pakistan * Expressways *

List of federal expressways

List of provincial expressways

List of municipal expressways

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