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Expressways Of Pakistan
Expressways of Pakistan () 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, while others are provincially and municipally controlled. Expressways are usually higher grades than national highways, but differ from motorways 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 expressways Federal Provincial * Swat Expressway ( Fatehpur, Swat and Nowshera) Municipal * Lyari Expressway (Karachi) * Gwadar East Bay Expressway * Faisalabad Canal Expressway * Malir Expressway * Mauripur Expressway * Lai Expressway ( Islamabad and Rawalpindi) * Lahore Ring Road Map See also * National Highways of Pakistan * Motorways of Pakistan Motorw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway Authority
The National Highway Authority (NHA; ) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Communications of Pakistan. History In 1978, the Government of Pakistan federalised five important inter-provincial roads and named them ''National Highways''. That same year, the ''National Highway Board'' was set up to monitor the development and maintenance of these federalised roads by provincial highway departments. In 1991, the ''Highway Authority of Pakistan Act'' was passed to monitor the works and administration of national highways, motorways, expressways and strategic roads. Function The function of the NHA is to plan, develop, operate, repair and maintain all roads entrusted to the NHA by the Government of Pakistan. The NHA is the custodian of 39 national highways, motorways, expressways and strategic roads, combining for a total length of 12,131 kilometers (4.6% of the national road network). The NHA is committed to provide a safe, modern and efficient transportation system and play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E6B Expressway (Pakistan)
Expressways of Pakistan () 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, while others are provincially and municipally controlled. Expressways are usually higher grades than National Highways of Pakistan, national highways, but differ from Motorways of Pakistan, motorways 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 expressways Federal Provincial * Swat Expressway (Fatehpur, Swat and Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Nowshera) Municipal * Lyari Expressway (Karachi) * Gwadar East Bay Expressway * Faisalabad Canal Expressway * Malir Expressway * Mauripur Expressway * Lai Expressway (Islamabad and Rawalpindi) * Lahore Ring Road Map See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malir Expressway
Shahrah-e-Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Shahrah-e-Bhutto) formally known as Malir Expressway is a 39 km under-construction expressway between KPT Interchange (through Qayyumabad) and the Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway near Kathore, along the Malir River in Karachi, Pakistan. One of the major infrastructure developments in Karachi city which is unviable for the provincial government and detrimental to the city's climate. It was announced that half of it would be opened on 14 August 2023, but the opening has been indefinitely delayed after the Asian Development Bank withdrew the funding for the construction; as of right now there is illegal excavation happening on the Malir River bed and the fields of Malir. Typical cross-section It will be a Six-lane carriageway. With three lanes going forth, and another three back, It has also been declared to be a six-lane carriageway in the documentation of the Asian Development Bank. It will have a three-lane service road on both sides. Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faisalabad Canal Expressway
The Faisalabad Canal Expressway (Urdu, Punjabi: ) is a 27-km city district expressway located in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.Infrastructure: Canal expressway to open in October, says DCO The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 7 July 2015, Retrieved 25 June 2019 In July 2015, Rana Sanaullah, Punjab Law Minister told news reporters in Faisalabad
Faisalabad, formerly known as Lyallpur, is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, second-largest city and primary List of cities in Punjab ...
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Gwadar East Bay Expressway
Gwadar East Bay Expressway (, ) is a municipal expressway in Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan. The six lane expressway was inaugurated by Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Shahaz Shareef on 3 June 2022. It connects Gwadar Port to the Makran Coastal Highway. The Gwadar Port Authority is supervising the project. The project is developed as part of the "Early Harvest" scheme of China Pakistan Economic Corridor, and is part of a wider development package for the city and Port of Gwadar. The cost of the project is approximately , and will be financed by interest-free loans extended by China's state owned banks. Pakistan will be required only to repay the principal value of the loan. As a condition for receiving a zero-interest rate loan, bidding for the project was limited to Chinese state-owned companies, and the contract was awarded on a government-to-government basis. See also * Expressways of Pakistan Expressways of Pakistan () are a network of multiple-lane, high- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karachi
Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the Geography of Pakistan, southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast and formerly served as the Federal Capital Territory (Karachi), country's capital from 1947 to 1959. Ranked as a Global city, beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion (Purchasing power parity, PPP) . Karachi is a metropolitan city and is considered Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, and among the country's most linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse regions, as well as one of the country's most progressive and socially liberal cities. The region has been inhabited for millennia, but the city was formally founded as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyari Expressway
Lyari (Urdu: ; ; Balochi: لێاری) is a historic locality in Karachi, Pakistan. It is the most densely populated part of Karachi, and is one of its earliest settled areas. History Lyari is said to be one of the oldest inhabited parts of Karachi, and is referred to by its residents as the "Mother of Karachi." Its name is said to be derived from a ''Lyar'' - a tree which grows in a graveyard. The first residents of Lyari were Sindhi fishermen and Baloch nomads (''pawans''). The first influx occurred in 1725, when Sindhi banyas (''wāniya'') came and expanded it, before Karachi was formally established in 1729. Further waves of Baloch migrants arrived in 1770 and 1795. After Karachi was developed under British rule, large waves of Baloch migrants settled in the Lyari from the Iranian portion of Balochistan. Lyari's population was 24,600 in 1886, and it was a majority-Muslim area of Karachi, which in turn was majority Hindu. At the time, the Lyari River flowed along the nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Nowshera ( ; ; ) is the capital city of Nowshera District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is the 78th largest city in Pakistan and ninth largest city in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Nowshera lies on the Kabul River, and is approximately east of the provincial capital Peshawar, along the Grand Trunk Road. Etymology The local Pashto name of the city is ''Nowkhār'' (), which means "New City". It was translated into Dari Persian and Urdu as ''Nowshehra'' (), which is a word with the same meaning. History Nowshera was developed during the Afghan Durrani Empire. The Battle of Nowshera was fought in March 1823 between the forces of Pashtuns with support from Azim Khan Barakzai, Durrani governor against the Sikh Khalsa Army of Ranjit Singh.Ganda Singh (1986) ''Maharaja Ranjit Singh: First Death Centenary Memorial''. Nirmal Publishers The battle was a decisive victory for the Sikh Empire against Afghans and led to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatehpur, Swat
Fatehpur is an administrative unit, known as Union council, of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. District Swat has 7 Tehsils i.e. Khwazakhela, Kabal, Bahrain, Barikot, Babuzai, Charbagh, and Matta. Each Tehsill comprises certain numbers of union councils. There are 65 union councils in district Swat, 56 rural and 9 urban. See also * Swat District Swat District (), also known as the Swat Valley, is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Known for its stunning natural beauty, the district is a popular tourist destination. With a populati ... References External linksKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower Dir [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swat Expressway
The Swat Motorway (, ), also known as the M-16 is a four-lane motorway and provincial controlled-access highway in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Phase-1 of the project, completed in June 2019, connects the existing M-1 motorway at Nowshera to Chakdara while the under-construction second phase will extend the project to Fatehpur. Route The phase-1 of motorway stretches from Nowshera to Chakdara in Lower Dir District, passing through Swabi, Mardan, Malakand and Swat districts. The phase-1 of the project was inaugurated in August 2016. and opened for traffic on 3 June 2019 The phase-1 reduced the travel time from Nowshera to Chakdara from three hours to one hour. The Swat motorway phase-1 was constructed by the Frontier Works Organization at a cost of . The Asian Development Bank and China provided the principal technical and financial assistance for the project, while Saudi Arabia pledged . Phase two of the motorway will extend another 79 kilometers to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N-90 National Highway
The National Highway 90 () or the N-90 is one of Pakistan National Highway running from town of Khwazakhela in Swat District to the town of Besham in Shangla District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The highway connects Malakand Division with the Karakoram Highway at Besham. Its total length is 64 km, the highway is maintained and operated by Pakistan's National Highway Authority The National Highway Authority (NHA; ) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Communications of Pakistan. History In 1978, the Government of Pakistan federalised five important inter-provincial roads and named them ''National Highways''. Th .... See also * * References External links National Highway Authority Roads in Pakistan {{Pakistan-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
