PM performs ground breaking ceremony of Hazara Motorway

HAVELIAN: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif performed the ground breaking ceremony of the Hazara Motorway in Havelian on Saturday.

This important road link is part of Pakistan-China Economic Corridor agreement.

The 60 km long 4 lane fenced expressway will cost thirty three billion rupees. Hazara Motorway will reduce the drive time from Islamabad to Havelian to just 30 minutes in addition to providing road to the Havelian Dry Port project. Kohistan, Batagram, Mansehra, Abbottabad and Haripur will be linked to Motorway.

The project is a translation of Prime Minister’s commitment to expand the networks of motorways to build a progressive Pakistan. The project will create hundreds of thousands of employment opportunities, possibilities of new business ideas and socio-economic uplift of the whole region.

Earlier, the Prime Minister was briefed on the project by National Highway Authority Chairman Shahid Ashraf Tarar. On arrival, the Prime Minister was welcomed by the PML-N leadership including Religious Affairs Minister Sardar Muhammad Yousuf, Governor KPK Mehtab Ahmad Khan, Deputy Speaker National Assembly Murtaza Javed Abbasi and Retd Capt Safdar.