Daily Times

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that unprecedented infrastructure building activity under the National Highway Authority road portfolio is underway in the country and it will change the landscape of Pakistan.

He was chairing a high-level meeting here at the PM House, wherein he was given detailed briefing on the National Highway Authority road portfolio projects. He was told that an investment amounting to one billion dollars from private sector in the road infrastructure projects would be achieved by the end of September 2015.

He was told that the overall communication network construction activity would contribute about 1.5 per cent to the country’s GDP. He was also informed in the briefing that there would be an addition of 1,272 kilometres in the existing motorways network with the completion of under-construction and proposed projects.

Nawaz Sharif directed the authorities concerned to complete all projects by December 2017, other than those projects which are scheduled for earlier completion. He also directed to prepare comprehensive plans for extending Pakistan’s road infrastructure for connectivity with Central Asia in the first phase and later expanding road links to South Asia.

The prime minister ordered the National Highway Authority to prepare informative packages highlighting the road construction activity and the linkages created for the areas, which were previously not connected to the highway and motorway networks. He appreciated the pace and quality of the work of the authority and directed to maintain the international standards in the quality of road construction.