The document discusses Pakistan's network of motorways. It notes that motorways are owned and operated by the Pakistan National Highway Authority and Motorway Police. All motorways begin with the letter M followed by a number. The motorways are part of Pakistan's plan to link its ports and connect the country to Afghanistan, Central Asia, and China. Features of the motorways include fewer intersections, no traffic lights, and higher speed limits compared to national highways. Several existing and planned motorways are described.

2. Introduction
• The motorway of Pakistan are a
network of multiple-lane high
speed limited access or controlled
access highway in Pakistan
• Owned, maintained and operate
by fedrally by Pakistan National Highway Authority and
Motorway Police

3.  All motorways in Pakistan are pre-fixed with
the letter ‘M’ followed by the unique
numerical designation of the specific
motorway, “eg; M-2”.

4. Importance
• Pakistan Motorway are part of Pakistan’s “National
Corridor Project”
• Aims to link Pakistan three Arabian Sea Port (Karachi
Port, Port Bin Qasim and Gawadar Port)
• Connect rest of the country through the national
highway and motorway and further North with
Afghanistan, central Asia and China.

5. Features
• Less traffic
• No intersection
• No traffic
signals/lights
• No zebra crossing
• Boundary is
provided (usually
steel wires)
• Control access
• High speed (120
km/hr)

6. • Pakistan's motorways are either six-lanes or four-
lanes.
• Universal minimum speed limit of 80 km/h and a
maximum speed limit of 110 km/h for HTV and
120Km/h for LTV.
• They have a central median and are fenced on the
outside for safety and prevention of unauthorized
access.

7. What was the plan?
• The actual plan of motorway after it was approved from
the federal cabinet was to connect the newly liberated
central Asian states with warm waters of Arabian Sea.
• The plan was not only to make Pakistan a trade route
for central Asia but also to boost up the economic
activities by establishing industrial zones alongside the
motorways.
• The plan was to build 9 MWs that connects all the major
cities of Pakistan.

8. • Pakistan's third motorway and has been operational
since 30 October 2007
• It is in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and
155 Km 6-lane M-1, long with 108 Km in Khyber-
Pakhtunkhwa and 67 Km in Punjab and become a
central link to Afghanistan and Central Asia.
• It begins from northeast of Peshawar and ends at
Hassan Abdal from where the state of art piece M2
Motorway starts
M-1 (1997 – 2007)

9. • Travel from Peshawar to Punjab through that Motorway
is very memorable and pleasurable due to its natural
beauty that surrounded Motorway all the way
• M1 has nine interchanges at Fatehjang, Bahtar, Burhan,
Rashaki, Swabi, Chachh, Charsadda
• History: Mr. Nawaz Sharif, Prime minister of Pakistan,
conceived the M1.

10. • Pakistan's first motorway
• The 367 km 6-lane M-2, connecting the cities of
Islamabad and Lahore, was constructed by South
Korea's Daewoo Corporation and was inaugurated in
November 1997 and was the first motorway to be built
in South Asia.
• History: Mr. Nawaz Sharif, Prime minister of Pakistan,
also conceived the M2.
M-2 (1992 – 1997)

11.  The plan to construct Pakistan's second
motorway, the 54 km 4-lane M-3, linking the
Pindi Bhattian Junction on the M-2 with
Faisalabad was finalized in 1996 with an
estimated cost of Rs. 8 billion
M-3 (1999 – 2003)

12. • Initially, it was planned to have 6-lanes, reduce number
of lanes to 4 with an option to upgrade it to 6-lanes in
future
• Construction of the M-3 began in May 2002 and it was
completed ahead of schedule in September 2003 at a
cost of Rs 5.3 billion
• It was inaugurated and opened for traffic on 2 October
2003

13. • M3 link the city of Faisalabad (The Manchester of Pakistan)
with the M2 motorway
• After completion of this motorway, the travel from
Faisalabad to Rawalpindi reduces to 3 hours from 8 hours
and very beneficial for trade point of view.
• History: M-3 was completed under the government of
President Pervaiz Musharraf.

14.  Construction of Pakistan's fourth motorway,
the 233 km 4-lane M-4, began on 19 August
2009, still in progress. Once completed, it
will link Multan with the M-3 Motorway at
Faisalabad
M-4 (2009)

15. M-5 Motorway
 The M-5 is a planned 4 lane motorway that
will link Multan with Dera Ghazi Khan. It will
be constructed after the completion of the
M-4 Motorway

16. M-6 Motorway
 The M-6 is a planned 4 lane motorway that will link
Dera Ghazi Khan with Ratodero. It will be
constructed after the completion of the M-5
Motorway

17. M-7 Motorway
 The M-7 is planned to construct between Dadu-
Dureji-Hub. Its construction didn’t start yet.

18. M-8 Motorway (2004)
• The 892 km 4-lane M-8 is under-construction in
Sindh and Balochistan provinces
• it will have 2 lanes with a further 2 lanes planned
• The 4 lane motorway will be upgradable to 6 lanes
• Once completed it will directly link the port city of
Gawadar with the rest of Pakistan's motorway
network at Ratodero where it will link up with the M-6
Dera Ghazi Khan-Ratodero Motorway.

19. M-9 Motorway
• The current 4-lane Hyderabad-Karachi "Super Highway" is in
the process of being upgraded into a 6-lane access-
controlled motorway, designated the "M-9
• The NHA awarded the Rs. 24.93 billion contract to the
Malaysian construction company
• The proposed 136-km long motorway will be completed in
three years.
• The M-9 Motorway will have 7 interchanges, 2 service areas
at the midway points and 16 toll plazas on entry and exit
points.

20. M-10 (2004 – 2007)
 The M10 is located in Sindh province, Pakistan and
known as Karachi Northern Bypass and 57 Km long.
Start from Mohammad Ali Jinnah Road, near, M9
Junction that is connected through Trumpet
interchange, then before turning west, forms an
interchange with N25 and turns south back towards
Karachi

21. Patrolling and enforcement
• Pakistan's Motorways are patrolled by Pakistan's
National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP)
•
• Responsible for enforcement of traffic and safety
laws, security and recovery on the Pakistan
Motorway network
• The NH&MP use SUVs, cars and heavy motorbikes
for patrolling purposes and uses speed cameras for
enforcing speed limits

22. • The M-1 motorway (Peshawar-Islamabad) and the M-
2 motorway (Islamabad-Lahore) each include two
emergency runway sections of 9,000 feet (2,700 m)
length
• The four emergency runway sections become
operational by removing removable concrete
medians using forklifts
Emergency runways

23. • The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has used the M-2 motorway
as a runway on two occasions: for the first time in 2000
when it landed an F-7P fighter, a Super Mushak trainer
and a C-130 and, again, in 2010
• On the last occasion, the PAF used a runway section on
the M-2 motorway on 2 April 2010 to land, refuel and take-
off two jet fighters, a Mirage III and an F-7P, during its
Highmark 2010 exercise

24. Accidents on Motorway
• Many accidents occurred in motorway which took
many lives
• Many accidents occurred due to over speed limits
• Motorway police are trying their best to avoid such
accidents

25.  At least two people died
while more than 20
sustained injuries as
several cars collided
due to fog on Motorway
near Kala Shah Kaku
interchange
Motorway M1 Hilux
Accident 24-Mar-
2013

26. Facts of Pakistan Motorway
• It is one of the most expensive motorways in Asia
• it has the highest pillared bridge in Asia located at the
Khewra Salt Range
• One of the most interesting facts is that it can be used by
Pakistan Air Force to land or take off many Fighter Jets.

27. • The aim is to link the northern part of the country
with Karachi port
• This will facilitate with extensive trade with the
northern neighbors. Such countries will have easy
and quick access to warm waters of the Arabian
Sea/Indian Ocean

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