PM Nawaz to inaugurate Hazara Motorway tomorrow

Hazara Motorway will reduce driving time from Islamabad to Havelian to just 30 minutes

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will perform a groundbreaking ceremony of the Hazara Motorway, the road link of the Pakistan China Economic Corridor, on November 29 (tomorrow).

The 60-kilometre-long, 4-lane fenced expressway will cost Rs33 billion.

The Hazara Motorway will reduce the drive time from Islamabad to Havelian by 30 minutes, additionally providing a road to the Havelian Dry Port project.

The project anticipates hundreds of thousands of employment opportunities, possibilities of new business ideas, and a socio-economic uplift of the whole region.

Correction: An earlier version of this story had incorrectly mentioned that the travel time will be cut to 30 minutes. The travel time will be cut by 30 minutes.