Funding Negotiated; PM directs NHA to upgrade N-50

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has directed the National Highway Authority to upgrade the DI Khan-Mughal Kot-Zhob Section of N-50 to a four-lane dual carriageway after negotiating funding from the Asian Development Bank within one month. In case required funding from the Asian Development Bank is not available, additional funding from Public Sector Development Program shall be provided as per requirement. The PM has also directed for acquisition of land for the entire Western alignment of CPEC for a six lane, limited access motorway at this stage to ensure against any complications at a later stage. PM Nawaz has constituted a committee to identify the potential sites for future industrial zones along Western Route.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 28^th, 2015.