A worker walks past inside the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters in Manila. PHOTO: REUTERS
The meeting was presided by Standing Committee Chairman Muzammil Qureshi. The Ministry of Communication stated that most of its projects were in Balochistan. The committee was informed that residents of Khuzdar had to travel via Karachi for Sukkur but now Khuzdar-Sukkur direct road will be inaugurated very soon. M-8 had already been completed and now it takes six hours to travel over 650 km.
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The meeting was also informed that the Kuchlak bypass construction has started. The committee directed for the completion of Chakdara-Kalam road on a priority basis because residents of the area were facing problems during travel.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 27th, 2017.
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