Road network in flood-hit areas restored: Tarar

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Saturday that highways in flood-affected areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan had been fully restored whereas out of 60 affected feeders, 52 were now fully functioning now.

In a media talk over flood situation, he said that Karakoram Highway and Buner- Khwazakhela Highway were open for traffic. Similarly, Astore bridge on Jaglot-Skardu Road was operational now, he told.

The minister said that NDMA, FWO and Pakistan Army were helping provincial governments in opening provincial roads now.