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Pakistan Motorway |
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| In Pakistan, successive Governments have ignored the crucial highways sector and thus failed to capitalize on the national and human resources of the country. In 1983, the Government, shot down a proposal by a foreign consortium to add another carriageway to the G.T. Road from Karachi to Peshawar at a cost of Rs. 8 billion. The same work is now being done at a cost of over Rs. 30 billion. Other projects were started and abandoned when Governments changed, a case in point is the Indus Super Highway in 1974 and abandoned in 1977. |
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| The Pakistan Motorway program once completed is envisaged to go a long way in the removal of congestion from the G.T. Road and lead to reduced vehicle operating costs and savings in fuel and time. Additionally the Pakistan Highway network is expected to play an important role in connecting the Central Asian Republics of the former Soviet Union, which can benefit substantially through transit trade when connected to the warm water ports of Karachi and Gwadar. |
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