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The M-5 motorway (Urdu: ایم ٥ موٹروے), also known as Multan–Sukkur Motorway (Urdu: ملتان سکھر موٹروے), is a north–south motorway in Pakistan, which connects Multan with Sukkur. The motorway is a 392 km long, [2] high-speed (120 km/h), controlled-access, six-lane motorway that forms part of the China-Pakistan ...
M-2 motorway in the Salt Range M-2 motorway exit to Sargodha. Pakistan's motorways are an important part of Pakistan's "National Trade Corridor Project", which aims to link Pakistan's three Arabian Sea ports (Karachi Port, Port Bin Qasim and Gwadar Port) to the rest of the country through its national highways and motorways network and further north with Afghanistan, Central Asia and China. [2]
It was devised in the early 1990s as a combination of the M1 Motorway, M2 motorway, M3/M4 Motorway, M5 Motorway, M6 Motorway and M9 Motorway. It is now considered a major component of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, and will cost approximately $6.6 billion, with the bulk of financing to be distributed by various Chinese state-owned banks. [2]
Pakistan has experimented with Daylight Saving Time (DST) a number of times since 2002, shifting local time from UTC+05:00 to UTC+06:00 during various summer periods. Daylight saving time in Pakistan has not been observed since 2009.
Provincial Highways of Gilgit-Baltistan consists of all public highways maintained by Gilgit-Baltistan.The Gilgit-Baltistan Highway Department under the Planning & Development Department maintains over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) of roadways organised into various classifications which criss-cross the province and provide access to major population centers.
Karachi Time (KART) was introduced in West Pakistan by subtracting 30 minutes from UTC+05:30 to UTC+05:00, while Dacca Time (DACT) was introduced in East Pakistan by subtracting 30 minutes off UTC+06:30 to UTC+06:00. The changes were made effective on 30 September 1951. [1] After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, Karachi Time was renamed ...
The M4 Motorway (Faisalabad to Multan section) was inaugurated in parts, first being Faisalabad to Gojra, second was Multan to Khanewal (Shamkot), third being Gojra to Shorkot, fourth was Shorkot to Abdul Hakeem ( Shorkot to Abdul Hakeem became operational almost together with Lahore Abdul Hakeem (Darkhana) Motorway) & finally Abdul Hakim (Deen Pur) to Khanewal (Shamkot).
M-2 Motorway is 367 km long and connects Islamabad with Lahore, [1] whereas M-1 Motorway connects Islamabad with Peshawar and is 155 km long. [1] Islamabad is linked to its twin city Rawalpindi through the Faizabad Interchange, the first cloverleaf interchange in Pakistan, with a daily traffic volume of about 48,000 vehicles (2011). [2]