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The M-2 Motorway or the Lahore–Islamabad Motorway (Urdu: لاہور-اسلام آباد موٹروے) is a north–south motorway in Pakistan, connecting Rawalpindi/Islamabad to Lahore, and is the first motorway to have been built in South Asia. [1]
M-1 motorway westbound towards Peshawar. Work on M-1 was started during Nawaz Sharif's tenure in 1997, and the contract was awarded to Turkish company Bayindar. [4] However, the work stopped after his government was dismissed by Army Chief Pervez Musharraf in October 1999.
A view over the town Naran city. Naran has a humid continental climate (Koppen Climate Classification Dfb), [3] but the weatherbox below suggests a subarctic (Dfc) climate. There is significant rainfall in summers and heavy snowfall in winters. The region is Alpine in geography and climate, with forests and meadows dominating the landscape.
It is a junction station in Rawalpindi Division of the Pakistan Railways, located at 1,994 feet above sea level, in the southeast of the Margalla Hills and east of the cradle of Gandhara civilization, the ancient city of Taxila. [23] Tarnol railway station, located in a suburb of Islamabad, is nearest to the Islamabad International Airport.
Rawalpindi: Stops: 6: Distance travelled: 290 km (180 mi) Average journey time: 5 hours: Service frequency: Daily: Train number(s) 101 UP (Lahore→Rawalpindi), 102 DN (Rawalpindi→Lahore) On-board services; Class(es) Economy Class AC Standard AC Business Parlour Car: Seating arrangements: Available: Sleeping arrangements: Available: Catering ...
Road sign leading to Hyderabad Traffic logo in Naran. Road signs in Pakistan are modelled on the British road sign system, with an exceptional difference being that they are bilingual and contain messages in Urdu, the national language, and English, and in some cases, the local regional or provincial languages.
Hallworth, who says he can send a car between Dubai and London for around £10,000 ($13,000) on cheaper airlines, says the market has changed since then.
Abbottabad has been attracting tourists to the city since the colonial era, as it is a major transit point to all major tourist regions of Pakistan such as Nathiagali, Ayubia and Naran. According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India, "the town is picturesquely situated at the southern corner of the Rash (Orash) plain, 1,256 m (4,121 ft) above the ...