ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of an inordinate delay in the launch of much-awaited multibillion-rupee 306km Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway project, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday reprimanded senior officials of the National Highway Authority and directed them to launch the project on a war footing.
Presiding over a meeting held to review progress on road projects, the PM also instructed to initiate construction of Thakot-Raikot section of Karakorum Highway, Babusar Tunnel and Khuzdar-Kuchlak road.
Calling for ensuring transparency in awarding the contract, he formed a nine-member committee comprising the communications minister, the managing director of Public Procurement Regulatory Authority and chairman of the Pakistan Engineering Council.
Later, the Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway turned out to be a flagship project of the PTI government, but its contract became controversial because of the way it was awarded last year.
Regarding the 250km Thakot-Raikot section of Karakorum Highway, the prime minister was apprised that the project’s feasibility study would be completed within seven months.
Taking notice of an inordinate delay in the launch of much-awaited multibillion-rupee 306km Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway project, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday reprimanded senior officials of the National Highway Authority and directed them to launch the project on a war footing.
Presiding over a meeting held to review progress on road projects, the PM also instructed to initiate construction of Thakot-Raikot section of Karakorum Highway, Babusar Tunnel and Khuzdar-Kuchlak road.
Calling for ensuring transparency in awarding the contract, he formed a nine-member committee comprising the communications minister, the managing director of Public Procurement Regulatory Authority and chairman of the Pakistan Engineering Council.
Later, the Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway turned out to be a flagship project of the PTI government, but its contract became controversial because of the way it was awarded last year.
Regarding the 250km Thakot-Raikot section of Karakorum Highway, the prime minister was apprised that the project’s feasibility study would be completed within seven months.