Road or highway · Pakistan

What is the approved budget of M-6 motorway?

The M-6 motorway (Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway, Sukkur-Karachi Motorway) is the planned 306 km six-lane motorway with 15 interchanges and 10 service areas that would close the missing north-south link between Karachi and Peshawar, divided into five sections financed by the Islamic Development Bank (USD 475 million for sections IV and V), the OPEC Fund (USD 230 million for section III) and, for sections I and II under a public-private partnership, with the Asian Development Bank as transaction adviser. The Nation reported on 22 September 2026 that the National Highway Authority will start work in November 2026 on a corridor with a revised budget of Rs 364 billion, and Dawn reported Rs 365 billion on 23 April 2026.