Pakistani Communications Minister briefed on CPEC projects

Islamabad: Federal Minister for Communications and Postal Services Mufti Asad Mahmood has been given detailed briefing on the Chine-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.

Chairman National Highway Authority (NHA) Muhammad Khurram Agha gave the briefing to the minister on the CPEC projects during his visit to the NHA headquarters.

The minister on the occasion said that top priority would be given to the repair and reconstructions of roads for the economic stability of the country.

Mahmood stressed that highways were playing very important rule in promotion of industries, trade, agriculture and tourism.

He maintained that maximum construction projects should be completed on public-private partnership with a view to self-reliance, adding that obstacles in the construction process will be removed on priority basis. He said that wide and attractive highways are the first impression of any nation.

The Chairman NHA gave a comprehensive briefing to the federal minister on the status of ongoing as well as future development projects across the country.

The minister was informed that due to limited resources, NHA was moving towards financial self-reliance through public- private partnership and Built-Operate-Transfer (BOT).

Giving a detailed briefing on all the ongoing construction projects across the country, Chairman NHA said, that fourteen and a 14500 kilometers of highways and motorways of Pakistan were under the control of NHA, while strategic roads were in addition to them.

The Chairman NHA also apprised the Federal Minister regarding National Highways, Motorways, Major Tunnels, Flyovers, Underpasses and other construction works and the overall performance of NHA Engineers and Architects.

On this occasion, he was also briefed about the ongoing construction projects of NHA in Dera Ismail Khan constituency of Federal Minister for Communications Asad Mahmood. Dera Ismail Khan holds a unique position in terms of motorway alignment.

The Chairman NHA apprised the Federal Minister about the ongoing construction projects in Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.