National News

PM to inaugurate road network in Balochistan

ISLAMABAD(MILLAT+ APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has left for Baluchistan to inaugurate the upgradation, widening and strengthening of 448 Km long Surab – Hoshab Road (N-85) completed at a cost of approximately Rs. 22,028 million.
The project contractor – Frontier Works Organization (FWO) has completed
16 Bridges,1502 Culverts at N-85.
The project links Gwadar Port with National Highway network (N-25) near Surab/Quetta.
The road would provide shortest link to Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries with Gwadar Port. With the completion of this project, the vital North-South road connectivity has also been completed.
The project forms an important part of the Western Corridor of CPEC.