Pakistani Roads, Motorways and Highways

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Govt moves to award Rs205 billion Kharian-Rawalpindi Motorway to FWO without competitive bidding: report​

The government has decided in principle to award the Rs205 billion Kharian-Rawalpindi Motorway, M13, contract to the Frontier Works Organisation through a negotiated process, bypassing competitive bidding to fast-track the 117-kilometre project, Dawn reported, citing sources in the Public Private Partnership Authority (P3A).

Sources said that the National Highway Authority recommended awarding the contract to the Frontier Works Organisation, the engineering and construction arm of the Pakistan Army. The decision was taken at a meeting of the P3A Board of Directors, which was virtually presided over by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Privatisation Muhammad Ali from Turkiye.

The project is part of the Lahore-Rawalpindi Motorway corridor and is expected to reduce the Lahore-Rawalpindi distance by about 100 kilometres and cut travel time by more than an hour compared with the existing Lahore-Islamabad Motorway.


The National Highway Authority argued that the FWO had already completed two adjoining sections of the Lahore-Rawalpindi Motorway corridor and was better placed to start work quickly because of its involvement in the Lahore-Sialkot and Sialkot-Kharian motorway sections.

The authority told the P3A board that competitive bidding would take more time, while the project was required on a fast-track basis.

The sources said Section 20 of the P3A Act allows negotiated procurement instead of competitive bidding under certain circumstances.

The P3A board’s approval for a negotiated contract with the FWO will be submitted to the federal cabinet for formal endorsement and implementation.


The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approved the 117-kilometre project in the first week of April this year at an estimated cost of Rs203.32 billion.

At the time, Ecnec had directed that the project be procured through international competitive bidding.

The project cost has more than doubled from the Rs96 billion estimate approved by Ecnec in January 2022.

The increase followed the project’s upgrade from a four-lane to a six-lane motorway on the instructions of the Special Investment Facilitation Council.


The project is being developed on a build-operate-transfer basis and has a financing viability gap of more than Rs40 billion, which will be met by the federal government.

An official statement said the main agenda item before the P3A board was consideration of the NHA’s proposal for the Kharian-Rawalpindi Motorway project.

The statement described the motorway as a transport corridor expected to improve regional connectivity, mobility and economic activity.

It said the board discussed the proposal under the P3A Act, 2017, relevant procurement and approval requirements, and the need to ensure that future actions remain in the public interest, with due regard to transparency, value for money, risk allocation and legal and regulatory requirements.


The board agreed that the National Highway Authority, as the implementing agency, may process the matter through the Ministry of Communications to obtain all required federal government approvals under the P3A Act, 2017.

Govt plans Rs205bn Kharian-Rawalpindi Motorway via FWO - Profit by Pakistan Today

P3A board backs negotiated process for 117km M-13 project despite earlier Ecnec direction for international competitive bidding; federal cabinet approval to be sought

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M-13 motorway to cost Rs205b​

Our Correspondent
June 26, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The 43rd meeting of the Board of Directors of the Public Private Partnership Authority (P3A) was held under the chairmanship of Muhammad Ali, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Privatisation and Chairman of the Privatisation Commission, to review key developments in Pakistan's public-private partnership (PPP) agenda.

A major focus of the session was the National Highway Authority's proposal for the Rs205 billion Kharian-Rawalpindi Motorway Project (M-13), a strategic transport corridor aimed at improving regional connectivity, easing mobility constraints, and supporting broader economic activity.

The project once completed would reduce the Lahore-Rawalpindi distance by about 100km and cut travel time by more than an hour compared to the existing Lahore-Islamabad Motorway (M-2).

The Board reviewed the proposal under the provisions of the Public Private Partnership Authority Act, 2017, emphasizing compliance with procurement rules, transparency requirements, and value-for-money principles.

 

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M-10 motorway to cost $400m, govt tells NA​

Project had been divided into five sections of around 50 kilometres each to facilitate investment

Our Correspondent
August 22, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday informed the National Assembly that working on a new motorway, M-10, to provide a direct Karachi-Hyderabad connection was underway.

Responding to questions during Question Hour, the federal parliamentary secretary for communications said the existing M-9 would continue to serve as an expressway.

The feasibility work for the M-10 had been completed, he said, adding that the government was working to bypass the existing route and establish a direct motorway link between Karachi and Hyderabad.

He said the Karachi-Hyderabad motorway was expected to be completed by 2028, adding the government had reviewed the reasons behind the delay in the project, which had remained stalled for nearly three decades.

The project had been divided into five sections of around 50 kilometres each to facilitate investment, adding that the project required an investment of more than $400 million.

However, no investor had previously been willing to finance it, while the government also lacked sufficient funds for the purpose.

He said all five sections were floated internationally to attract investment. Three sections had attracted investment through different financing arrangements, including the Islamic Development Bank, while the procurement process for some sections was nearing completion.

He said the FWO had shown interest in two sections. He added that all five sections were expected to be completed by 2028.