China-Backed $100 Million Grant to Rehabilitate Pakistan’s N-5 Highway: Freight & Regional Connectivity Boost

China-Backed $100 Million Grant to Rehabilitate Pakistan’s N-5 Highway: Freight & Regional Connectivity Boost

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In a major bilateral infrastructure development aimed at securing Pakistan’s commercial transport backbone, the Government of China has backed a $100 million direct grant project to comprehensively reconstruct and rehabilitate critical, high-density sections of the National Highway (N-5) in Sindh. Following formal project clearance by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), the…

Massive 30-km Traffic Gridlock on National Highway (N-5) Strands Commuters for Hours

Massive 30-km Traffic Gridlock on National Highway (N-5) Strands Commuters for Hours

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In a severe disruption along Pakistan’s primary north-south transit spine, a massive 30-kilometer traffic jam on the Karachi-bound track of the National Highway (N-5) has left thousands of commuters, passenger coaches, freight containers, and emergency ambulances stranded for hours between Kandiaro and Naushahro Feroze in Sindh. The National Highway (N-5) handles the vast majority of…