The National Highway Authority (NHA) is on track to complete 39 development projects valued at Rs1,406.3 billion by the end of the current fiscal year, according to official documents.
The schemes, which were approved last year under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), were initially estimated at Rs1,111.8 billion but the cost was later revised to Rs1,406.3 billion. The revised allocation includes Rs56.7 billion in foreign assistance and Rs1,349.6 billion in local funding. By July 2025, the road authority had already spent Rs1,073.8 billion, reflecting significant progress on the projects.
Among the schemes nearing completion are the dualization and improvement of Old Bannu Road in three packages, the construction of the motorway from Burhan Hakla on M-1 to Dera Ismail Khan, the development of the Kot Pindi Das interchange on Motorway M-2 in Sheikhupura district, the upgradation and widening of the Jaglot-Skardu Road, the dualization of the Indus Highway from Sarai Gambila to Kohat, the rehabilitation of the 54.8-kilometre Awaran-Jhalijao Road, the 221-kilometre Indus Highway additional carriageway project, the construction of the Shandur-Gilgit Road, the dualization of the Khuzdar-Kuchlak section of N-25, and the construction of the Sialkot-Kharian Motorway. The remaining work on these schemes is expected to be completed by the end of the current year.
In addition to these projects, the NHA has put forward five new schemes with an initial estimated cost of Rs49 billion. These include the construction of slide shelter structures and allied protection works on the Jaglot-Skardu Road (S-1), repair of adjoining roads connecting GT Road N-5 in Shahdra Town, Lahore, the widening of M-1 and M-2 and their link road following the merger of the Rawalpindi Ring Road, the construction of slope stability and protection structures using open-cut tunnels and advanced techniques on the Kohala-Muzaffarabad Road, and the dualization of the Sialkot-Eimanabad route up to Kamoke including the link road.
The NHA said these proposed projects are still under review by the Ministry of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives and that work will only proceed once the ministry grants final approval.
