Tag: Highway

Bushfires destroy buildings in Australia as heatwave melts highway surface

SYDNEY: Bushfires in Australia destroyed buildings and threatened lives on Saturday as a heatwave in three states brought temperatures strong enough to melt the...

Govt releases Rs 42b for motorways, highways projects under PSDP

  Federal Government has released over forty two billion rupees for different motorways and highways projects under Public Sector Development Programme during first six months...

PM wants early completion of highway projects in Balochistan, Senate body...

    Senate Standing Committee on Communications was informed on Monday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif desires quick development of Balochistan and has called for early...

ADB VP to visit Pakistan for the signing ceremony of a...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) vice-president will be paying a week-long visit to Pakistan from Tuesday. Werner Liepach made the announcement at a meeting with...

Pakistan, ADB saddle up on $200m highway

Prime Minister Sharif witnesses Hassanabdal-Havelian Expressway agreements signing ceremony Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif witnessed the signing ceremony of $200 million Loan and Project Agreements...

No streetlights on Islamabad Highway for five years

Islamabad Highway has been missing streetlights from Koral Chowk to GT Road for the past five years which has caused major accidents during the...

6th flyover to open today

The 6th flyover of Rawalpindi will be opened to vehicular traffic today, Punjab Highway XEN Jamshed Ahmad said on Saturday. Ahmad said Rs 1042...

Woman drives wrong way on highway…for 18 miles!

Confirming your fears about dangerous post-NYE drivers: Shortly after 5am on New Year's Day, a 22-year-old woman drove the wrong way, at high speeds,...

Transporters block Quetta-Karachi highway to protest incidents of robberies

Transporters and drivers Sunday blocked the Quetta-Karachi highway in Mastung to protest against the continuing incidents of theft on the highway. There have been several...

Two killed in Jamshoro road accident

Two persons died and three others injured in a head on collision between a truck and passenger van in Nooriabad area on Super Highway...

Quetta-Dera National Highway blocked due to landslides

The National Highway linking Balochistan with Punjab was blocked due to landslides caused by heavy rains on Sunday. According to details, Quetta-Dera National Highway was...

US to provide $70m for reconstruction of Peshawar-Torkham Highway

The United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide up to $70 million to support the reconstruction of the Peshawar-Torkham...

3 accused nabbed

Officials of Punjab highway patrol (PHP) arrested three culprits and recovered two rifles and four magazines. The officials handed over the arrested accused- Matiul...

Four killed, 3 injured in super highway accident

Four persons including two women lost their lives while three others received serious injuries in an accident between two cars on the Super Highway...

Head-on road collision kills 16 in Mexico

At least 16 people were killed and four more injured on Monday when a pick-up truck smashed into a tractor-trailer on a highway in...

Remove all encroachments!

Hyderabad Division Commissioner Ahmed Bux Narejo has directed the districts administrations of Jamshoro and Thatta districts to extend full cooperation to National Highway Authority...

Two killed, six injured in road mishap

Two persons were killed and six others injured in a road accident at the National Highway near Thatta late Thursday night. According to a...