{"id":102934,"date":"2025-08-01T16:58:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=102934"},"modified":"2025-08-01T16:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:59:00","slug":"land-acquisition-for-m-6-to-begin-within-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/land-acquisition-for-m-6-to-begin-within-a-month.html","title":{"rendered":"Land acquisition for M-6 to begin within a month: NHA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has informed the National Assembly Standing Committee on Communications that the land acquisition process for the M-6 Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway is expected to commence within the next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NHA Chairman Sheharyar Sikandar shared the update during a committee meeting held under the chairmanship of MNA Ijaz Jakhrani. He stated that the NHA has sought advance procurement approval from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), which is financing the project. The Sindh government will be formally approached to initiate land acquisition once approvals are in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/m-6-to-kick-off-in-5-phases-with-intl-funding.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">M-6 Motorway to kick off in 5 phases with Intl\u2019 funding<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The M-6 project\u2014part of the larger Karachi\u2013Peshawar Motorway (KPM)\u2014is slated to begin construction in April 2026, according to the current timeline shared by the NHA. The update comes amid previous confusion regarding the project\u2019s start date, following differing statements from various government officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Communications Minister Aleem Khan had earlier suggested a 2025 launch, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal later stated the project would begin \u201cnext year,\u201d without specifying a date. The NHA\u2019s clarification helps provide a more definite timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the same session, the committee expressed dissatisfaction over the absence of the Communications Ministry Secretary, warning that continued non-attendance would be reported to the House and the Privilege Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, the committee was briefed by the Inspector General of Motorway Police on legal measures taken against overspeeding. Motorists exceeding 150 km\/h on the motorways are subject to legal action under the current framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee also raised concerns over the bidding process for the PKR 170 billion Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Tranche-III corridor project. Lawmakers questioned why all four contracts had been awarded to a joint venture involving the Chinese firm Ningxia Communication Construction (NXCC)\u2014a company previously disqualified in 2023 for failing to complete a project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-to-procure-land-for-m-6-motorway-by-july.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sindh to complete land procurement for M-6 Motorway<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To follow up on the issue, the committee decided to write to the Senate Standing Committee on Economic Affairs Division to request findings from its sub-committee\u2019s investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has informed the National Assembly Standing Committee on Communications that the land acquisition process for the M-6 Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway is expected to commence within the next month. NHA Chairman Sheharyar Sikandar shared the update during a committee meeting held under the chairmanship of MNA Ijaz Jakhrani. He stated that the NHA has sought advance procurement approval from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), which is financing the project. The Sindh government will be formally approached to initiate land acquisition once approvals are in place. Read: M-6 Motorway to kick off in 5 phases with Intl\u2019 funding The M-6 project\u2014part of the larger Karachi\u2013Peshawar Motorway (KPM)\u2014is slated to begin construction in April 2026, according to the current timeline shared by the NHA. The update comes amid previous confusion regarding the project\u2019s start date, following differing statements from various government officials. While Communications Minister Aleem Khan had earlier suggested a 2025 launch, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal later stated the project would begin \u201cnext year,\u201d without specifying a date. The NHA\u2019s clarification helps provide a more definite timeline. In the same session, the committee expressed dissatisfaction over the absence of the Communications Ministry Secretary, warning that continued non-attendance&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":61648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181],"tags":[5109,58881,66840,66843,66842,66837,66836,1958,63963,64371,66839,66436,1965,66393,66841,66844,66838,65315,66845,15056],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-102934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ahsan-iqbal","9":"tag-aleem-khan","10":"tag-carec-corridor","11":"tag-communications-committee","12":"tag-highway-construction-pakistan","13":"tag-idb-pakistan","14":"tag-islamic-development-bank","15":"tag-land-acquisition","16":"tag-m-6-motorway","17":"tag-motorway-police","18":"tag-motorway-projects-pakistan","19":"tag-na-standing-committee","20":"tag-national-highway-authority","21":"tag-nha-pakistan","22":"tag-nxcc","23":"tag-overspeeding-laws","24":"tag-pakistan-infrastructure-projects","25":"tag-pakistan-road-projects","26":"tag-sindh-infrastructure-development","27":"tag-sukkur-hyderabad-motorway","28":"cat-15181-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Land acquisition for M-6 to begin within a month - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The NHA has sought advance procurement approval from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), which is financing the project....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/land-acquisition-for-m-6-to-begin-within-a-month.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Land acquisition for M-6 to begin within a month - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The NHA has sought advance procurement approval from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), which is financing the project....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/land-acquisition-for-m-6-to-begin-within-a-month.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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