{"id":103011,"date":"2025-08-08T16:27:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103011"},"modified":"2025-08-08T16:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:27:18","slug":"ecnec-clears-motorways-roads-green-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecnec-clears-motorways-roads-green-initiatives.html","title":{"rendered":"ECNEC clears motorways, road works, green initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, on Thursday approved 27 development projects worth over PKR 1.5 trillion in under two hours, with a significant share allocated to schemes in Sindh and Balochistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officials, the projects span energy, infrastructure, environment, health, education, and public services. The meeting also referred the Sehat Sahulat Card scheme to a committee for further review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sifc-clears-new-motorways.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SIFC clears new motorways<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key approved projects include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway (M-6) \u2013 PKR 363 billion; construction of the only missing north-south motorway link, with sections funded by the Islamic Development Bank and potential participation from Chinese firms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>N-25 Karachi-Quetta-Chaman Road (\u201cBalochistan Expressway\u201d) \u2013 PKR 415 billion for three dualisation sections:<ul><li>Karachi to Quetta (278 km) \u2013 PKR 183.4 billion<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Khuzdar to Kuchlak (332 km) \u2013 PKR 99 billion<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Karoro Wadh to Khuzdar-Chaman (104 km) \u2013 PKR 133 billion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Green Pakistan Programme (Upscaled) \u2013 PKR 122.2 billion for forest restoration, biodiversity, and non-timber forest product markets, with Punjab receiving PKR 32 billion and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa PKR 28 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Naltar Hydropower Project (16MW) \u2013 PKR 10.6 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flood Management in Kachhi Plains, Balochistan \u2013 PKR 17 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Punjab Tourism for Economic Growth Project \u2013 PKR 12.2 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Higher Education Development Programme \u2013 PKR 21.2 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prime Minister\u2019s Pakistan Fund for Education \u2013 PKR 14 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Punjab Laptop Programme \u2013 PKR 27 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sargodha\u2013Mianwali Road (via Khushab) Dualisation \u2013 PKR 12 billion, with 25% federal funding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lahore Sewerage System Upgrade (Larechs Colony to Gulshan-e-Ravi) \u2013 PKR 49.3 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Controlled Access Corridor (Niazi to Babu Sabu Interchanges, Lahore) \u2013 PKR 12 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Balochistan Water Security and Productivity Improvement Project \u2013 PKR 10 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gujranwala\u2013M-2 Interchange Road (via Hafizabad) \u2013 PKR 13.2 billion, with 28.2% federal funding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jhaljao\u2013Bela Road Rehabilitation \u2013 PKR 16.2 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pakistan Raises Revenue Programme (Revised) \u2013 PKR 41 billion, funded partly by a World Bank loan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sanghar\u2013National Highway Road Reconstruction \u2013 PKR 37 billion, jointly funded by the federal and Sindh governments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rohri\u2013Guddu Barrage Road Upgrade \u2013 PKR 18 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sindh Coastal Highway Project (Revised) \u2013 PKR 37.7 billion, with federal and Sindh contributions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mehran Highway Dualisation (Nawabshah to Ranipur) \u2013 PKR 41 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Highway N-5 Reconstruction (Resilient Recovery &amp; Reconstruction Framework) \u2013 PKR 165 billion, with major financing from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dar reiterated the government\u2019s commitment to inclusive, sustainable growth, institutional reforms, and long-term economic stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, on Thursday approved 27 development projects worth over PKR 1.5 trillion in under two hours, with a significant share allocated to schemes in Sindh and Balochistan. According to officials, the projects span energy, infrastructure, environment, health, education, and public services. The meeting also referred the Sehat Sahulat Card scheme to a committee for further review. Read: SIFC clears new motorways Key approved projects include: Dar reiterated the government\u2019s commitment to inclusive, sustainable growth, institutional reforms, and long-term economic stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":64102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[5481,1952,5285,6153,7498,62216,67162,67166,67164,67161,7502,4455,63392,67165,6812,67163,32,46448,63488,5636,1334,15056,63493,4438],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-asian-infrastructure-investment-bank","9":"tag-balochistan","10":"tag-development-projects","11":"tag-ecnec","12":"tag-economic-growth","13":"tag-education-projects","14":"tag-flood-management","15":"tag-forest-restoration","16":"tag-green-pakistan-programme","17":"tag-higher-education-development","18":"tag-hydropower","19":"tag-infrastructure","20":"tag-ishaq-dar","21":"tag-laptop-programme","22":"tag-motorways","23":"tag-n-25-balochistan-expressway","24":"tag-pakistan","25":"tag-public-sector-development-programme","26":"tag-road-upgrades-2","27":"tag-sewerage-system","28":"tag-sindh","29":"tag-sukkur-hyderabad-motorway","30":"tag-water-security","31":"tag-world-bank","32":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ECNEC clears motorways, roads, green initiatives - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway (M-6) \u2013 PKR 363 billion; 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