Lahore Karachi by Road

[pwuser158004984633]

dear pak wheelers
next month i am planing to go to karachi from peshawar. please sujjest me wether N55 or N5 will be suitable? puting the following points
safety
road condition
cng availabilty

[SAV123]

I think the time of N5 and N55 is gone by its pretty much Motorway now. It goes like this:

From Peshawar until Sukkur throughout Motorway
From Sukkur till Hyderabad N5
From Hyderabad to Karachi again Motorway

You may need to stay night somewhere around Sukkur in order to travel only in day time. Next morning you can start your travel for onward journey to Karachi and it should take no more than around 7 hours to reach Karachi from Sukkur.

Sorry I read your comments on CNG after writing the above response, you probably wont be able to travel on Motorway if you use CNG for that matter perhaps N5 would be best bet for you though its longer route but its dual carriage road all the way.

I hope this is helful.

[farhan_khetran]

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[feika]

I've got no idea how's the situation of CNG these days, but about your travelling you have got 3 routes available:
1. N55 all the way till Hyederabad and then M9 to Karachi. The longest of the 3, and relatively riskier amongst the 3 as well. Although you have multiple options to connect either to M5 at Multan, or N5 at various other cities. My guess is that this will answer your concern about CNG but be mindful of the days on which CNG is not available.
2. N55 to Multan via Kot Addu, then M5 to Sukkur and then N5 to Hyderabad, and then M9 to Karachi. A mix of both CNG and petrol as well as highways and motorwarys will do the trick for you. Please remembers that there are hardly any fuel stations on nearly 400km stretch of M5 from Multan to Sukkur. So you either have to refill the tank at Multan or leave motorway at any exit, refill the tank, and reconnect to M5. Toll is not an issue by doing this as it is calculated on per km basis.
3. M1 to Islamabad, M2 to Pindi Bhattian, M4 to Multan, M5 to Sukkur, N5 to Hyderabad, and then M9 to Karachi. The most enjoyable and comfortable route of the 3. Kindly ask other members about the availability of CNG on these motorways till Sukkur as I guess it's available on N5 at multiple locations.
Regards