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arsalaanali89 (Arsalan Ali) 2018-08-28 07:35:35 +0500 #426

^^ +1

Aqeel1982 (aqeel1982) 2018-08-28 08:02:44 +0500 #427

this is the best route provided current situations. untill M4 is fully ready

maazasim (maazasim) 2018-08-28 09:31:04 +0500 #428

thanx bro, much appreciated

harib4u (harib4u) 2018-09-09 17:19:26 +0500 #429

Any update gojra- shorkot

MudassirRauf (MudassirRauf) 2018-09-10 13:15:21 +0500 #430

Travelled last month from Karachi to Islamabad on following route.

Karachi till Lodhran by N5 (National highway is in good condition through out)

Lodhran till Khanewal by E5 (Condition is excellent, Just like motorway)

Khanewal till Gojra by Khanewal - Kabirwala - Shorkot - Jhangh - Gojra (road Condition is Okayish, single road with lots of traffic like chingchi, buses, scooters)

Gojra till Islamabad by motorway

rehmanahmed1 (rehmanahmed1) 2018-09-10 19:45:40 +0500 #431

How much time it took to reach Islamabad from khi via this route?

MudassirRauf (MudassirRauf) 2018-09-10 20:00:15 +0500 #432

2 days. 13 hours 1st day till bahawalpur. 10 hours next day till islamabad.

hussain182 (hussain182) 2018-10-21 12:06:44 +0500 #433

Any updates on ths Lahore-Abdulhakim motorway?

atlaspathway (Wayne Bennet) 2018-10-23 07:59:38 +0500 #434

Thanks for the heads up.

Sdogar (Sdogar) 2018-10-23 16:50:45 +0500 #435

Motorway is complete but there are issues due to change of governemnt,
1. Firstly FWO is not allowing NHA to open the motorway from Lahore bypass near sharqpur interchange due to oustanding billions.
2. Secondly service areas are not complete due to funds issues(not being released by new governement).
3. Motorway police is not ready to take over this motorway(earlier when the motorway was opened after its inaguration by shahid khaqan abbasi it was closed due to motoway police issue.
There seems to be be little that is being done and despite main sections complete due to above issues it is not being opened. It needs government will and funds allocation to make it functional which doesn't seem to be there.

hussain182 (hussain182) 2018-10-23 17:28:38 +0500 #436

Thanks for the update. Also is there any truth to this?

Sdogar (Sdogar) 2018-10-24 12:02:58 +0500 #437

Yes, NHA is considering opening from sharaqpur interchange(new interchange not the bypass one) but it will also depend upon other factors that i have stated above...

alikhan7 (alikhan7) 2018-10-24 12:13:08 +0500 #438

Multan - Lahore work is 98% done from Abdul hakeem few bridges are still under construction but road is almost complete, one of my relative traveled with NHA authority letter and he told me it took 4 hrs to reach Lahore with 4 interruptions

hussain182 (hussain182) 2018-10-24 12:18:46 +0500 #439

What will be the route from Sharqpur interchange to Lahore? What is the road condition?

Sdogar (Sdogar) 2018-10-25 09:39:37 +0500 #440

Via saggian bridge to sharaqpur road then to sharaqpur city, then onto motoway interchange(if coming from thokar get out of lahore bypass from faizpur interchange towards sharaqpur city)

harib4u (harib4u) 2018-10-25 09:55:34 +0500 #441

Visit gojra shorkot section, lots of work pending ,

aa78 (aa78) 2018-10-25 10:53:37 +0500 #442

Road is ready till Shorkot atleast, IIRC. Traveled myself on M4 till Toba Tek Singh exit interchange on Jhang Toba road. There are some obstacles placed on road at places and boundary railings are left at few places. Interchange related work is partially left (ongoing) which is the hindrance in its opening, according to a person there.

If you are a government servant/employee, you can show your official card to go on those sections of Motorway unimpeded.

umarxe (umarxe) 2018-10-26 01:33:20 +0500 #443

Subscribed..

bilal.tariq.18041 (bilal.tariq.18041) 2018-11-04 22:11:16 +0500 #444

I have seen some videos of recent roits on motorway and was disappointed to see how vulnerable are travellers on motorway. It is very sad to see the motorway police absent from the crime scene and free hand was given to protesters. NHA are charging so much toll on motorway and not providing proper security.

ipkiji (Iqbal) 2018-11-05 12:17:35 +0500 #445

100% Agreed, Motorway Police very active in collecting fines and taxes but when it comes to play their responsibility in such situations they are Silent and sideline. Even they do not respond to the calls nor direct traffic to safe route. Ahmed Pur East Incident is Worst Example of this, and same happened in 2017 when Roads were blocked and protests.