New Karachi–Jamshoro motorway planned through Kirthar range

Traffic congestion in Karachi is expected to ease as the federal and Sindh governments plan to expand the existing Northern Bypass into a major motorway linking the city directly with the M-6 Motorway at Jamshoro.

According to officials, the 57-kilometre Northern Bypass will be upgraded into a 134-kilometre six-lane M-10 Motorway passing through the Kirthar Range.

The project, currently under feasibility study by NESPAK, aims to divert heavy goods transport away from Karachi’s main arteries, reducing pressure on city roads and ensuring faster connectivity between the port and the national motorway network.

At a meeting chaired by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and attended by Federal Communications Minister Aleem Khan, officials said the project will be implemented in two segments: the first upgrading the existing 34-km bypass from ICI Bridge to Hamdard University Chowk into an eight-lane road, and the second constructing a new 134-km motorway from Hamdard Chowk to M-6 Jamshoro.

Murad Shah said M-10 would “resolve Karachi’s traffic bottlenecks once and for all,” while Khan assured federal support for timely completion.

The motorway is part of a larger infrastructure plan alongside the long-delayed M-6 Motorway, which would complete Pakistan’s north-south motorway backbone.