PM Khan likely to inaugurate Swat Motorway by May
- By Web Desk -
- Apr 10, 2019
PESHAWAR: Provincial Minister for Communication and Works Akbar Ayub Khan said Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to inaugurate Swat motorway on 25th of next month.
Radio Pakistan reported that the work on the construction of 81 kilometer-long Swat Motorway will be completed by the month of May.
The provincial minister said the motorway will be completed at a cost of 34 billion rupees.
He said motorway has been linked with Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway at Karnal Sher Khan Interchange near Swabi.
Swat Motorway will boost tourism, trade and economic activities in Malakand and Mardan divisions, the minister added.
Last month, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan had said that extension of Swat motorway would bring economic revolution in the province.
CM Mahmood Khan said that it will also promote tourism and industry beside creating new job opportunities in the province.
The Swat motorway would be expended from Chakdara to Mingora to facilitate the masses, sources said.