ISLAMABAD: Multan Sukkur Motorway (M5) is 392 kilometers long the work on M5 Section started in August 2016 and expected to be operational by August 2019.
The Sukkur Multan section, 392 Km essentially follows the Left Bank of River Indus from Multan onwards connects with (M4) towards the Faisalabad and Abdul Hakeem Motorway (M3) towards Lahore.
UPDATE: Sukkur Multan Motorway M5 will be operational from Oct 1
Sukkur Multan Motorway M5 is a component of the multi-phase Peshawar Karachi Motorway planned under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
6 Lanes wide Motorway will reduce travel time between Multan and Sukkur from 6 and a half hours drive to only 3 hours and 30 minutes.
Once the Motorway M5 gets operational, the travel time from Lahore to Sukkur will be 6 hours and 30 minutes.
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Khanewal to Abdul Hakeem section is about to be completed soon which will connect Peshawar, Islamabad, and Lahore with Multan directly.
According to some commuters, Motorway M5 is partially open for light vehicles however, officially it will be operational in August 2019.
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bro, you are writing this article on 7th September that Motorway shall be operational in August 2019??
here’s the latest https://www.incpak.com/national/sindh/sukkur-multan-motorway-m5-will-be-operational/