M-6 to be completed at all costs, Aurangzeb assures NA

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Thursday assured the National Assembly that the Sukkur-Hyderabad-Karachi Motorway (M-6), which is essential for Pakistan’s economy, would be completed at all costs while allocations for the project would also be made in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP).

The minister said the project was among government’s priorities and would go ahead with funding either through foreign sources or the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP). He said the federal budget is currently being finalised, and the Minister for Planning will be informed about the importance of the project so that appropriate allocations can be made.

Minister of State for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Chaudhry Armaghan Subhani while responding to calling attention notice over the project’s exclusion from the PSDP 2024–25, clarified that although the motorway did not make it to this year’s development portfolio, he assured members that the Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway (M-6) would be included in the PSDP 2025-26 and treated as a priority initiative under multiple funding mechanisms. He said that the Ministry of Communications has already proposed Rs10 billion for the M-6 in the next PSDP, with the figure subject to revision.