Delay in motorway project irks Shehbaz.

ISLAMABAD -- Taking notice of an inordinate delay in the launch of much-awaited multibillion-rupee 306km Sukkur-Hyderabad motorAway project, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday reprimanded senior officials of the National Highway Authority and directed them to launch the project on a war footing.

Presiding over a meeting held to review progress on road projects, the PM also instructed to initiate construction of Thakot-Raikot section of Karakorum Highway, Babusar Tunnel and Khuzdar-Kuchlak road.

Calling for ensuring transparency in awarding the contract, he formed a nine-member committee comprising the communications minister, the managing director of Public...