BEIJING: A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Thursday said that the newly-constructed Sukkur-Multan Motorway would be very important to economic and social development in Pakistan.&I believe this project will be very important to the economic and social development in both the countries especially in Pakistan,& Hua Chunying said during her regular briefing while responding to a question.The 392-kilometre Sukkur-Multan Motorway, which is known as M5 in Pakistan, is a part of the country Peshawar-Karachi Motorway and was completed two weeks ahead of scheduled time.
The M5 was designed for speeds of up to 120 km with a total investment of around $2.89 billion.The spokesperson observed that newly constructed motorway was the biggest transport infrastructure project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and one of the early completed projects.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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