ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is going to inaugurate the second section of M-4 Faisalabad-Multan Motorway from Gojra to Shorkot tomorrow.

This section of M-4 is another milestone in upgrading and decongesting country's overburdened transport infrastructure.

Besides, it will boost trade and travel while reducing cost and time from textile producing hub Faisalabad in central Punjab to Multan which is a major trade centre in Southern Punjab.

M-4 will open up new opportunities for the residents of Faisalabad, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh and Shorkot by providing faster access to bigger markets.

M-4 Section-1 (Faisalabad-Gojra) 58 KMs has already been completed with assistance of ADB and open to traffic since March 2015. Construction of Section-2 (Gojra-Shorkot) 62 KMs will be started now.

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The M4 will upgrade the country’s vital north-south road network for promotion of economic growth, job creation and regional connectivity.

It will extend the already completed M-1, M-2 and M-3 motorways southwards and shorten the distance between Multan and twin cities of Islamabad-Rawalpindi in the north

The M-4 is also a step towards in positioning Pakistan to act as a transit artery for goods moving between the port city of Karachi/Gwadar in the south to Torkham on the northern border with Afghanistan via the country’s major business and population centers.

It will eventually link ports with the land-locked regions of Central Asia.

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NDMA submits report to Prime Minister regarding relief goods for earthquake affectees.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday submitted a report to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif regarding the distribution of relief goods to the affectees of the 7.5 earthquake which struck Pakistan's norther areas last month.

So far 46,642 tents, 78,629 blankets, 11,794 plastic mats, 962.8 tons of food packs, 22,000 tarpaulins, bottled water 14 tons, 49 water filtration plants,12 generator sets and 27 tons of medicines have been sent as part of national relief efforts for the earthquake affectees, according to the NDMA report.

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake had struck major cities of Pakistan, including the northern areas on October 26, leaving at least 200 dead and more than 1,000 injured due to building collapses, landslides, stampedes and other quake related incidents.

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