SIALKOT: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will inaugurate work on the Sialkot-Lahore Motorway near Sambrial on Aug 22.

MNA Armughan Subhani told newsmen here on Wednesday that the prime minister would also address a meeting of businessmen on the occasion.

He said the 89km long expressway would cost Rs 53 billion. It would be linked with the Lahore-Islamabad Motorway near Kala Shah Kaku and the Lahore Ring Road near Mahmood Booti.

Published in Dawn, August 18th, 2016

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