KARACHI: Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani on Tuesday said the second phase of the under-construction Shahrah-i-Bhutto Expressway (Malir Expressway) from Karachi Airport to Quaidabad will be opened for vehicular traffic next month.

Talking to reporters during a visit to the project site, he said that the 36-kilometre-long expressway would be completed by December this year.

The minister said that the second phase of the expressway was 15 kilometres long, including a four-kilometre-long overhead bridge.

Published in Dawn, March 19th, 2025

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