Proceedings of the 14th Meeting of the
Transport and Communications Working Group
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c. Pakistan
Mr. Muhammad ARSHADJAN, Economy Advisor, Embassy of Pakistan in Ankara, delivered a
presentation on investment opportunities in the road infrastructure of Pakistan.
At the outset, Mr. ARSHADJAN emphasized themission of the National Highway Authority (NHA)
as “ Promote national integration through an efficient, reliable, safe and environment-friendly road
network, for sustainable economic growth and improved living standards.” He said that NHA
established in 1991 and it is a custodian of 49 national motorways and highways. Over the
13,128 kilometers network, the NHA operates 5% of roads but caters for 80% of commercial
traffic.
Mr. ARSHADJAN gave some information on the legal framework of PPP under the NHA. He said
that the NHA PPP Policy and Regulatory Framework was approved by National Highway Council
in May 2009. Under this Policy, NHA procures PPP Projects on the basis of open competitive
bidding. Furthermore, PPP Authority is established to provide a regulatory framework to
execute PPPs in Pakistan so as to promote domestic as well as foreign private.
Concerning the NHA’s recent achievements, Mr. ARSHADJAN stressed that in the last four years,
Pakistan has initiated an ambitious program of 13.63 Billion USD, completed north-south
motorway links and strengthened east-west connectivity i.e. Baluchistan. Regarding the NHA
PPP Plan, he explained that the vision to double the road density from 32 km/100 km2 till 2025
is only possible with the support of the private sector. Insufficient fiscal budget allocation needs
to be supplemented by off-budget financing. NHA has planned to undertake a major portion of
its highway development projects by financing through PPPs. NHA is promoting PPPs in order
to bring efficiency, modern skills and to augment limited public resources.
Lastly, Mr. ARSHADJAN briefed the participants about the PPP projects implemented in
Indonesia. In addition, he listed the upcoming priority projects to be implemented through the
PPP initiatives as followings;
 Hyderabad – Sukkur Motorway (M-6)
 Sialkot – Kharian Motorway
 Kharian – Rawalpindi Motorway
 Karachi Northern Bypass (M-10)
 Dualization and Rehabilitation of Karachi – Quetta – Chaman (N-25)
 Construction of Shahdara Flyover Bridge
 Construction of Southern bypass Peshawar
 Construction of Chakdara-Bagh Dheri Extension of Swat Expressway
 Construction of Additional Carriage Way from Balkasar (M-2) to Mianwali
 Dualization of Mianwali- Muzaffargarh
 Nullah Lai Transportation Corridor