Peshawar: The Chief Minister (CM) Mahmood Khan has hinted that Swat Expressway may be extended from Chakdara to Mingora, a news source reported. The CM also instructed that work on the section of the expressway from Katlang Interchange to Chakdara be accelerated.
The CM also ordered land acquisition for CPEC City, Nowshera, and cement plant in Haripur. He was chairing a meeting on Swat Expressway in CM Secretariat, Peshawar. The meeting was also attended by provincial minister for communication and works Akbar Ayub, principal secretary to CM Mohammad Israr, managing director Swat Expressway Brig Ashfaq and other high officials.
According to the briefing at the meeting, Swat Expressway has been completed from Karnel Sher Khan Interchange to Katlang, which is a 50 kilometre stretch out of its total of 81 kilometres.