ULAANTBATAR, MONGOLIA

5TH OCTOBER, 2018

• Pakistan has total population (Census-2017) : 207.77 Million

• Urban Population: 75.58Million (36% share)

• Rural Population: 132.19Million (64% share)

• Total Road Length: 268,935 Km

• High Type: 197,452 Km (Containing 12,131Km of 32

National Highways, Motorways, Expressways and Strategic

Road Network)

• Low Type: 71,483 Km (Mostly rural and irrigation roads

administered by Local Government and Irrigation

Department)

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TALDY KURGAN

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KARSAKPAY

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KASHGHAROSHI

CHIMKENT

TASHKENT

LENINABAD

TAMDYHULAKNUKAS

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LAHORE

KANDHAR

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MULTAN

SUKKAR

HYDERABAD

BAM ZAHIDAN

BANDAR ABBAS

SHEERAZ

ESFAHAN

QOM

TEHRAN

TABRIZ

ERZURUM

SIVASANKARA

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KANSNOVODSK

KERMAN

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QUETTA

PAKISTAN’s GEO-STRATEGIC LOCATION

Khunjrab Pass

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Mianchannu

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Malana

Kashmir(Disputed Territory)

National Highways and Motorways

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Muzaffarabad

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Thatta

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M-9

M-1

M-3

Pindi

Bhattian

Faisalabad

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National Highway

Motorway (Operational)

Motorway (Under construction)

National Capital

Provincial Capital

City/Town

Provincial Boundary

International Boundary

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Source: National Highway Authority (NHA) Pakistan

1. Asphalt with Base & Sub-base: Used in Motorways, National

Highways and major Provincial Highways.

2. TST/DST with Base & Sub-base: Used in Provincial Highways and rural

roads.

3. RCC with base course: Used in Motorways and National Highways for

low speed lane where there is massive heavy traffic.

4. Interlocking Concrete Pavers with base course: Used in congested

commercial roads and there are many utility services underneath.

5. PCC with Base: Used in some of urban streets depending upon the

conditions.

6. Brick Soling with Base: Used in some of the rural streets.

• National Highway Authority (Administering Highways and

Motorways Network of Pakistan)

• Provincial Highways Authorities (Administering Provincial Roads)

• Communications & Works Departments (Administering Local

feeder roads)

• Cantonment Board (Administering Cantonment Roads)

• Local Government (Administering Rural Roads)

• Irrigation Department (Administering Irrigation Roads)

• Ministry of Climate Change at Federal Level

• Ministry of Environment at Provincial Levels

• Environment Protection Authority at Federal and

Provincial Levels

• Vehicular Emission Testing Services (VETS)

• Highways and Motorways Network of Pakistan caters

80% of the total passenger Traffic and about 90% of

Freight Traffic

• However, Rural road networks plays more pivotal role in

socio-economic development of a country due to major

share of rural population in the country’s total population.

• In Pakistan, 64% of the country’s population live in rural

areas and are considered to be significant in terms of:

• Access to basic facilities such as schools, hospitals,

work places, and farm to Market.

• Applicability and affordability of public transportation

on rural roads such as Qingqis and Rikshaws

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• Prohibition of certain discharges or emissions (NEQS).Section 11 of PEPA, 1997

No person shall discharge or emit any effluent or waste or air pollutant or

noise in an amount or level which is in excess of the National

Environmental Quality Standards.

• Regulation of motor vehicles (Section 15).

No person shall operate a vehicle from which air pollution or noise are

being emitted in excess of NEQS limits. Smoke opacity not to exceed 40%

or 2 Ringlemann Scale or equivalent smoke number

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No proponent of a project shall commence construction

or operation unless he has filed an IEE with

Environmental Protection Agency or where the project is

likely to cause an adverse environmental effects an EIA,

and has obtained from the Agency approval in respect

thereof.

Section 12 of Pakistan Environment Protection

Act, 1997

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The Government is conscious of the immediate requirements to improve

accessibility and mobility in the urban context which includes the following :

1. Institutional Arrangement

2. Modus Operandi

3. Bus Requirements

4. CNG Buses

5. Mass Transit

6. Financial Aspects

7. Terminal / Parking Facilities

8. Roadway Facilities

9. Safety

10. Vehicle Registration, Motor Vehicle Examination, Driver Training

and Driving Licenses

11. OTHERS (Insurance, Fares, Enforcement, Monitoring System etc)

ACTION PLAN

• Shifting mode of transport in Urban areas by

introducing Mass Transit System

• Projects Developed

• Lahore Metro

• Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro

• Multan Metro

• Projects In-progress

• Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit System

• Institutional Strengthening

• Enforcement and Law reforms to control vehicle’s

emission

• Inadequate funding to transportation sector

• Political driven prioritization of roads development

• Lack of coordination among stakeholders

• Safety aspects of transportation

• Articulated type of vehicles on rural roads e.g. Qingqis

• Insufficient maintenance budget to rural roads

• Discrepancies in Data

• Gender Based issues in accessibility by using public transportation

• Capacity/Knowledge related issues

• Applicability issues of other means of transportation

Peshawar-Islamabad (M1) Islamabad-Lahore (M2)

Peshawar-Karachi GT Road (N5) Peshawar Karachi, Indus Highway (N55)

A type of public transport in Urban Areas

A type of public transport in Rural Areas