Seventy percent work on construction of Dera Ismail Khan-Hakla Motorway has been completed.

An official of National Highway Authority (NHA) told our Dera Ismail Khan correspondent that motorway is part of western route of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and is likely to be completed by end of this year.

He said motorway will boost economic activities in less developed areas of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.