Sindh highway projects get big boost under PSDP 2026-27

Mettis Global reports that the National Highway Authority has earmarked Rs49.305bn for Sindh road and motorway schemes this fiscal year under its PSDP 2026-27. The Sindh component spans nine projects totalling Rs594.977bn in approved PC-I cost. Spending reached Rs122.508bn by June 2026, leaving a throw-forward liability of Rs472.469bn from 1 July 2026.

Of the allocation, Rs8.055bn comes from domestic resources and Rs41.25bn from foreign assistance. The largest share, Rs30bn, is directed to the Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway, a 306km project structured as a build-operate-transfer scheme valued at Rs363.7bn. Procurement for this route is expected to conclude in November 2026.

A further Rs9bn is set aside for rehabilitating and rebuilding the flood-hit N-5 section between Moro and Ranipur, spanning the 318 to 404 kilometre stretch and restoring 32 damaged bridges. That Rs57.245bn scheme has used Rs13.224bn so far, with work on Lot-1 standing at 23% and Lot-2 at 19%, and its target finish is June 30, 2027. Separately, Rs5bn has been earmarked, with Rs4bn of that coming from overseas, for an extra carriageway on the 221.9km Indus Highway (N-55) between Shikarpur and Rajanpur, where progress ranges from 21% to 79% across four lots and the target date is October 2026.