ISLAMABAD, FEB 03, (DNA) – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will reach Karachi today (Friday) on a one-day visit.

He will be received by Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair Umar, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and other authorities on the Karachi airport.

PM Nawaz will then depart to Nooriabad where he will inaugurate the first phase of 75-kilometre long section of six-lane Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway, M-9.

The ceremony will be attended by federal and provincial ministers, construction company Frontier Works Organization, higher officials of National Highway Authority, traders, industrialists and other dignitaries.

The 75-kilometre completed section of the 136-kilometre Motorway has four interchanges, including Dada Bhoy, Industrial Valley, Nooriabad and Thano Bola Khan Interchange.

These interchanges will provide access to various areas, including Keer Thar National Park, Jhampeer, Kinjhar Jheel and Thano Ahmed Khan.

Under China Pakistan Economic Corridor, Karachi -Hyderabad Motorway project commenced on September 17, 2015 and the rest work will be completed by March 2018 at a cost of Rs36 billion.

PM Nawaz is also expected the residence of former Governor Saeed-uz-Zaman to offer condolences over his demise.