Pakistan to upgrade 'killer highway' to complement Belt and Road

Fuel levy imposed to fund $1.5bn N-25 expansion in Balochistan province

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After lengthy delays and some 7,000 accidents recorded annually, it will take three years to upgrade the N-25 highway to a properly divided dual carriageway. (File photo by Reuters)

ADNAN AAMIR

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan has approved the long-delayed expansion of an arterial road running from Karachi to the border with Afghanistan that has been dubbed 'the killer highway' on account of frequent fatal accidents.

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