Infrastructure Development | MCQs

Explanation

• The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is also known as the Friendship Highway in China and N-35 in Pakistan.
• It was built by the governments of Pakistan and China and completed in 1979.
• Starting from Hassan Abdal, it spans 1,300 (810 miles) km in Pakistan.
• The Silk Route is also referred to as the Karakoram Highway.
• The Karakoram Range, located between China and Pakistan.
• It is traversed by the Karakoram Highway.
• It connects the two countries via the Khunjerab Pass.

Explanation

• M1 motorway connect Peshawar to Islamabad/Rawalpindi.

• M1 motorway was constructed by President Pervez Musharraf

• M1 motorway opened on October 2007.
• M1 motorway length 155 km, (88 km in KPK and 67 km in Punjab)

Explanation

M1 motorway connect Peshawar to Islamabad/Rawalpindi.

M1 motorway was constructed by President Pervez Musharraf

M1 motorway opened on October 2007.

M1 motorway length 155 km, (88 km in KPK and 67 km in Punjab)

Explanation

On 13 December 2022, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif laid foundation of the 306-kilometre Sukkur-Hyderabad section of the M6 motorway. 

Explanation

Pakistan Aeronautical Complex at Kamra is located in Attock, Punjab.

Pakistan Aeronautical Complex at Kamra was established with the help of China. 

Founded: 1971, Kamra Kalan

Headquarters: Kamra Kalan

Parent organization: Pakistan Air Force

Production output: Military Aircraft

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Explanation

The Azad Pattan Hydropower Project is a 700 MW hydroelectric power station

'Azad Pattan" project will be constructed on the Jhelum River of Azad Pattan Bridge in the Sudhanoti District, Azad Jammu, and Kashmir

Opening date: 2026

Construction cost: $1.517 billion

Owner(s) : China Ghezouba Group, Laraib Group

Explanation

The Gawadar International Airport was constructed under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

It is the largest airport in Pakistan by area

Occupying 4,300 acres (17 km2) of land

Opened 20 January 2025

Explanation

The Sukkur-Multan Motorway is known as M5.

It is 392 km long.

It running from Multan in the north to Sukkur in the south.

Major cities along the M5 include: Jalalpur Pirwala, Shujaabād, and Pano Aqil.

The Sukkur Barrage, officially named Lloyd Barrage, is located in Sindh Province.

It built from 1923 to 1932 during the British Raj.

It was rehabilitated in November 2004. 

The barrage is approximately 2 km (1 mi) long.

It is the oldest in Pakistan, with seven canals taking off from it.

Seven canals take off from Sukkur Barrage:

Left Bank Canals:

• 1. Khairpur West Canal
• 2. Rohri Canal
• 3. Khairpur East Canal
• 4. Eastern Nara Canal

• 1. North West Canal
• 2. Rice Canal
• 3. Dadu Canal

Explanation

CPEC has the following 3 routes

1. Western route

2. Central route

3. Eastern route 

CPEC stands for China-Pakistan economic corridor

China–Pakistan Economic Corridor is a 3000 km framework of regional connection between China and Pakistan

Type of project------->Economic corridor

Location-------> Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh & Azad Kashmir, China: Xinjiang

Established---->20 April 2015 

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Explanation

Islamabad officially became the capital of Pakistan on 14 August 1967, under President Ayub Khan.

The city was constructed starting in 1960.

It is now the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million.

Its postcode is 44000.

Before being named the capital, the area was known as Raj Shahi.