[5] The approval for the Multan-Sukkur Motorway (M-5) was granted in July 2014,[6] with an estimated cost of Rs.

[7] In May 2016, the Pakistani government awarded the contract to build this section to China State Construction Engineering,[3] with the completion date being August 2019.

[3] Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif performed the groundbreaking on 6 May 2016,[8] while the actual ground work started in August 2016.

[10] The motorway was inaugurated on 5 November 2019 in the 9th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting in Islamabad.

[13] Starting from Multan, the six-lane motorway passes through Shujabad, Jalalpur Pirwala, Ahmedpur East, Rahimyar Khan, Sadiqabad, Ubauro, and Pano Aqil before it terminates at Sukkur.