China State Construction Engineering won the project after bidding process in May 2017, while the ground work was anticipated to start by August 2017 and finish by December 2019.

[2] On 16 July 2020, in an economic committee meeting presided over by PM Imran Khan's advisor on Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh gave a go-ahead to the construction of the 306-kilometre-long Hyderabad–Sukkur Motor-way at a cost of Rs165.67bn .

[5] [6] China State Construction Engineering won the project after bidding process in May 2017 with anticipated ground work to be started by August 2017 and finish the same by December 2019.

As of April, 2021, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) recommended the Rs 191.47 bn, 306 km Hyderabad–Sukkur Motorway project to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec).

It will then continue northwards towards Khairpur, and finally course northeast again towards the city of Rohri, which lies across the Indus River from Sukkur in northern Sindh province.

[3] While the government of China has extended low interest concessionary loans to cover large portions of CPEC infrastructure projects,[7] the government of Pakistan in July 2016 decided to allow international bidding for the project, citing difficulty meeting Pakistan's required financial contributions for utilization of concessionary Chinese loans.

[3] As of April, 2021, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) recommended the Rs 191.47 bn, 306 km Hyderabad–Sukkur Motorway project to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec).

[8] As of April, 2021, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) recommended the Rs 191.47 billion, 306 km Hyderabad–Sukkur Motorway project to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec).

The project is expected to be completed in 30 months[2] The construction of Hyderabad–Sukkur Motorway (M-6) will be done under public-private financing mode on the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis.

[11] Three Sindh Bank officials, including Area Manager, Tabish Shah, have also been arrested by Federal Investigation Agency in the case.