The Western Alignment refers to the portions of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which are located in the Pakistani provinces of northwestern Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

[2] The Western Alignment roadway network begins at the Brahma Bahtar Interchange on the M1 Motorway near the towns of Burhan and Hasan Abdal in northern Punjab province.

[3] The newly reconstructed Karakoram Highway connects to the Western Alignment at Burhan, near where the new 285-mile-long (285 mi) controlled-access Brahma Bahtar-Yarik Motorway will commence.

[11] Construction on this portion is expected to be completed by 2018 at a cost of $86 million,[9] While the project is considered a vital link in the CPEC's Western Alignment,[11] the project's cost will not be financed by Chinese state-owned banks, but will instead be financed by the Asian Development Bank under a 2014 agreement which preceded CPEC,[12][13] as well as by a grant provided by the United Kingdom's Department for International Development.

[16] The towns of Hoshab and Gwadar are connected by a newly built 193-kilometre-long (120 mi) portion of the M8 Motorway—the Hoshab to Gwadar portion of the motorway was completed and inaugurated in February 2016 by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at a cost of approximately $124 million[17][18] The Western Alignment will be flanked by special economic zones along its route,[19] with at least seven special economic zones planned to be established in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.