N-5 National Highway#Route

{{Infobox road

| country = PAK

| type = N

| route = 5

| map = Pakistan N5.svg

| alternate_name = {{Nastaliq|قومی شاہراہ ۵}}

| length_km = 1819

| length_round =

| length_ref=

| established = 1913

| direction_a = South

| terminus_a = Karachi

| junction = 1000x25px N-110 Gharo Interchange
1000x25px N-55 Kotri Interchange
1000x25px N-305 Sakrand Interchange
1000x25px Tarind Interchange
1000x20px M-4 Shah Shams Tabrez Interchange
1000x25px Bahawalpur Bypass Interchange
Lahore Ring Road Thokar Niaz Baig Interchange
Lahore Ring Road Niazi Biag Interchange
1000x25px N-60 Shahdara Interchange
Lahore Bypass
Islamabad Expressway T-Chowk Interchange
Kashmir Highway Motorway Interchange
1000x25px N-125 Taxila Interchange
1000x25px N-35 Hasan Abdal Interchange 1000x25px N-45 Nowshera Interchange
M-1-N-5 Link Road Interchange
Peshawar Ring Road Eastern Interchange
Peshawar Ring Road Western Interchange

| direction_b = North

| terminus_b = Torkham

| previous_type =

| previous_route =

| next_type =

| next_route =

| ahn = {{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|1}}, {{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}}, {{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|4}}

}}

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The N-5 or National Highway 5 (Urdu: {{nastaliq|قومی شاہراہ ۵}}) is a 1819 km national highway in Pakistan,{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1598994 |author=Amin Ahmed|date=1 January 2021|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|title=China to provide $100m grant for road project|access-date=9 October 2021}} which extends from Karachi in Sindh to Torkham in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Route

The N-5 is the longest national highway in Pakistan and serves as an important north–south road artery, starting from Karachi and extending through Hyderabad, Moro and Sukkur in Sindh before crossing into Punjab province where it passes through Multan, Sahiwal, Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Lalamusa, Kharian, Jhelum and Rawalpindi. At Rawalpindi, it turns westwards and passes through Attock Khurd before crossing the Indus River into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to continue through Nowshera and Peshawar before entering the Khyber Pass and reaching the town of Torkham on the border with Afghanistan. Of its total length, 1021 km is in Punjab, 671 km in Sindh, and 165 km in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is managed by the National Highway Authority.

Upgradation

The federal government has approved a major upgrade of the Grand Trunk (G.T.) Road (N-5) for conversion into a uniform three-lane carriageway.{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=The Newspaper's Staff |date=2025-04-20 |title=Government greenlights upgradation of G.T. Road to three-lane carriageway |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1905341 |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Khattak |first=Arsalan |date=2025-04-20 |title=GT Road is Getting a Major Motorway-Like Upgrade |url=https://propakistani.pk/2025/04/20/gt-road-is-getting-a-major-motorway-like-upgrade/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=ProPakistani |language=en-US}}

History

Part of the highway was built on the ancient Grand Trunk Road (commonly known as G.T. Road) which came under jurisdiction of the new state after the independence of Pakistan in 1947.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jLNtAAAAMAAJ&q=n-5+highway+pakistan |title=The Concept N5 Highway Pakistan (GT Road) |date=1999 |publisher=Raja Afsar Khan |pages=24 |language=en |access-date=2024-10-19}} The historical Grand Trunk Route extended from Wagha, Punjab to Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.{{cn|date=February 2022}}

The original highways were Peshawar-Torkham Road, Grand Trunk Road (Peshawar-Lahore), Lahore-Multan Road, Multan-Bahawalpur Road, KLP Road (Bahawal Pur-Rahim Yar Khan), Karachi-Rahim Yar Khan Road.{{cn|date=February 2022}}

Junctions and interchanges

=Sindh=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#010; width:25px;"\|Number ! style="height:17px; background:#010; width:120px;"\|Location ! style="background:#010; width:100px;"\| Km marker no
1 \|Karachi \|00
2 \|Thatta \|94
3 \|Kotri \|145
4 \|Hyderabad \|163
5 \|Matiari \|190
6 \|New Saeedabad \|229
7 \| Sabu Rahu \|240
8 \|Sakrand \|250
9 \|Sukhio Manahejo \|264
10 \|Kazi Ahmed \|275
11 \| Nawab wali muhammad \|291
12 \|Daulatpur \|302
13 \|Shahpur Jehanian \|310
14 \|Moro \|320
15 \|Naushahro Feroze \|345
16 \|Bhiria \|356
17 \|Kandiaro \|373
18 \|Kotri Kabir \|391
19 \|Ranipur \|413
20 \|Kot Diji \|437
21 \|Khairpur \|458
22 \|Sukkur \|470
23 \|Pano Akil \|515
24 \|Ghotki \|543
25 \|Sarhad \|554
26 \|Mirpur Mathelo \|568
27 \|Daharki \|582
28 \|Ubauro \|596

class="wikitable"

style="background:#010; width:25px;"|Number

! style="height:17px; background:#010; width:120px;"|Location

! style="background:#010; width:100px;"| Km marker no

|00

|94

|145

|163

|190

|New Saeedabad

|229

| Sabu Rahu

|240

|Sakrand

|250

|Sukhio Manahejo

|264

|Kazi Ahmed

|275

| Nawab wali muhammad

|291

|302

|310

|320

|345

|356

|373

|391

|413

|437

|458

|470

|515

|543

|554

|568

|582

|596

=Punjab=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#010; width:25px;"\|Number ! style="height:17px; background:#010; width:120px;"\|Location ! style="background:#010; width:100px;"\| Km marker no
28 \|Kot Sabzal \|612
29 \|Sanjarpur \|620
30 \|Sadiqabad \|637
31 \|Iqbalabad \|655
32 \|Sheikh wahan \|677
33 \|Mianwali Quraishan \|687
34 \|Sardar Garh \|693
35 \|Zahir Pir \|707
36 \|Fatehpur Kamal \|719
37 \|Khan Bela \|734
38 \|Tarinda Muhammad Panah \|756
39 \|Ahmadpur East \|792
40 \|Deran \|794
41 \|Nurpur Nauranga \|814
42 \|Khanqah Sharif \|829
43 \|Bahawalpur \|844
44 \|Lodhran \|860
45 \|Shah Naal \|872
46 \|Jella Arian \|883
47 \|Basti Maluk \|896
48 \|Lar \|915
49 \|Multan \|937
50 \|Qadirpur Ran \|957
51 \|Khanewal \|980
52 \|Musa Virk \|1020
53 \|Mian Channu \|1026
54 \|Harappa \|1082
55 \|Sahiwal \|1102
56 \|Qadirabad \|1114
57 \|Okara \|1134
58 \|Renala Khurd \|1151
59 \|Akhtarabad \|1161
60 \|Wan Radha Ram \|1168
61 \|Pattoki \|1180
62 \|Bhai Pheru \|1204
63 \|Manga \|1220
64 \|Chung \|1239
65 \|Lahore \|1271
66 \|Ferozewala \|1260
67 \|Kala Shah Kaku \|1272
68 \|Muridke \|1287{{cite web\|url=http://nha.gov.pk/images/stories/services/routedistance/rd1.jpg \|title=N5 National Highway\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712002115/http://nha.gov.pk/images/stories/services/routedistance/rd1.jpg \|archive-date=12 July 2012\|website=National Highway Authority website\|access-date=9 October 2021}}
69 \|Kamoke \|1307
70 \|Eimanabad Mord \|1316
71 \|Gujranwala \|1328
72 \|Ghakhar \|1347
73 \|Wazirabad \|1362
74 \|Gujrat \|1380
75 \|Lala Musa \|1397
76 \|Kharian \|1412
77 \|Sarai Alamgir \|1426
78 \|Jhelum \|1432
79 \|Dina \|1448
80 \|Sohawa \|1473
81 \|Gujar Khan \|1491
82 \|Mandra \|1505
83 \|Rawat, (Islamabad Capital Territory) \|1522
84 \|Islamabad, Islamabad Highway Junction, Defence Housing Authority, Bahria Town (Islamabad Capital Territory) \|1524
85 \|Rawalpindi \|1540
86 \|Islamabad, Road junction to Islamabad Main City, Tarnol, Link to New Gandhara Intn'l Airport, Sangjani, CDA New Sectors (Islamabad Capital Territory) \|1551
87 \|John Nicholson's obelisk \|1565
88 \|Taxila \|1569
89 \|Wah Cantt \|1579
90 \|Hasan Abdal \|1585
91 \|Burhan \|1595
92 \|Sanjwal Cantt \|1601.012
93 \|Lawrencepur \|1602
94 \|Hattian \|1609
95 \|Kamra \|1611
96 \|Goundal \|1618
97 \|Haji Shah \|1619
98 \|Attock Khurd \|1621

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style="background:#010; width:25px;"|Number

! style="height:17px; background:#010; width:120px;"|Location

! style="background:#010; width:100px;"| Km marker no

|612

|620

|637

|655

|677

|687

|693

|707

|719

|734

|Tarinda Muhammad Panah

|756

|Ahmadpur East

|792

|Deran

|794

|814

|829

|844

|860

|872

|883

|896

|Lar

|915

|937

|957

|980

|1020

|1026

|1082

|1102

|1114

|1134

|1151

|1161

|1168

|1180

|1204

|1220

|1239

|1271

|1260

|1272

|1287{{cite web|url=http://nha.gov.pk/images/stories/services/routedistance/rd1.jpg |title=N5 National Highway|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712002115/http://nha.gov.pk/images/stories/services/routedistance/rd1.jpg |archive-date=12 July 2012|website=National Highway Authority website|access-date=9 October 2021}}

|Kamoke

|1307

|Eimanabad Mord

|1316

|1328

|1347

|1362

|1380

|1397

|1412

|1426

|1432

|1448

|1473

|1491

|1505

|Rawat, (Islamabad Capital Territory)

|1522

|Islamabad, Islamabad Highway Junction, Defence Housing Authority, Bahria Town (Islamabad Capital Territory)

|1524

|Rawalpindi

|1540

|Islamabad, Road junction to Islamabad Main City, Tarnol, Link to New Gandhara Intn'l Airport, Sangjani, CDA New Sectors (Islamabad Capital Territory)

|1551

|John Nicholson's obelisk

|1565

|Taxila

|1569

|Wah Cantt

|1579

|1585

|1595

|1601.012

|1602

|1609

|1611

|1618

|1619

|1621

=Khyber Pakhtunkhwa=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#010; width:25px;"\|Number ! style="height:17px; background:#010; width:120px;"\|Location ! style="background:#010; width:100px;"\| Km marker no
99 \|Jehangira \|1640
100 \|Nowshera \|1657
101 \|Pabbi \|1678
102 \|Peshawar \|1700

class="wikitable"

style="background:#010; width:25px;"|Number

! style="height:17px; background:#010; width:120px;"|Location

! style="background:#010; width:100px;"| Km marker no

|Jehangira

|1640

100

|Nowshera

|1657

101

|Pabbi

|1678

102

|Peshawar

|1700

=FATA=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#010; width:25px;"\|Number ! style="height:17px; background:#010; width:120px;"\|Location ! style="background:#010; width:100px;"\| Km marker no
103 \|Jamrud \|1718
104 \|Shagai Fort \|1725
105 \|Torkham \|1756

class="wikitable"

style="background:#010; width:25px;"|Number

! style="height:17px; background:#010; width:120px;"|Location

! style="background:#010; width:100px;"| Km marker no

103

|Jamrud

|1718

104

|Shagai Fort

|1725

105

|Torkham