- Multan–Sukkur (M‑5) Motorway: Six lanes of world‑class asphalt but traffic counts – and toll receipts – fall short of feasibility‑study fantasies.
- KKH Phase II: Engineering marvel through treacherous terrain; yet landslides still close the road each winter, exposing maintenance liabilities.
- Gwadar East‑Bay Expressway: Opened 2022, immediately dubbed a “road to nowhere” by local press because port throughput remains trifling.
- Orange Line Metro: Lauded as an urban milestone; actually bleeds cash and duplicates existing bus routes.
- ML‑1 Railway: A US $6.8 bn elephant parked in the room. IMF debt‑sustainability tests keep killing the party; work has not begun.
- Karachi Circular Railway: Shifted to a PPP after Chinese lenders demurred. Encroachment clearance became a political mine‑field; true construction may still be years away.
