M7 motorway (Pakistan)
M7 is a planned motorway between Dadu and Hub. The highway is part of the north-south route from Islamabad to Karachi and forms the southernmost part of this route from Ratodero to Karachi in about 540 kilometers.
Alignment
At the town of Ratodero (near Sukkur) the M6 from Multan has to merge into the M7, while crossing the M8 , the highway to Gwadar at the border with Iran . The M7 then runs south along the river Indus, and serves several cities, of which Larkana is the most important. It is still unclear whether the M7 will connect to the M9 , the highway from Hyderabad to Karachi, or whether the M7 will run directly to Karachi, thus avoiding the detour via Hyderabad. However, this last route must pass through the Kirthar Range, a low mountain range.