Transportation

Railroads

• total 8,773 km
• broad gauge 7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (286 km electrified; 1,037 double track)
• narrow gauge 445 km 1.000-m gauge; 610 km less than 1.000-m gauge (1985)

Highways

• total 177,410 km
• paved 94,027 km
• unpaved 83,383 km (1991 est.)

Pipelines

Merchant marine

• Ports Gwadar, Karachi, Ormaro (under construction), Port Muhammad bin Qasim
• total 30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 352,189 GRT/532,782 DWT
• ships by type bulk 1, cargo 25, oil tanker 1, passenger-cargo 3

Airports

• total 119
• with paved runways over 3,047 m 12
• with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m 21
• with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m 33
• with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m 14
• with paved runways under 914 m 24
• with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m 7
• with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m 8

Last modified 18 May 2001