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Transportation In PakistanRailways: total: 8,163 km broad gauge: 7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified; 1,037 km double track) narrow gauge: 445 km 1.000-m gauge (1996 est.) Highways: total: 247,811 km paved: 141,252 km (including 339 km of expressways) unpaved: 106,559 km (1998 est.) Vehicles on road: 4.2 million vehicles 250,000 commercial vehicleshttp://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_26-5-2004_pg7_32/1 (2004 estimate) Pipelines: crude oil 250 km; petroleum products 885 km; natural gas 4,044 km (1987) Ports and harbors: Karachi, Port Muhammad bin Qasim Merchant marine: total: 20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 288,249 GRT/444,451 DWT ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 15, container 3, petroleum tanker 1 (1999 est.) Airports: 118 (1999 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total: 82 over 3,047 m: 12 2,438 to 3,047 m: 21 1,524 to 2,437 m: 32 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 3 (1999 est.) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 36 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 20 (1999 est.) Heliports: 7 (1999 est.) - See also : Pakistan
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