How to Check if a Pakistan Motorway Is Open or Closed Right Now

To check if a motorway in Pakistan is open right now, call the NHMP helpline 130, or open the NHMP travel advisory board at cpo.nhmp.gov.pk:7892/TA/public/viewtravel.aspx. The board lists every closure, lane closure and diversion by motorway, with the time of the last update.

NHMP is the National Highways and Motorway Police. It closes the roads, so it is the body to ask. A weather forecast tells you fog may come. Only the motorway police can tell you the barrier is down.

We opened the board ourselves on the evening of 28 September 2026 and read every sector. Below is what it showed, how to read it, and what to do when it and the road do not agree.

Four ways to check motorway status in Pakistan

The fastest check is the NHMP helpline, 130. The fullest check is the NHMP travel advisory board. NHMP's official social media accounts carry the big closures, and each motorway sector has its own phone number on the board.

NHMP's contact page lists the helpline as 130. The main office number is 051-9320294-5, and the complaint cell is 051-9320290.

What the NHMP travel advisory board showed when we tested it

The board is one long page, split into zones and then sectors. Each sector shows its phone number, any closures or weather notes, and a "Last updated on" time. On 28 September 2026 most sectors had been updated that day.

Here is part of what we read at about 8 pm on 28 September 2026:

• M-1, Peshawar to Islamabad: "Road & Weather Clear", updated 18:49.
• M-2 South, Kot Momin to Lahore: lanes closed northbound from Hadiyala Virkan (KM 42) to Sheikhupura (KM 46) for road work, with traffic diverted. Updated 07:37.
• M-14, Hakla to D.I. Khan: road closed both ways from Kotbellian (KM 166) to Essakhel (KM 209) for road work.
• M-11, Lahore to Sialkot: weather cloudy from Mehmood Booti (KM 00) to Sambrial toll plaza (KM 91). Updated 08:14.
• M-4, Pindi Bhattian to Abdul Hakeem: lanes closed northbound from Faisalabad (KM 238) to Pindi Bhattian (KM 290) for road work.

These entries were true on the evening we checked. They will be out of date by the time you read this, so check the board yourself.

The board also covers national highways such as N-5 and N-55, not just motorways. It links to the Pakistan Meteorological Department's daily and 3 day forecasts at the top.

How to read a closure notice on the board

Every entry follows one pattern: the type of notice, the stretch from one place and kilometre marker to another, the reason, and the side of the road. Read the side carefully. A northbound closure may leave your southbound trip untouched.

1. Find your zone, such as Motorway North, Central-I or Central-II.
2. Find your sector, such as M-2 South or M-11.
3. Read the notice type: Road Closed, Lane Closed, Diversion or Weather.
4. Check the kilometre markers and the side: North Bound or South Bound.
5. Look at the "Last updated on" time. If it is hours old, call the sector number.

The four notice types mean different things. "Road Closed" means no traffic on that stretch and side. "Lane Closed" means the road is open but narrower. "Diversion" means traffic is moved to another lane or carriageway. "Weather" is a warning, such as cloud, rain or fog. A colour key at the top marks public protests and clear roads.

Fog closures and what the notices look like

In winter, fog is the main reason motorways close in Punjab. Fog appears on the board as a Weather entry. When visibility drops too far, it becomes a Road Closed entry with the affected stretch. Check again before every trip.

On 28 September we saw only cloud and rain entries, since the fog season has not started. The board uses the same format for every weather type, so a fog note will name the stretch and kilometre markers in the same way.

Fog closures move fast. A stretch can shut at midnight and reopen mid morning, because fog on Pakistan's motorways is usually thickest from about midnight until just after sunrise.

Sector phone numbers for the busiest motorways

Each motorway sector has its own number on the board. Calling it reaches the office that runs your stretch of road. These are the numbers the board showed on 28 September 2026 for the busiest routes.

The zone offices are Motorway North Zone, 051-9278808, Motorway Central-I, 042-99333319, and Motorway Central-II, 061-9330971.

Limits of the board, and what to do about them

The board is useful, but it has gaps. Some sectors had not been updated for more than 12 hours when we checked. The page opens only over plain http, so some browsers show a "not secure" warning. The link on NHMP's main site points to the same page.

A "not secure" warning here does not mean the page is fake. It means the connection is not encrypted. You are only reading it, not typing anything in, so that is fine for a status check.

Two more things. The travel advisory section on nhmp.gov.pk loads a map that did not show us any readable entries. And the page for NHMP's Raahi phone app returned a server error on 28 September. So use the board or call 130.

Before a long trip, also check your M-Tag balance and the motorway toll rates. If the M-2 is part of your route, the list of M-2 toll plazas helps you match a closure's place names to exits.

Common questions

What is the motorway police helpline number?

130. NHMP's contact page lists it as the helpline, alongside the main office number 051-9320294-5.

How can I check if the M-2 motorway is open today?

Open the NHMP travel advisory board and read the M-2 North and M-2 South sectors, or call 130. The board splits M-2 at Kot Momin.

Is the NHMP travel advisory board live?

It is updated by each sector, and each shows its own "Last updated on" time. When we checked, some entries were minutes old and others more than 12 hours old.

Does the board show fog closures?

Yes. Fog appears as a Weather entry, and a closure appears as Road Closed, both with the stretch and kilometre markers.

Why does my browser say the NHMP board is not secure?

Because the page opens over plain http, not https. It is NHMP's own address, linked from nhmp.gov.pk. You only read it, so no data is at risk.

Planning a toll road trip as well? See the M-11 Lahore Sialkot motorway guide and the Lahore Ring Road toll rates.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

Last checked 28 September 2026, about 8 pm PKT. We read the NHMP travel advisory board at cpo.nhmp.gov.pk:7892 in full, NHMP's homepage and contact page, and its travel advisory and Raahi pages. The closures listed are a snapshot from that evening, not current advice. We did not call 130 for this piece. We could not read NHMP's social media feeds without logging in, so we only confirm the account links from NHMP's own site.