The towns of Hoshab and Gwadar are connected by a newly built 193 kilometers portion of the M8 Motorway—the Hoshab to Gwadar portion of the motorway was completed and inaugurated in February 2016 by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at a cost of approximately $124 million 13 billion PKR = US$124,099,430.00 as of May 2016