The N-5 or National Highway 5 (Urdu: قومی شاہراہ ۵) is a 1819 km national highway in Pakistan,^[1] which extends from Karachi in Sindh to Torkham in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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National Highway 5
قومی شاہراہ ٥
قومی شاہراہ ۵
Route information
Part of AH1, AH2, AH4
Length	1,819 km (1,130 mi)
Existed	1913–present
Major junctions
South end	Karachi
Major intersections	N-110 Gharo Interchange N-55 Kotri Interchange N-305 Sakrand Interchange Tarind Interchange M-4 Shah Shams Tabrez Interchange Bahawalpur Bypass Interchange Lahore Ring Road Thokar Niaz Baig Interchange Lahore Ring Road Niazi Biag Interchange N-60 Shahdara Interchange Lahore Bypass Islamabad Expressway T-Chowk Interchange Kashmir Highway Motorway Interchange N-125 Taxila Interchange N-35 Hasan Abdal Interchange N-45 Nowshera Interchange M-1-N-5 Link Road Interchange Peshawar Ring Road Eastern Interchange Peshawar Ring Road Western Interchange
North end	Torkham
Location
Country	Pakistan
Highway system
Roads in Pakistan

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The N-5 is the longest national highway in Pakistan and serves as an important north–south road artery, starting from Karachi and extending through Hyderabad, Moro and Sukkur in Sindh before crossing into Punjab province where it passes through Multan, Sahiwal, Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Lalamusa, Kharian, Jhelum and Rawalpindi. At Rawalpindi, it turns westwards and passes through Attock Khurd before crossing the Indus River into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to continue through Nowshera and Peshawar before entering the Khyber Pass and reaching the border town of Torkham in the FATA. Its total length is divided into 1021 km in Punjab, 671 km in Sindh, and 165 km in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is managed by the National Highway Authority.

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Part of the highway was built on the ancient Grand Trunk Road (commonly known as G.T. Road) which came under jurisdiction of the new state after the independence of Pakistan in 1947.^{[citation needed]} The historical Grand Trunk Route extended from Wagha, Punjab to Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^{[citation needed]} The original highways were Peshawar-Torkham Road, Grand Trunk Road (Peshawar-Lahore), Lahore-Multan Road, Multan-Bahawalpur Road, KLP Road (Bahawal Pur-Rahim Yar Khan), Karachi-Rahim Yar Khan Road.^{[citation needed]}

There are 11 Electronic Toll & Traffic Management (ETTM) System Based Toll Plazas of National Highways.