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Hazara Motorway or M-15 (Hindko/Urdu: ہزارہ موٹروے‎, Pashto: د هزاره موټروې‎), is a 180 kilometer controlled-access motorway linking the Burhan Interchange near Hasan Abdal in Punjab province with Haripur, Havelian, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Shinkiari, Battagram, and Thakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The project is divided into 7 packages; the first four (from Burhan to Mansehra) are already completed and were inaugurated on 27 December 2017 & 18 November 2019. The motorway is not being financed by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, but will instead be financed by the Asian Development Bank,[2] along with a ₨10.021 billion (US$71 million) grant from the United Kingdom.[3]

Syed Zaheer ul Islam (Commissioner Hazara Division) briefed about 118.32 kilometers long Havelian to Thakot CPEC project and its progress, He said that 78.78 percent work has been completed on Mansehra to Thakot section. The remaining section from Mansehra to Thakot of project would likely to be completed by end of February 2020.

The motorway starts from Havelian, passes through Abbottabad, Mansehra and Shinkiari, and ends at Thakot. The motorway has five tunnels two at Abbottabad and one each at Battal, Karmong and Mansehra. Upto Mansehra, its 39 km portion will have six-lane controlled access portion while the remaining 79 km would be four lane road

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