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China citing the fact that Mintaka would be more susceptible to air strikes, recommended the steeper Khunjerab Pass instead. [ 1 ] On the Pakistani-administered side, the pass is 42 km (26 mi) from the National Park station and checkpoint in Dih, 75 km (47 mi) from the customs and immigration post in Sost , 270 km (170 mi) from Gilgit , and 870 ...
The Khunjerab Pass is the only modern day border crossing between China and Pakistan, accessed via the Karakorum Highway. [9] Historically the Mintaka Pass and Kilik Pass have also been used; however those crossings do not have vehicle access and are closed.
Aerial View of The Karakoram Highway. The Karakoram Highway (Urdu: شاہراہ قراقرم, Śāhirāh-i Qarāquram), also known as the KKH, National Highway 35 (Urdu: قومی شاہراہ ۳۵), N-35, and the China–Pakistan Friendship Highway, is a 1,300 km (810 mi) national highway which extends from Hasan Abdal in the Punjab province of Pakistan to the Khunjerab Pass in Gilgit ...
Khojak Pass 2,290 m (7,512 ft) Khunjerab Pass connects Pakistan with China 4,693 m (15,397 ft) Khyber PassPakistan with to Afghanistan 1,070 m (3,510 ft) Khurram Pass to Afghanistan; Kilik Pass to China 4,827 metres (15,837 ft) Kohat Pass; Lowari Pass connects Chitral with Dir 3,118 m (10,230 ft) Lupghar Pir Pass to Afghanistan 5,190 m (17,030 ft)
Khunjerab Railway (Urdu: خنجراب ریل راستہ), also known as China–Pakistan railway and ML-5, is a semi planned railway lines in Pakistan, to be operated and maintained by Pakistan Railways. The current active line begins from Taxila Junction station and ends at Havelian station.
The Khunjerab Pass is the only modern-day border crossing between China and Pakistan which can be accessed via the Karakoram Highway.The actual immigration of the respective countries is cleared in Sost, Pakistan and Tashkurgan, China, around 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the Khunjerab Pass.
China National Highway 314 (G314) (sometimes referred to as Gansu Provincial Highway 314) runs southwest from Urumqi, Xinjiang towards the Khunjerab Pass, which is on the northern border of the Gilgit–Baltistan territory in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The highway is 1,948 kilometres (1,210 mi) in length.
Gojal (Wakhi: وادی گوجال, Kyrgyz: گۉجال ۅرۅنۇ,), also called Upper Hunza, is situated in northwestern Pakistan. It borders China at the Khunjerab Pass and the Shimshal valley, and Afghanistan at the Chapursan valley. In 2019, Gojal Valley became the second Karachukar sub-division within the Hunza District.