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The Karakoram Highway is one of the highest paved roads in the world, often called the 'Eighth Wonder of the World' due to its height.
GILGIT: Karakoram Highway (KKH) and Baltistan Road, which were closed after heavy rainfall triggered landslides at several points a day before, reopened for traffic on Friday, officials said.
Heavy rainfall in the Diamer and Upper Kohistan regions has triggered landslides, leading to the complete closure of the ...
The Karakoram Highway connects China and Pakistan and at 15,400 feet above sea level, it’s the highest paved road in the world. A total of 82 workers died during construction, mostly due to ...
This doesn't help when the road itself is 75% mud and gravel. This highway is best saved for only those whose job requires using it. The 800-mile Karakoram Highway is a mountainous road that ...
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PAC probes costly redesign of KKH
During a PAC meeting chaired by Junaid Akbar Khan, audit officials reported serious irregularities in the redesigning process ...
the highway passes the glacial landscape of the Karakoram Mountains along the China-Pakistan border, following the route of the ancient Silk Road. Thanks to its impressive 4,693-meter elevation ...
The Karakoram Highway has been reopened after landslides blocked some sections of the critical route, after a massive rockfall at Lotar in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Upper Kohistan district left ...
The Karakoram Highway (KKH) has been blocked at Lotar ... Authorities are working to clear the road, but the blockage remains unresolved due to large boulders covering over 100 meters of the ...
Intermittent rains for past several days have wreaked havoc on the GB area, with landslides damaging roads, public and ...
Seven people including five women were killed and nine other injured in a road accident near Thalichi at Karakoram Highway today. According to Rescue 1122, a coaster carrying 31 tourists, which was ...
The Karakoram Highway between Rawalpindi and Gilgit has been restored ... traffic between Gilgit-Skardu removing landslides debris from Shahre-Baltistan. The road was blocked due to landslides at Dhee ...