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- proper noun the highest paved international road in the world that connects
China toPakistan across theKarakoram mountain range, through theKhunjerab Pass at an altitude of 4,693 metres (15,397 feet), which makes it by far the highest paved international border crossing in the world.
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Examples
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Situated in the Orash Valley, Abbottabad is circled by forested hills cut by the Karakoram Highway, once part of the fabled Silk Road.
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The first dam the government plans to build is the Diamer-Bhasha dam on the Indus River in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan province near the Karakoram Highway which links Pakistan to China.
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Therefore, Life seems paralyzed in these regions because of the snow, however, Karakoram Highway has been blocked at several points in the upper parts of Hunza and there is severe shortage of basic necessities in the areas.
Bad weather paralyses the life in the mountainous regions of Pakistan 2009
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China now has its seaports in place and its beautiful new Karakoram Highway through Kashmir, largely made possible through western money and know-how.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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China now has its seaports in place and its beautiful new Karakoram Highway through Kashmir, largely made possible through western money and know-how.
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Therefore, Life seems paralyzed in these regions because of the snow, however, Karakoram Highway has been blocked at several points in the upper parts of Hunza and there is severe shortage of basic necessities in the areas.
Bad weather paralyses the life in the mountainous regions of Pakistan 2009
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Then there is the Frontier Works Organization, established in 1966 to construct the 805 km Karakoram Highway linking Pakistan with China.
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The trouble started with China when the Chinese were building the Karakoram Highway in the 1970s.
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The Karakoram Highway, which links Pakistan to China, was closed as rains washed away a bridge in Shangla district, also cutting off Gilgit-Baltistan from other parts of the country, media reports said.
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The Karakoram Highway, which links Pakistan to China, was closed as rains washed away a bridge in Shangla district, also cutting off Gilgit-Baltistan from other parts of the country, media reports said.
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