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• The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is also known as the Friendship Highway in China and N-35 in Pakistan.
• It was built by the governments of Pakistan and China and completed in 1979.
• Starting from Hassan Abdal, it spans 1,300 (810 miles) km in Pakistan.
• The Silk Route is also referred to as the Karakoram Highway.
• The Karakoram Range, located between China and Pakistan.
• It is traversed by the Karakoram Highway.
• It connects the two countries via the Khunjerab Pass.

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The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow strip of territory in northeastern Afghanistan that extends to China. 

It separates Tajikistan from Pakistan.

It is lies between Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region and China’s Xinjiang province.

Explanation

Khanjerab Pass is located in Gilgit–Baltistan's Hunza and Nagar Districts .

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

Khunjerab Pass is a border connecting to China in the North of Pakistan

Khunjerab Pass is located in the Karakoram range.

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The Pamir-Chitral pass is a high mountain pass that connects Chitral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan to Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor, which in turn connects to Baluchistan.

Explanation

The Khunjerab Pass is the highest mountain pass in the world.

It is located at an elevation of approximately 4,693 meters (15,397 feet).

It is situated on the border between Pakistan and China.

It connecting the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan with China's Xinjiang region.

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Bolan Pass 

The Bolan Pass is in the Toba Kakar range which lies south of the Hindu Kush mountain ranges. 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

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Khanjerab Pass is located in Gilgit–Baltistan's Hunza and Nagar Districts .

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

Khunjerab Pass is a border connecting to China in the North of Pakistan

Khunjerab Pass is located in the Karakoram range.

Explanation

Important Passes of Pakistan

1. Khyber Pass 

connects: Peshawar to Kabul

connects: Pakistan to Afghanistan

Height 1070 meters, 3510 feet 

2. Bolan Pass 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

3. Lowari Pass 

Connects: Chitral with Dir 

Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

4. Broghil Pass 

Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

5. Malakand Pass 

Connects: Dir with Chitral 

Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

6. Shandur pass

Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

7. Khanjerab Pass (topmost in Pakistan) 

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

8. Dorah pass

Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

9. Babusar Pass 

Connects: Mansehra/Abbottabad with Gilgit

10. Kohat Pass

Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

11. Khojak Pass

Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

12. Tochi Pass

Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

13. Karakar Pass

Connects: Mingora with Buner