Explanation

• Bolan Pass is located in Balochistan.
• The pass connects Sibi with Quetta through the Toba Kakar Range.
• Bolan Pass is often called the gateway to Balochistan.

Additional information:

• Khyber Pass – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Lowari Pass – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Khunjerab Pass – Gilgit-Baltistan
• Shandur Pass – Between Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Last verified on 11-07-2026

Explanation

• Longest Railway Tunnel: Khojak Tunnel
• Also Known As: Shela Bagh Tunnel
• Length: 3.9 km (3,912 meters)
• Construction: 1888–1891
• Location: Toba Achakzai Range, Qilla Abdullah District, Balochistan
• Connects: Qila Abdullah – Chaman

Additional information:

• Longest Road Tunnel: Lowari Tunnel

Last verified on 17-07-2026

Explanation

• Bolan Pass begins near Sibi in Balochistan.
• It extends toward Quetta.
• The pass connects the plains of Sibi with the highlands of Quetta.
• Approximate length: 89 km
• Mountain range: Toba Kakar Range

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Explanation

• Khyber Pass connects Peshawar (Pakistan) with Afghanistan.
• It links Peshawar with Torkham on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Additional information:

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 (top most 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/Abbotabad with Gilgit

10. Kohat Pass

• Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

11. Khojak Pass

• Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

12. Tochi Pass

• Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

Last verified on 01-04-2026

Explanation

• Khunjrab pass connects Pakistan with China.
• Location: Hunza Pakistan - administered Gilgit–Baltistan and Xinjiang, China
• Road name: N-35
• Range: Karakoram

Last verified on 01-07-2026