MAJOR HIGHWAYS;
N-5 pakisyan highways the longest and oldest high ways of pakistan
route karachi, lahore, peshawar, torkham
the lahore peshawar section is known as GT or grand trunk road.
total length of n-5 1819 km1021 in punjab 671 km in sindh and 127 km in kpk.
N-55 indus highway total length 1,250 km designed to provide a shorter alternative to the n-5 national highway of 1,819 km
karachi to peshawar via kotri, shikarpur,dera ghazi khan, and kohat
N-10 extends along the arabian seacoat from karachi to gwadar also known as makran coastal highways.Total length =653km
N-25 extends from karachi to chaman via bela, khuzdar, kalat, and quetta.
also known as RCD highways.Total length =813 km
N-35 karakoram highway is the historic silk route with a length of 806 km
KARAKORAM HIGHWAYS;
KKH is the highest paved international road in the world.It connects china and pakistan across the karakoram mountain range through the khunjerab pass at an altitude of 4,693 m/15,397 ft.It connects china's xinjiang region with the pakistan gilgit baltistan and also serves as a popular tourist attraction.Due to its high elevation and the difficult conditions in which it was constructed it also referred to as the eight wonder of the world within china officially it is called china national highway G314.Owing largely to the extremly sensitive state of the kashmir conflict between india and pakistan the karakoram highway has strategic and military importance......
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