Karakoram Highway snowbound at Khunjerab, travellers stranded
Heavy snow and rain left travellers, tourists and dozens of containers carrying Chinese imports stranded on the Karakoram Highway at the Pakistan-China border on Friday, police said.
Heavy snowfall and rain stranded passengers, tourists, vehicles and cargo containers at Khunjerab Pass on Friday.
Three containers skidded off the Karakoram Highway and a Chinese container overturned; the drivers were rescued.
Gilgit-Baltistan police advised travellers to avoid Khunjerab until weather and road conditions improve, and to call helpline 15.
Tourism Minister Naiknaam Karim said about four inches of snow and ice covered the Pakistani side and urged the Frontier Works Organisation to deploy machinery.