Heavy snow leaves vehicles stuck at Khunjerab Pass border

Stranded passengers said the pass sits above 15,000 feet, while a landslide fully blocked the Ghizer-Shandur Road in Gilgit-Baltistan on the same day.

Heavy snow 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's tourism minister said the Pakistani side of the road was still covered with snow and ice.

He appealed to the Frontier Works Organisation to deploy snow-clearing machinery immediately.

Police advised travellers to avoid Khunjerab and to call helpline 15 before setting out.

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