socialmedian: Border tourism opens between China and Pakistan across Khunjerab Pass

Hi there. I'm Jason, one of the founders of socialmedian.

socialmedian delivers the news, filtered by your network.

We'd love to have you join in.

You can use facebook connect to sign in.

Add News Flash

User-submitted headlines for this story

Clip

Border tourism opens between China and Pakistan across Khunjerab Pass | Pakistan Daily

Submitted by Euraktiva

Apr 28, 2009

Summary

The Khunjerab Pass connecting China and Pakistan has so far been used for joint security drills and a small amount of trade between the two countries. For the first time, the historical pass is being opened up for tourism as the two nations intensify their people to people contacts.

The first batch of Chinese tourists will leave for a trip of northern Pakistan as soon as the long and flat Pass is opened up after remaining closed for winter from November 30. The itinerary of tourists will be limited to six days and they will be asked to restrict their travels to specific areas in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan.

Though NWFP is the hotbed of Taliban extremism, the mountain areas bordering China are still regarded to be peaceful and trouble free, sources said. Read the full article

Comments (0)

Add Your Comment