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The Silk Route is also known as Karakoram Highway

The silk road connects Pakistan and China.

The total length is approximately 1,300 kilometers, of which 887 kilometers are in Pakistan and 413 km in China.

The silk road is considered a symbol of Pakistan-China's eternal friendship

The highway meets the Pakistani-Chinese border at Khunjerab Pass

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The Karakoram Highway being contrasted with the assistance of the Chines government was completed in 1979

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Karakoram highway is also known as N-35

The Karakoram Highway starts from Hassan Abdal.

Karakoram highway was completed in 1979.

its length in Pakistan is 1300 km.

The same Continues with the name China National Highway 314 (G314) in China

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• The dam was inaugurated in Oct 2020 by the Sindh government in Nagarparkar The district of Tharparkar is Kalidas Dam
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• The dam was inaugurated at Rs333 million Kalidas Dam in Nagarparkar, Tharparkar district, on Wednesday,
• the CM said that 23 such dams have been built so far and the work on 11 other dams will finish by July 2022.
  

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The Sukkur-Multan Motorway is known as M5.

It is 392 km long.

It running from Multan in the north to Sukkur in the south.

Major cities along the M5 include: Jalalpur Pirwala, Shujaabād, and Pano Aqil.

The Sukkur Barrage, officially named Lloyd Barrage, is located in Sindh Province.

It built from 1923 to 1932 during the British Raj.

It was rehabilitated in November 2004. 

The barrage is approximately 2 km (1 mi) long.

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The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is expected to be fully operational by 2030.

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a series of energy and infrastructure projects, some of which connect China’s Xinjiang to Gwadar.

Initiated in mid-2013 and formally launched in April 20, 2015.

CPEC is generally described as a $46 billion package of Chinese aid.

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Pakistan Steel Mill in Karachi was founded on July 2, 1973.

PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto laid the foundation stone of Pakistan Steel Mills on December 30, 1973, with the support of the Soviet Union (Russia).

An agreement for techno-financial assistance was made between Pakistan and the Soviet Union in 1971.

It is the country's largest industrial undertaking.

It has a production capacity of 1.1 million tons of steel.

It expandable up to 3.0 million tons per annum.

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• The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is also known as the Friendship Highway in China and N-35 in Pakistan.
• It was built by the governments of Pakistan and China and completed in 1979.
• Starting from Hassan Abdal, it spans 1,300 (810 miles) km in Pakistan.
• The Silk Route is also referred to as the Karakoram Highway.
• The Karakoram Range, located between China and Pakistan.
• It is traversed by the Karakoram Highway.
• It connects the two countries via the Khunjerab Pass.

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It's construction completed in June 2017

It is located in in hindukash range in kpk

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• M1 motorway connect Peshawar to Islamabad/Rawalpindi.

• M1 motorway was constructed by President Pervez Musharraf

• M1 motorway opened on October 2007.
• M1 motorway length 155 km, (88 km in KPK and 67 km in Punjab)