Regional Connectivity | MCQs

Explanation

• Shandur Pass it connects Gupis, Gilgit with Chitral

• The height of this pass is 3738 m above sea level

• It is often referred to as 'The Roof of the World

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  Every year there is a Polo match played on Shandur Top between a team from Chitral and a team from Gilgit.
• Shandur Top is one of the four major mountain passes to enter Chitral.
• The people who live on both sides of Shandur Top speak the Khowar language.

Explanation

Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan signed a tripartite agreement to connect the three countries through a rail network known as UAP Railway project.

Through the Kharlachi border crossing, the ‘Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (UAP)’ rail link will enter Pakistan.

The other name is Trans-Afghan project.

Agrement sign on 18.07.2023

Explanation

         Know about UAP railway project (tri-nation rail link)

• Project Name: UAP Trans Rail Road

• Signed on 17 July 2023

• Between: Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan

• Pakistan Ministry: Railways

• Areas: Termiz in Uzbekistan, Mazar-i-Sharif and Logar in Afghanistan, and culminate in Pakistan via the Kharlachi border crossing in Kurram.
• Length: 573 km